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  • Hello, everybody, this is Jack from

  • tofluency.com along with - Kate - this is my

  • wife, Kate and we are being quite

  • ambitious because we have brought our

  • daughter along with us. So, we are going

  • to have a conversation in English and

  • this is going to give you the

  • opportunity to listen to a real

  • conversation both in British English and

  • American English and baby. And baby.

  • You'll hear some baby noises, no doubt. And

  • this is going to be on YouTube but we

  • might upload it as a podcast as well, so

  • if you are listening to the podcast, go

  • to tofluency.com/podcast and you'll

  • be able to get some materials for this

  • lesson. Now, our hope is not to edit this

  • video too much, we're just going to have a

  • conversation and we are going to talk

  • about vacations.

  • Yep. And talk about traveling. Now, we

  • actually met while I was traveling back

  • in 2007. So, it's almost 10 years.

  • Oh my gosh. I can't believe that it's

  • flown by, hasn't it. It has, yeah. And, erm, we

  • have been living in America for about

  • six years now. How many vacations have

  • been up since we've been here?

  • Can you remember anything in particular?

  • That's a really good question. I think a

  • lot of times we end up traveling for

  • visits to family more than we travel for

  • pleasure or to get away from it all.

  • Yeah, so because we, because we live in

  • America, my parents are in Europe; my

  • sister's in Europe; your family is

  • elsewhere as well, when we tend to travel

  • we tend to go see family don't we? Visit family.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah, we do. Why don't you tell everyone about our

  • latest vacation? Our latest vacation?

  • For the holidays this year, we actually

  • went to Florida and we met up with your

  • parents and your sister in Florida and

  • we had more of a beach vacation.

  • Yeah, it was fantastic. We went somewhere

  • really warm.

  • I've got some videos on this, you know,

  • everyone can take a look at the videos

  • we made from Florida, but it was great

  • to go somewhere different and not to go

  • somewhere cold for Christmas. I know!

  • Yeah, we've never done that before and it

  • didn't really feel like Christmas

  • because usually we associate it with snow

  • and cold weather and instead we were on

  • the beach on Christmas Eve.

  • Yeah, and Christmas Day. There were park rangers passing out

  • sunglasses.

  • yeah giving out free sunglasses. Yeah. But

  • it was fun because people were playing

  • Christmas music; they were wearing santa

  • hats and we went to the beach on

  • Christmas Day.

  • mhm. Which... it was really strange; it was

  • really strange to be honest, but very

  • enjoyable.

  • Yeah it was. Yeah. And then, let's talk

  • about an ideal vacation now.

  • Because we are thinking about going

  • away this summer...

  • where would your ideal place be? Where

  • would you like to go? I don't know. I have

  • always wanted to travel... somewhere

  • really, kind of, different. Obviously

  • somewhere that feels safe especially

  • with the children. Where we don't have to

  • get a lot of vaccines before we go.

  • That's such a good point. But I would love to visit a

  • country with some different cultural

  • traditions and food. I've always wanted

  • to go to Morocco. Morocco? Very cool!

  • Yeah, we we nearly went, didn't we, while we

  • were living in Spain.

  • Yeah. But we just never made it there. That was

  • the time to go when we were, you know,

  • I mean, I think that once you start a family,

  • you realize that the time to go

  • was any time before you had kids.

  • Yeah, exactly, and that's why you'll hear

  • people say to anyone who's just

  • about to have kids, you know, take

  • advantage and this time right now but,

  • you know, you can do stuff with kids like

  • make these videos and podcasts... so,

  • yeah... you say Morocco, anywhere

  • else? I would love to explore

  • Australia more

  • as well, and you have a cousin who

  • actually lives in Australia.

  • Yeah. That would.. it would be fun to visit them and

  • we've been talking a lot with our son

  • about koala bears and kangaroos and

  • different animals that live in

  • Australia, so that would be fun,

  • yeah, and I would love to travel more around

  • Asia as well. Yeah, I haven't really been

  • out that way at all.l I haven't been to

  • anywhere in Asia. I haven't been to Australia,

  • I think the farthest east I've been is

  • probably Germany.

  • Wow. Yeah and that's western Europe, so...

  • but you have been all the way down to

  • Patagonia in South America. Yes.

  • So, you've just traveled in a different

  • direction. But i feel like I'm so glad

  • that I have a partner who loves to

  • travel.

  • Yeah. That we found each other because we

  • can go on more adventures and we can maybe

  • take some trips now while Thomas is

  • little. But I would love to take him

  • and Emma, who's chiming in, on some

  • neat vacations when they get older and

  • just travel and experience life in

  • different parts of the world.

  • Yeah, it's a strange time for us because

  • it seems like we're just dealing with,

  • you know, emergency situations when we

  • travel, and this year, though, when we went

  • to Florida, Thomas was excited about it.

