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  • - Hi, we're Joel and Lia.

  • - And this is gonna be a recap of our time in Texas,

  • what we loved about it,

  • what we didn't love about it.

  • - We realized that we didn't actually do like a roundup

  • - Yeah.

  • - Of the holiday.

  • Should we call it a holiday?

  • It was kind of a holiday,

  • but it was a content holiday.

  • - Yeah.

  • - We went to Texas knowing that we were going to film

  • as many videos as possible while we're out there.

  • - Yeah.

  • It's one of those weird things, isn't it?

  • Because obviously this is our job,

  • videos earn us money,

  • so it was like a work thing,

  • but it was also a fun thing to do,

  • so it was like a working holiday, I guess.

  • - Exactly.

  • And I think people that don't really understand YouTube

  • might be like wait, what?

  • Your job is to go to Texas.

  • Who's sending you there?

  • And we're like oh no,

  • we're sending ourselves there--

  • - Yeah, they're like who's paying for it?

  • - Because we know it's gonna be really fun.

  • - [Together] We're like we're paying for ourselves.

  • (chuckling)

  • - And they're like, right.

  • It's a work trip?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Oh my God.

  • - They don't get it.

  • - Anyway.

  • - But, because it was a work trip,

  • we didn't necessarily do all the things that people

  • would do on a holiday or a vacation as you would say.

  • We did still have a good time.

  • - Yeah, definitely.

  • I think everyday, I'd say everyday was,

  • there was definitely good fun everyday.

  • - I definitely agree and I think that's because

  • it was seven days.

  • - Yeah.

  • - That's what we both really liked.

  • We went to New York, New Jersey for 16 days

  • and it was too long.

  • - It was too much.

  • - It was too long.

  • - You know, if it's short and crammed,

  • we work really well under pressure.

  • - Yeah.

  • - If someone's like,

  • Joel and Lia you've got seven days to make as much happen,

  • we will make it happen.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But if they're like, you've got two weeks we'll go,

  • should we go shopping today?

  • - Yeah (chuckling)

  • - Like we just didn't even dream of doing that in Texas.

  • 'Cause we didn't just go,

  • let's spend the whole day shopping.

  • - The only time we went shopping was on the last day.

  • And we were like,

  • let's treat ourselves.

  • - [Together] And we got a massage!

  • - Ooh.

  • - Oh my God.

  • - Actually, that was the best part about Texas.

  • (laughing)

  • - A proper holiday on the last day.

  • Actually the worst day was when we checked out

  • of the Airbnb and we had all those hours.

  • - Oh my God.

  • - So we sat at the airport we were like,

  • we're going to check in to an executive lounge

  • and just pay to be in there.

  • None of them would let us in.

  • - Yeah, they wouldn't.

  • - None of them would let skinny legends into their lounge.

  • - They were like we're not letting anyone in

  • since it's quite busy except if you're traveling

  • first class-

  • - If you're a member of any these clubs.

  • And we were like

  • - [Together] No.

  • - So we just sat in the airport lounge

  • for probably about five hours.

  • - Not even a lounge, it's just airport like-

  • - Luckily, we found two seats next to a plug socket

  • (laughs)

  • and we raced that man there and he tutted and walked off.

  • We're like you snooze you lose.

  • - Snooze you lose.

  • Like, you know, Usain Bolt to the chairs.

  • - Yeah.

  • - It was so quick and then I had to watch the chairs

  • while you got food and vice versa.

  • - And the food was so expensive.

  • - The food was very expensive.

  • - 'Cause it's the airport.

  • - Yeah, I got Texas barbecue that day it was 16-

  • - Yeah, I got a sub.

  • - Oh, you got a sub!

  • - 16 for a barbecue?

  • - Yeah, shocking!

  • - Shocking.

  • - 16 for a little anyway,

  • but let's go into what we really, really liked about Texas.

  • - Yeah, I think we should probably clarify by saying this is

  • what we liked and didn't like about Austin

  • - Oh yeah.

  • - Because I know that it's not,

  • the title of this video will be

  • the things we liked and disliked about Texas,

  • but really it's about Austin.

  • - Really yeah, because that's where we went apart

  • from the day we spent in San Antonio.

  • - Yeah, which was great.

  • - That was a good day.

  • - Yeah.

  • - There were so many fails that day.

  • - I think that was one of my favorite things actually.

  • - What, getting the bus?

  • (giggling)

  • - Apart from, once we got there,

  • the bus was obviously horrific.

  • (laughing)

  • But as soon as we got there,

  • margaritas by the river,

  • we were very tipsy having the best time like chatting

  • to people as they walk by.

  • - That was so funny.

  • - It was so good and then the rodeo was a let down.

  • - All of those cadets.

  • - But I think the best moments were margaritas by the river.

