in today's video i'll go over my most
memorable moments of 2021 watch till the
end for number one
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we rented a house in the hills of
mourira close to calpe and i discovered
the stunning landscapes of the spanish
coast
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and i love spending time next to the sea
and really enjoy the view from the stall
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this is not your typical beach it is so
diverse
just hop on a plane from valencia and in
40 minutes you are in the balearic
island
mallorca
which we had an incredible time
and
there's so many other like ibiza the
party beach and the canary islands and
so many little different islands in
spain
rather than
in california we only have
catalina i want
i've never been
it's probably good
but nothing compared to spain
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i like exploring the developments in
technology and this year the metaverse
was one topic i couldn't miss
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and believe it or not valencia is a city
as if placed in a world where you meet
the old and the new i couldn't help but
wonder how much more immersive virtual
travel will get sometime in the future
i had so much fun switching between
possible avatars in the metaverse
i'm running out of time every day goes
by one of the negatives that i can
envision besides you know privacy and
all these things is that maybe we will
become addicted to this reality because
if you think about it how how
when it gets so immersive right now it's
we're not there yet but when it gets
really immersive
imagine
experiencing everything
going everywhere on a higher level maybe
you won't you don't want to come back
and you wouldn't know if i have this
gorgeous green eyes
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in real life
or maybe i just created that
for my
perfect avatar
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or maybe i want to have wings today
in a heavy golf makeup
because that's just how i feel
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or this
is actually like having fire wings
burn someone
or burn with someone
in hell
just basically anything i want
because it's the members
let's get it
marbella it's this sensational place
overloaded with luxury yachts
one-of-a-kind supercars and
multi-millionaires but can you live here
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for me marbella was a unique discovery
an international blend a micro country
within spain
i was surprised to see so much wealth
concentrated in such small area and at
the same time see this place really as a
livable city
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located on costa del sol marbella
captivates with its endless beaches and
pampered boardwalk when i first came
here i thought this coastal city is only
for the filthy rich
but i realized that unless you're in
puerto banos
you can actually enjoy a great lifestyle
here
but my highlight is being able to bring
balti at every restaurant we went to
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he was so happy to stroll the beach in
november in such sunny weather
i was very excited to be on a local
radio show in valencia and share my
experiences
artistic
where are you from
los angeles first hola everyone that's
my spanish pretty much
the hosts were so fun and made me feel
at home really excited
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it is almost effortless to communicate
in english and if you find yourself
alone at night
you shouldn't be concerned about safety
as this is one of the safest cities in
europe
walking the streets of beautiful madrid
is always full of surprises but the true
enigma started when i searched for the
hidden garden restaurant
it is really a secret place
hidden somewhere behind the clothing
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and like this wasn't enough i found
myself at a k-pop festival in the middle
of the city
and it's k-pop week
k-week
everything korean so we're having
these little girls dancing looks like a
live peak talk show
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i think everyone would agree that you
shouldn't waste your time to sleep in
the city there's so much to do
seeing madrid at night is a different
experience and i must say
when i got on that rooftop the lights
just summarized everything about the
city
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i keep coming back to madrid and
just admiring its glory but only from up
here
you can really see how massive and how
impressive
everything is
and you happen to be here
just
explore every angle of this town
and don't be scared to experiment and
just
find new things that you can you can try
and i hope
you can taste a bit of what i've
had here
cheers and really fall in love with this
city
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there is nothing like exploring new
countries for first time
and let me tell you the hills of lisbon
are real
there are things that should not be
missed like trying pastel
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at the famous square here
walking through
oh lisbon
you should definitely leave your heels
at home
the oldest
the oldest neighborhood in lisbon
very light very champagne like we're
gonna be drunk today
it was so great walking everywhere but
when i entered carmel convent i lost all
words
this was one of the most surreal places
i've been to
looking to the missing roof of the
convent gave me this
out of body
experience just breathtaking
you'll probably never see this place
again like this
it was destroyed by the earthquake in
1755
it was a covent
and now
the roof
is
missing but it's preserved and there's
nobody here
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paius is one of the biggest festivals in
europe and for sure one of the most
important ones for valencia
oh my god fires my first time at pios
and even if this was not the full
version of the festival to me was still
quite shocking
i could not believe how much noise from
the firecrackers people can handle
the amount of work to build the giant
bias the colors the price of the
valencianos is just immeasurable
definitely once in a lifetime experience
just hide your pets somewhere quiet
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sintra is out of this world
i thought we're going to some small city
nearby lisbon
but what we found there was a mystical
place soaked in green forest with the
craziest medieval fairy tale castles
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we finally reached the top
stunning views
amazing architecture
there is no wonder that sintra the whole
city is a unesco
heritage site
pana palace is a romanticist castle
which sits on top of sintra mountains
this place once
was a quiet monastery and it got
destroyed by the big earthquake in 1755.
in the mid 1800s ferdinand ii decided to
reform this place into a palace
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i just landed in sofia bulgaria
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this is my first visit after 15 years
i have mixed emotions of familiarity
and nostalgia and some unknown and
foreign feeling
there's so many interesting things to
discover
coming back to my hometown after so many
years was a moment full with most
colorful emotions for me
and sophia changed so much
yet so little
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i was so happy to be invited to a live
tv show to talk about my life in l.a and
spain
sophia will always be special to me but
i truly think it is a city worse thing
this is the capital of bulgaria
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wanna get to know
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138 countries are represented by a
different
different style bell with a different
sound different size
istanbul it's one of the most impactful
places i've been to there's no way to
describe the effect it has on me this is
a unique time in istanbul
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this is my last day in sofia before i
take off to istanbul tomorrow i get
chills from the history and the
undeniable beauty of the architecture
but most of all this place has a mix of
cultures and spices and sounds
and just like that
i ended up in the sultan's poem in the
most magnificent rooftop as if in
another century
thrawn of my lonely niche my wealth my
love
my moonlight
my most sincere friend
my confident
my very existence
my sultana
my one and only love
the most beautiful among the beautiful
my springtime
my face love
my daytime my sweetheart my johann
my plants my sweet my rose the only one
who does not distress me in this world
my istanbul
my karma the earth of my anatolia
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i'm wishing all of us an incredible 2022
and despite all the uncertainty let's
travel and discover more of this
beautiful world
and meet more of its unique people
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always remember that the most memorable
gift we can give to each other is new
experiences
so follow me in 2022 and let's see what
the year holds for us
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but we got the best weather you know it
it's just
perfect for walking and exploring the
city even if
things don't go
as planned