  • We could show him pictures and we could

  • talk about it in terms of what we were

  • going to do and he got excited about

  • that.

  • Yeah. And he talks about it now. So he's

  • developing those memories and we took

  • some great photos while we were there too.

  • Yeah, so, yeah. And I think, as the

  • children get older,

  • we're going to have great times and we can

  • do very specific things, and they'll get those

  • memories - they will have those memories.

  • Yes. Where did you travel when you

  • were a little? Do you have memories of

  • traveling? We went to France a lot and we

  • went to Spain a lot and and well, you

  • know, my memories when I was young - you

  • always make fun of me because I talk

  • about my memories all the time.

  • Yeah, by the way, Jack has an incredible

  • memory - you

  • well kind of well. When was your

  • earliest memory from? how old were you?

  • I don't really know to be honest...

  • no, there was that memory where I

  • remember being in my mum's arms when I

  • was six months old or I had to be six

  • months old because they were in their old house.

  • I remember seeing our neighbor and my

  • mom was talking to the neighbor.

  • Yeah. And I remember... I remember that

  • little ,you know, snippet - that tiny bit of

  • memory but it's not that clear. I know, but

  • six months old, that's incredible. I think

  • that'll mean that Emma will start to

  • remember life, potentially, in just a

  • couple of months because she's almost

  • four-months-old. Yeah, she is. Emma, are

  • you gonna remember this? Today? She might

  • remember this. Or at least, she'll have the video

  • to look back on. We always

  • went to France; we went to Spain a

  • lot and when I think I was about 11 or

  • 12 when, maybe younger, when we got

  • a caravan. So. it used to take us three days

  • to get to the south of France and we

  • would spend about two weeks there. We went to

  • place called Canet Plage, which is near

  • Toulouse and we went there every

  • summer for about five years, I think.

  • And we've met the same people, it

  • was really cool because as a kid you want

  • to be around other kids

  • and there were a bunch of a children there who we

  • could play with. They had a great pool;

  • they had sports going on. The beach was

  • really close by. My sister liked it

  • because she was getting to the age where

  • she could go out and it was that kind of

  • place but, you know, it was

  • safe - it was great.

  • We really enjoyed it. How was it

  • traveling with your family, especially

  • as you got to be older in such a

  • small vehicle and sleeping in it.

  • I remember one trip especially when

  • ... there was a big heat wave in France

  • and we, we just poured water over our

  • heads because we didn't have air

  • conditioning

  • in the car - super hot and the other thing

  • France at that time and I don't know

  • if that's changed - but they didn't have proper

  • toilets. They had like holes in the floor.

  • I bet that that has changed. I imagine it has.

  • You know, that's what I

  • remember about it.

  • And then one year, we went down with

  • another family.

  • And a friend - one of my sister's friends

  • came as well and I went in the car with

  • the other family they had air conditioning. And it

  • was such a big difference. Yeah, I

  • can imagine that's something that we

  • take for granted, I think. Yeah, no one in

  • the UK had air conditioning in a car

  • it was very very rare.

  • Wow. It must be... because it doesn't get that hot.

  • So, people don't feel like they need it.

  • Yeah. Okay, we're back and I just asked Kate a

  • question about.. what you did for vacation.

  • Where did you go when you were when you

  • were a kid? When I was a kid we actually

  • took a family beach vacation every

  • summer. My family and family friends

  • would rent a house on an island called

  • Block Island which is an island the coast of

  • Rhode Island and New England and we

  • would drive and take a ferry to the

  • island and we just had a great time. We

  • would go to the beach every day; we would

  • grill seafood at night.

  • Yeah, it was a really special memory

  • for me. And was that like every

  • summer?

  • Yeah, it was every summer for probably

  • five or ten years. Oh, really? Yeah, my mom

  • actually grew up going there when she

  • was a kid too, so she had memories of the

  • place and all the different areas to

  • go and it was just a really neat... (thing to to do) When

  • was the first time you went abroad?

  • Do you remember? The first time that I went

  • abroad, I was probably about 10 years

  • old. My dad decided to start working for

  • an airline because he really wanted to

  • show us the world

  • and so he was working for a British

  • airline and he got a free ticket

  • - all right, that's fantastic - every year

  • So, he took he took my sister and I

  • both on a trip to England. Did you go to Scotland

  • too? We did. Was that the same trip?

  • I think so.

  • Well, no. That was a different trip. That

  • was a trip that we took

  • all as a family together, but my

  • father actually passed away when I was

  • in college, so the fact that we had

  • that trip together just meant so much. It

  • was just a special special thing to have

  • done with him. Great, and do you

  • remember the journey? I do. What was

  • that... because going to the UK or anywhere in Europe

  • you're doing the overnight flight.