  • - That was so funny.

  • - That was just so funny.

  • - Joel, we were like chatting about really

  • inappropriate stuff like stuff that would not go on camera.

  • - Yeah, we would never talk to our parents about.

  • - (laughing) It was so bad.

  • We were like oh my gosh,

  • imagine if anyone recognized us right now

  • and they were like,

  • sorry, what filth just came out of your mouth?

  • - [Together] Oh it was horrific.

  • - But that's what happens when two skinny legends

  • drink margaritas.

  • - I know.

  • Oh my God.

  • - That was so funny,

  • of course none of that was filmed.

  • That was just like in the moment.

  • - Yeah, but we rarely have conversations like that

  • when we just decided to do it in the middle of,

  • like in the middle of the day, public-

  • - San Antonio, so funny, by the river.

  • - But, really funny sipping on margaritas.

  • I really liked that.

  • - Yeah.

  • - What did you love about Austin or Texas as a whole?

  • - In general, I think overall,

  • the biggest ding, ding, ding was the people we met.

  • Almost everyone

  • - Yeah.

  • - Was accommodating, kind

  • - Yeah.

  • - And interested in us.

  • - Yeah, that was so nice.

  • - And it was a really nice feeling

  • like that people were just interested in you,

  • and why you're here and what you're doing.

  • Okay, it was kind of hard to sometimes explain what we're

  • doing there, 'cause were like we sent ourselves here!

  • - Yeah. - For our channel.

  • - Do you remember that woman in Souper Salad?

  • - [Together] Aw.

  • - The waitress, she was so lovely.

  • - She loved it, she loved it, she was cute.

  • - And she gave you a hug!

  • - Yeah! - At the end.

  • - Yeah, we just got along really well and then,

  • - Yeah.

  • - She's not a legend, she doesn't follow us,

  • she was just a really sweet waitress.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And she did a great job and we had a good day,

  • we gave a hug after.

  • - I know. - She was lovely.

  • - She was so nice.

  • - The reason why this is like ah,

  • is 'cause that would just not happen here.

  • - Oh no.

  • And like, in a way we wouldn't want it to happen here

  • 'cause living here, we'd be like

  • oh we don't have time for this, it's just annoying.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But I think because we're on holiday,

  • it was like oh we can relax, we can spend more time

  • chatting to people - Yeah.

  • - And it was nice to have that relationship

  • - We were in holiday mode, even though we were working.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And what would you say you loved, like, overall?

  • - I can't put it into words, it was just the general vibe

  • that I got there that I,

  • sorry to everyone from Florida,

  • I've been to Florida loads of times,

  • but I've preferred Texas like the vibe.

  • - Oh, - The public streets.

  • The like, the way it was designed,

  • sort of laid out, everything felt bigger,

  • more space which I really like.

  • Which I've heard everything's bigger in Texas.

  • - Okay.

  • - Where I've been in Florida,

  • everything feels quite spaced out but then it is

  • spaced out in Austin, but it just-

  • - But you did say a lot whilst we were there

  • that you were like I just really like the vibes here.

  • - Yeah!

  • - And Joel was the one going online and being like

  • I wonder how much it would be to live here?

  • - Yeah!

  • - And like I wonder if I could spend some time here,

  • or like, you were always going like the vibe,

  • I just feel like, good here?

  • - Yeah, it was something I can't put it into words.

  • - Something about the vibe?

  • - It was just the vibe of the place that,

  • I got really good vibrations from Texas (clapping)

  • - Like the vibrations were lit.

  • - Yeah, they were seriously lit.

  • - And therefor, you were lit.

  • - I was lit.

  • - And as a result of that, I was lit!

  • - You were lit, so it was just a lit trip.

  • - It was so lit.

  • (laughing)

  • - Honestly I think there's probably a word for that

  • but we just don't have it in our vocab.

  • - Yeah, no.

  • Talking about the spaced out thing,

  • you were saying that that was one of your negatives?

  • - Yeah, I think for me I felt like we have to take Ubers

  • everywhere, we have,

  • If you don't have a car then you're limited,

  • and because we didn't get a car,

  • I felt like there were some things we couldn't do.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So that's why that was probably one of the biggest

  • negatives for me was like,

  • Oh I love it and I wanna explore everything and,

  • - Mm-hmm.

  • - But we don't have a car and we can't.

  • - Yeah, and I think that's really sad because

  • for people that can't drive which I know is

  • probably rare in America, but in the UK

  • there's lots of people who can't drive,

  • so it's like what are you supposed to do?

  • - Yeah. - I guess get Ubers.

  • All of you guys would be like,

  • just hire a car, it's not hard just hire a car.

  • But we don't want to hire a car like,

  • - Yeah.

  • - We're too scared to drive in a foreign country like,

  • - Yeah, yeah.

