you i'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt i mean we  endured the entire canadian winter and it was  

a little bit worse than usual yes both in terms of  of weather and and things like i mean i obviously  

hurt my shoulder and stuff and just to be kind of  more or less indoors stuck inside for for so long  

the the fresh air the fresh coastal air here  in lima absolutely loving it so we're here for  

breakfast right yeah so it's basically our first  morning in the city like we got here yesterday but  

we were so tired we didn't sleep all that well  on the plane so we didn't pick up the camera  

yesterday but today we're starting the morning  off strong we were up at 6 30 a.m we decided  

to go for a walk here along the ocean and we've  stopped for a little coffee and a little crepe  

so this place is called besos frances creperia do  you know what that means uh yeah the the kisses of  

france right french kiss french kiss because we're  at the love park yeah we are at the love park um  

yeah our views are incredible this is one of the  best parts of where we're sitting at the moment  

we have surfers there's just waves crashing  in there's i don't know probably like 30 of  

them out there we have one of the coolest  restaurants the nautical rose that we ate at  

i don't know maybe several years ago beautiful  location great ceviche great food down there  

and we just have that fresh coastal breeze coming  in and the above zero temperatures like this is  

i am in my happy spot right it is 18 degrees  celsius right now so we are thrilled we've  

left behind at minus temperatures and yeah it's  just a nice change of scenery being by the ocean  

hearing the waves it's so soothing yeah so  we're just waiting for our breakfast to arrive  

coffee crepes are on the way that's right  and here they also have little dog treats on

just took a quick little selfie did we talk about  the dog oh maybe we haven't so this cafe is also  

really cool in the sense that it has little  dog treats so you can bring your dog yes yeah  

give it a little snack so you're having  your crepe you're drinking your coffee  

your dog's got its little treat i mean this is  just happiness all around for the whole family  

right and with that in mind i'm gonna see if our  food is ready right back cheers friends breakfast  

is here it's served we've got the crepe the  sweet crepe we had the option between the salty  

and the sweet the salty would have been ham  and cheese and this one is dulce de leche that  

delectable caramel like milk spread except here  in peru it is called manjar blanco my bad is  

a thicker caramel spread not the same thing yeah  there you go don't let peruvians hear you say that  

sorry guys but yeah this is really tasty you can  get the crepe and a coffee as a morning combo and  

then we tacked on the cappuccino let me try this  yeah give it a shot i'm gonna try the coffee here  

so yeah nice breakfast even better views  even better weather like i've said this  

but three times now i just can't get over how  exciting it is to be in shorts and t-shirts

well this is a very colorful part of  miraflores right here so we're here  

at the love park at the moment this is a big  circuit of a walking area it's nice and quiet  

because actually really early in the morning you  get all of the joggers but around this time maybe  

closer to nine they've kind of you know gone back  home had their showers gone to work and this is  

just a nice time to be here very colorful area  lovely place to walk around and there's also tons  

of places to sit as well lots of tiles you see  love locks everywhere there's a statue of love  

and yeah this is just a great little place to walk  around and uh very familiar for us and it's just  

kind of when you haven't been in a city that you  really like for you know almost four or five years  

it's just it's nice to kind of go back and and  retrace some of the familiar steps the places that  

you know have sentimental value to you and  we spent a lot of time here so fun to be back  

all right plan for today's lunch oh  man i've been waiting for this for  

well basically four years ceviche it's  gonna be made right before our eyes and  

we might even pick up a few other things  so we're going to wongs to do all this

hello hello hello

i would say we had a semi a successful mission to  get ceviche well only because your mom was with us  

yeah so i'll i'll explain the situation briefly  basically when we arrived in peru yesterday  

two vaccines was like the standard to get into the  country and also do things inside the country like  

go to restaurants malls whatever as of today two  vaccines is what you need to get into the country  

but once you're here they're asking for three  doses and there's like security guards actually  

checking your documentation and they wouldn't let  us into the supermarket even though we were there  

we got turned away and a whole  bunch of other people that do  

because i mean the the standard in most  parts of the world are yeah you know  

two is fully yeah and the third is the booster  i suppose thankfully my mom was there so she  

was allowed in the market she got us our  ceviche to go just handed her some money  

yeah so this is this is what we wanted to do this  is like the the first meal we wanted to have yeah  

back in lima because we just love it it's so good  it's basically fish that has been cured in lime  

juice and it's served with red onions some sweet  potato toasted corn cheetah and then you actually  

have the giant grains of corn the maize yeah so  or chocolate i should say yeah this is this is  

the national dish of peru no well for coastal  areas i'm trying my first bite in the fish here

that makes up for the frustration it has been  frustrating especially because we have a trip  

planned in a few days with another lovely youtuber  couple who's counting on us and expecting us yeah  

this is stricter than this is a stricter  protocol that never existed in canada yeah  

i mean double masks id just to get into a grocery  store so but essentially that's just a reminder  

that it's not that easy to travel quite yet and  that regulations can change from one day to the  

next and surprise surprise all of a sudden you  can't do much in the country you're visiting  

something to keep in mind if you guys are  planning to travel to peru or even other  

countries there's might be other places  that are also handling things similarly  

so yeah research research keep up to date be on  your toes and be ready to roll with the punches  

and adapt because it's it's that kind of times  yeah so in the meantime we enjoy our ceviche  

hey guys hi everyone we are in lima peru i think  you already know by now but here we are and yeah  

we thought we would sit down and chat for a  little bit catch you up because in the last  

video we just left you with a few clues where  are we traveling to where are we moving guess  

two countries and then we disappeared for three  weeks didn't post anything yeah exactly so the  

place we're traveling to is lima peru we're here  for a special reason it's your grandma's birthday  

it is so as you probably know before the pandemic  we used to come down to peru quite often sometimes  

every year sometimes every other year yeah so it's  been a while since we've been able to do that and  

my grandma is turning 94. so impressive yes yeah  so we didn't want to miss it she's actually having  

a pretty big party like 15 people are coming over  i know she mentioned that exact number she's like  