  • from America. That is challenging. uh-huh

  • Do you remember that? I think, I mean, I'm sure

  • that I was tired but I think it was just

  • the most exciting thing that had ever

  • happened to me and just the novelty of

  • everything - being able to look out an

  • airplane window; eating pretzels - a

  • little packet of pretzels like it was

  • just all magical It was so much fun. I remember

  • the first time I came to America

  • because my uncle, you know my uncle used

  • to work in America? And he

  • got us on a flight and it was economy class

  • but we went to the check out and

  • then went -they just said our last name, Askew?

  • Askew? We'll see what we can

  • do because my uncle used to fly back and

  • forth to the UK and back to America

  • all the time, so they - my sister didn't

  • come on that trip - I think was 14. No, this

  • is second time.

  • no no - sorry, I'm getting confused - we

  • came when i was ten and and that's when -

  • we did - we got bumped up to first class

  • yeah - and it was just amazing.

  • I remember it very clearly. I think

  • because my dad works for the airline too,

  • we get bumped up - not all the way up to first

  • class but to premium economy. We were

  • in business class and it was

  • an experience. Yeah. Have you seen some of

  • those recent pictures of the new

  • like business class on these luxury

  • jets?

  • No, but.... they have like, you know. spas

  • and showers and a circular bar - there's a

  • lot going on with them now, obviously,

  • very very expensive, but and I think if

  • you get - some people I've have seen on

  • Facebook get on these flights or at least,

  • you know, getting the first preview...

  • some YouTubers, and it just looks

  • incredible. That sounds great.

  • that would make flying with my children

  • worth it.

  • Yeah, no, definitely. It's hard, isn't it,

  • with small children. Yeah - the flying - it can

  • be you. It can be hard - you just never know

  • what you're gonna get,

  • ever day is different. No, but you know,

  • it's good. We feel very grateful to be

  • able to do it, you know. to go on

  • these vacations.

  • So, you mentioned Morocco

  • before as an ideal place to go on

  • vacation - where is your ideal..

  • I was gonna...

  • tell me about it. I was thinking

  • about this, you know, while we've been

  • having this discussion but i think

  • probably...

  • Australia. I think it would be Australia or

  • Japan. I think somewhere in Asia maybe -the

  • the problem is when I start to think

  • about these like ideal vacations then I

  • think about the practical side of things -

  • with children, you know, because

  • it is completely different. When I went

  • travelling I was on my own I had a tiny

  • backpack and I went away for nine months

  • and, you know, I could go on a bus for 42

  • hours. It was fine - kind of - you know, but

  • it's something I could do, but now it's

  • thinking about those things -

  • forgetting about children, is it easier

  • to travel on your own with me? Oh,

  • so much easier on my own.

  • I was worried that you were going to say that.

  • Explain!

  • Well, when you're on your own

  • you... you have your stuff and that's

  • it.

  • If you feel tired and down, you know,

  • or if you're like, you just don't talk to

  • someone, you can

  • just do that and. If you wanna be...

  • if you wanna be outgoing, then you can, you

  • know, just just meet other people and

  • then you just make your own decisions

  • but, yeah, it's more fun traveling

  • with someone. It is. That's the other thing.

  • 'Cause you get to share your experiences

  • and just talk to somebody about what's

  • going on.

  • Yeah, definitely. Well, cool. Well, shall we

  • wrap it up?

  • Yeah, let's wrap it up. Do you have a question for the

  • audience about vacations?

  • Yeah, I mean - I've put you on the spot - absolutely

  • I always have questions, you know that. Okay, so give

  • everyone a question that they can answer

  • either if you're watching on YouTube

  • leave a comment below and if you're

  • watching or listening to the podcast

  • then just go to tofluency.com/

  • podcast and find this episode. What's your

  • question? Now I have to pick just one question. Okay, here's

  • my question: if you could travel to

  • anywhere in the world, where would it be?

  • And what is your number one bucket-list

  • destination?

  • Yeah, you're number one place to go. And

  • also i'll ask question too just as, you know, a

  • bonus one. When you go travelling do you

  • prefer to take a lot of stuff or do you prefer to

  • travel light?

  • Oh, it's a good one. Even though you wouldn't think it, I

  • prefer to travel light?

  • Yeah. Like almost dangerously light.

  • It's so much better.

  • You always take clothes that you don't

  • need - but what about you guys? Let us

  • know. So, yeah if you have enjoyed this video

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  • the podcast, toflency.com/

  • podcast and check out the lesson notes.

  • So, thank you for watching or listening, speak

  • to you soon!

  • Yeah, thank you, it was great to be here

  • and to introduce y'all to Emma who was

  • not born yet last time that I had a

  • conversation like this with Jack. No,

  • yeah, time goes quickly. Okay, bye everyone!

  • Bye!

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