  • - So what are we supposed to do?

  • Obviously it's a skill we want to get better at

  • and we want to learn to drive and push ourselves

  • out of our comfort zones in another country.

  • I mean we can drive, both of us in the UK.

  • - Yeah.

  • - But, driving in a foreign country is just a bit stressful.

  • - It's a different deal, other side of the road,

  • just all of that stuff. - Yeah.

  • - It wasn't something we wanted to go wrong.

  • In order to focus on making content,

  • and making amazing videos for the channel,

  • the last thing we wanted was like, car drama, an accident.

  • - Yeah, where do we return it, where do we pick it up?

  • Have we scratched the car, where do we park?

  • How much is the parking going to cost, like,

  • - All of that stuff,

  • - All of that

  • - So in a way, taking the Ubers was a huge positive

  • because all of the Uber drivers we met

  • bar like one, were hilarious.

  • - Yeah. - And so funny.

  • - I think next time, 'cause when we were doing the Uber,

  • we wanted to then do a video all about the Uber drivers

  • we met in Texas.

  • Because they each had a different personality.

  • And I think next time, we need to write down after the

  • Uber trip on notes what they were like.

  • - Yeah.

  • - And also see if we can get a selfie with them?

  • - Yeah, that's such a good series!

  • - Just be like, sorry you were really fun,

  • can we get a selfie with you?

  • - Yeah, that would be so fun.

  • - And they would probably say yes,

  • and then we can insert it in the video.

  • - Yeah, look, we really ought to do that on our next trip.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Because if we encounter really cool Uber drivers again,

  • then that could be like a Uber series?

  • - Yeah!

  • - Like, the best drivers we've met,

  • and their stories were so good.

  • - Yeah.

  • - We just met people that, that were very open about their

  • lives and they told us stories that, like, were touching

  • or were just funny and,

  • - Yeah.

  • - One of them, one of the first guys,

  • he invited us for dinner with his wife!

  • He doesn't even know us!

  • - Yeah he didn't even know us.

  • We could have been murderers.

  • - He didn't even know the channel or anything he was like,

  • oh we'd love to take you out for dinner!

  • - I know!

  • - And we were thinking well we're about to get out of your

  • car, we've got no way of contacting you.

  • But that's so nice! - Yeah.

  • - Thank you, Bye!

  • - Yeah, he probably thought we were really rude,

  • he was probably like oh they don't wanna have dinner

  • with me but it's like, can you give us your number or?

  • - It's just like, it wasn't a

  • it didn't feel like an empty offer,

  • - No.

  • - Like it felt like he genuinely meant it.

  • - Yeah.

  • - I think he did. - I think he did.

  • - But I don't know if he realized that,

  • how would we, without exchanging details now and then like,

  • - How would we? - How we gonna do that?

  • But yeah, that's a really good idea,

  • let us know if you want to see a series like that on

  • Joel and Lia.

  • 'Cause we've met a lot of Uber drivers and,

  • - Yeah.

  • - And it would be so fun. - It would be fun.

  • The only negative that I have I think of Austin

  • in particular was the homeless problem.

  • I think it was worse than I've known in London,

  • - Yeah. - Which is saying something,

  • because it is bad in London. - Yeah.

  • - I think it's terrible in Austin.

  • And we got told that by Laura who picked us up as well.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Said there is a real issue with homelessness in Austin.

  • - It was quite tragic.

  • - And we encountered it in New York as well didn't we,

  • the fact that homeless people don't seem to have as much

  • help than they do in the UK. - Yes.

  • - It sounds bad to say but the type of homeless person

  • that we've encountered in America so far,

  • is quite scary. - Yeah.

  • - Like drugged up, on alcohol like really terrifying.

  • Where as in the UK, you can have a conversation with them,

  • - Yeah it's the attitudes towards the homeless as well,

  • I feel like in London, people are very much like,

  • we need to help the homeless, like how can we help them?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Whereas a few people that we spoke to in Austin were like,

  • don't talk to them, just ignore them, like don't even,

  • don't give them money, don't-

  • - Do you remember that one Uber driver?

  • I thought she was horrible actually.

  • She was lovely to us but I hated her as soon as she said

  • that she was just like,

  • oh the homeless people it's their own fault,

  • they say that their shelters they can use but,

  • they're not gonna use them, it's their own fault.

  • It's not that simple, like are you that cold-hearted?

  • - Yeah, I know, that was-

  • - That you think that would, like of course they're

  • gonna accept shelter if that's what-

  • - That did trigger me as well. - Yeah.

  • - Like I just thought that that was

  • it was weird.

  • - Yeah, I think we view it, I don't know in general,

  • but in that case with that woman I think we just view

  • addiction differently.

  • - Yeah.