15 people are coming to the party having different  relatives from like germany canada it's gonna be  

food there's gonna be cake yeah it's gonna  be very festive and it's just a happy time  

yes the whole entire family so yeah it's exciting  to be here and it's a special moment for sure and  

we're honestly just so happy with the weather  the fact that it's 24 degrees during the day  

we have sunshine lima can be really foggy but  we've had blue skies it just feels like summer  

to us even though they're heading into autumn we  had a pretty rough winter in canada like unusual  

amounts of snow and especially cold and so just  to be flipping the switch from minus temperatures  

to above zero we just say goodbye to the canadian  winter yeah it's so nice we've been going for long  

walks enjoying the ocean breeze the palm trees  it's been really good so let's talk about  

what are the plans for our time in peru do you  know we're going to be eating well let me tell  

you that this is one of the you know the foodie  capitals of the world one of our favorite cities  

in the entire world for eating yes and there's  always new restaurants and new places to visit so  

we'll be focusing a lot on the food yeah so we're  really looking forward to the food of course we're  

planning to film lots of food videos for you  guys but also if you have any special requests  

of things you'd like to see around lima leave  us a few comments because like sometimes when  

you keep revisiting the same city over and over  again you kind of get into a groove you stick to  

the same neighborhood you don't explore as much  so if there's something you want to see ask us  

and sam is back on the language learning train my  goodness i need to get going my my spanish has not  

been progressing you know what you've been doing  really well with my relatives though like having  

breakfast with my grandma in the mornings and just  the thing is like what i know how to say i i will  

say it i mean that's the only way i can converse  with certain family members so i've kind of gotten  

over the shyness so on that note we are working  with rosetta stone we've been testing out the app  

mainly you yes you need the spanish but they're  all about learning through immersion and real  

life scenarios so the spanish they're teaching  you is the spanish that you're going to be  

using every day to interact with people and  just like everyday scenarios basically yeah  

that's really important because there's a  lot of times that you'll learn a language  

you'll learn these phrases that you just don't use  very often and so what i've been enjoying the most  

so far i mean there's the visual component there's  matching there's written parts there's the audio  

and sometimes that's all at once you'll  you'll hear you'll hear something being spoken  

then you have to match it to the picture with the  with the written sentence as well and then there's  

another component where you're you're speaking  and if you're not pronouncing things properly  

which is the problem i have right the end  with the squiggle the i have the opportunity  

to correct what i'm saying to hear back what i  what i should be saying and then to to practice  

saying it properly that once it's stuck in your  head a certain way of doing something it's harder  

to correct it it's better to get it right learn  it the right way from the get-go exactly so that's  

the kind of practice i need um self-studying works  well for me because i don't know sometimes you're  

in a classroom and and there's other people who  are progressing so much faster than you and you  

kind of feel embarrassed that you don't know how  to do what other people can do yeah and you're  

like on the spot you know you know they're coming  around in a circle you know it's going to be your  

turn you're like oh my gosh i forget how to do  that you don't want to you don't want to embarrass  

yourself yeah this is so nice because you can get  it wrong and then you can just be like you know  

you correct it in real time yeah and then once  you've learned those skills you can go out and  

try to apply it immediately because that's the key  really to learning a language isn't yes use it in  

a real life situation and now you've got a whole  family to practice i know plenty of relatives and  

people people are patient with me and yeah the  thing too that's interesting is that they're  

encouraging they're like oh you've learned a  little bit more spanish so it's just a it's a very  

positive environment to be with your relatives  they understand that i'm not a native speaker  

and and i think just any effort to string together  sentences and words is appreciated yeah that's the  

way i'm approaching it as i just want to improve  a little bit a little bit more so sam's working  

on his spanish but if any of you are interested  in language learning currently rosetta is having  

a special deal for the lifetime subscription  it's 179 and you get access to 25 different  

languages so you can be studying multiple  languages if your dream is to be a polyglot  

that's amazing so yes thank you rosetta stone  and we'll see how you continue to progress  

yeah because we're sticking around  south america for a while and we are  

plenty of spanish up ahead oh yeah so we're about  to head downstairs for lunch in a little bit  

more peruvian food coming up maybe i'll bring  the camera we're having gauza oh nice yeah i  

love that it's very tasty and the rest of the  afternoon i think we'll take you guys for a nice  

sunset walk today uh we're staying in  the neighborhood of miraflores which is  

right by the ocean and there's this beautiful  boardwalk this promenade it's called the malecon

it'll

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okay so we're back in the apartment  you want to give us a little update  

lunch was amazing home-cooked peruvian food the  gaosa was fantastic it's like the yellow potato  

with kind of like a mayonnaise and chicken in the  middle and it's sort of cold i haven't had that i  

don't think since we were last in peru so yeah  i would say it's like the peruvian version of a  

shepherd's pie yeah it's a good way of putting  it yeah so we had that and then we also had  

some peruvian wine which was fantastic malbec and  tanat yeah and that's a vineyard that we visited  

in 2015 back when we did a teaching practicum yeah  brought back some nostalgic memories um yeah just  

a really fun lunch it's nice to to meet up with  your aunt and your grandma spend some quality time  

that's one of the joys of being in lima it's like  we eat we chat we have a good time and now we're