  • - She was like, well you're addicted to drugs,

  • you should give that up and then you can go into the shelter

  • whereas we'd be like addiction is a disease.

  • You can't just like, turn that part of your brain off.

  • - Yeah, you can't just be like (snapping)

  • I'm just gonna stop now!

  • - Yeah.

  • - Like, that's not really how addiction works is it.

  • - Like have some compassion.

  • - Yeah. - But I think yeah,

  • that was the worst part of Austin for me

  • was the homeless people.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Not the homeless people, the homeless problem.

  • - The homeless problem. - Yeah.

  • - Yeah, agreed, but overall we wanted to make this video

  • to just sort of share some of the lovely things that

  • we encountered there.

  • - Let's end on a positive.

  • - Let's end on a positive!

  • - The food! - The food!

  • - The donuts, the tacos,

  • - Did we have donuts out there?

  • - Gowerdough's! - I'm sorry!

  • - Gourdough's,

  • - [Together] Gowerdoughs!

  • - H.E.B. what a day. - H.E.B.

  • That was so great.

  • - That was so cool.

  • - When I've been watching the videos back,

  • I would look and I'm like wow,

  • we did that video, and that video, and that video

  • all in one day, I'm like we had donuts,

  • and then we went to surprise the viewer.

  • - That was exhausting!

  • - And then we went and did like Gowerdoughs, Gourdough's

  • whatever and it was like, wow.

  • - We actually did so much filming.

  • - Yeah.

  • - We were like, we were on a roll,

  • - Yeah.

  • - And it was actually like for me, I'm sure for you as well,

  • I just love feeling that productive,

  • and being that productive.

  • It just makes me feel like I've got so much purpose

  • and that I'm like doing good things,

  • - Yeah.

  • - Even though it's videos of me and my best friend having

  • fun, I just, it was everything.

  • - Yeah, it was so good.

  • And I was just saying to Lia as well that it's really

  • nice to have memories.

  • These sit down videos, we'll look back at them maybe and

  • be like aw, I remember that day weren't we going to,

  • 'cause we're going to a film screening later today,

  • be like oh wasn't that the day we went to the film screen?

  • But we probably won't remember much else,

  • whereas watching Texas back it's like,

  • full on memories, - Yeah.

  • Oh, that's the day we played dress up,

  • or that's the day that I fell over at Wendy's and stacked it

  • - Yeah!

  • - That's the day you know, that's the time we got on the bus

  • like it is really good to have memories online.

  • - Yeah, it's very nice.

  • I'm looking forward to our next America trip,

  • that'll be sick.

  • - Yeah definitely, once again like,

  • let us know in the comments where you think we should go,

  • - Yeah.

  • - It's looking like July time.

  • There might be one sooner, but we'll see.

  • - Yeah. Well if you enjoyed this video guys,

  • don't forget to give it a like and subscribe,

  • (bell dinging)

  • We post videos

  • - [Together] Thrice weekly.

  • - And if you've never seen the Texas series,

  • but you've just found us from this video,

  • - Yeah.

  • - Then we will link the playlist,

  • the entire Texas series playlist in our end card.

  • You can go and watch that and we'll leave it

  • in the description as well.

  • - Go and have a watch.

  • And just before we leave,

  • what was your favorite video from the Texas series?

  • - Ah, my favorite video was,

  • I quite like Gourdough's,

  • - Yeah that was a good one.

  • - I just think it was because I was quite drunk.

  • - What was my favorite video?

  • - I loved the the day at H.E.B. as well.

  • - The day at H.E.B. was fantastic,

  • - Oh, shooting, well that was intense.

  • - The shooting was intense, that was,

  • but I did enjoy that day.

  • - How about the day that we're are the phones in the

  • english breakfast, and then we go there-

  • - Yeah, that was-

  • - English tea. - That was fun.

  • - There's so many!

  • - There's so many, there's so many good videos.

  • I don't know, I'll think of it as soon as we turn the

  • camera off, I'll be like-

  • - [Together] That was my favorite video.

  • But the most popular one was Brit's trying Texas Barbeque

  • but I didn't think that was our best video.

  • - [Together] Nevermind!

  • - Anyway, we've just said the outro's so,

  • - Yeah. - [Together] There you go.

  • - We'll see you next time.

  • - Bye guys! - Bye!

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  • - [Joel] We need to go back to Texas.

  • - [Lia] I know, we need to do Fort Worth,

  • Dallas, - [Joel] Yeah, Huston,

  • - [Lia] And then maybe another little trip to San Antonio,

  • because we, we didn't spend enough time there.

  • - [Joel] Yeah, we didn't and we want another margarita

  • - [Lia] In that same- (laughter)

  • - [Joel] By the river. (laughter)

  • - [Lia] Filth by the river.

  • (laughter)

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