E47-25 Part One of our European Trip. Berlin and Potsdam Germany.

E47-25 Part One of our European Trip. Berlin and Potsdam Germany.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Gonzo Book Van Jose. And this is Shelly. We are at Bosemanville rest stop on the turnpike between Lancaster and Reading or Epha and Reading and we’re heading to the airport for a trip to Berlin, Germany. And on Sunday we’re flying to um Paris, France. So, we’re looking forward to it. We have a special um thing we’re doing in Berlin. So, that’s pretty much what we’re doing. We’re going to see some sites, but we have a specific reason why we’re going, but we’re going to keep that to ourselves. You have anything, babe? No, I’m excited. Yeah. So, she never been to Europe before, so we’re definitely excited. And um and we’re going to try to keep it safe here. And we left early, so we’re not stressing. Um, and we’ll check you guys out later. All right. See you. See you. All right. We had a hellish day, but we made it. Look at my baby was all I know. I got It was a rough It We’re going to explain it later, I think. But I just want to show you the hotel now that we finally got in. Yeah. As you can see, this is the only luggage we have cuz they lost our luggage. Yeah, hopefully. They said it’s in London and coming tomorrow or whatever. Ooh, coffee. Nice. In our um bag that they lost, we had our universal plugs or whatever we call it. So, hopefully we can still charge stuff. Hopefully. Oh, look at that. That’s nice. So, we don’t have a balcony, but we do have a door that opens up. I don’t want to lose my phone. Oh, we want to take that that boat right there. One of those boats. Oh, there it goes. Right there. There’s a boat. Nice. Yeah, I definitely want to do that. So, that’s our view from our window. I think the r Oh, we can see the rice stock. So, we got green. It goes open. Oh, that is nice. I left mine open. Is that okay? Yeah, that’s what So, they got this, you know? Yeah. Modern type furniture, I guess you would call. You good, babe? Yep. We finally made it. [Music] You got the Brandenburgg Gate. Brandenburgg Gate. That’s over like I think that’s like almost 800 years old right now. I’m not sure. A little bit less I think. Let me show you guys the bathroom. And let me show you the closet. comes with a safe. And we’re at the Malia Hotel International. Well, this area right here is a little plainish, but it’s nice. It’s clean. You got to put your card in here to turn on the light. All right. This is the bathroom. We got a nice tub. Nice shower. The tub. Oh, yeah. Ah, they have a bet, babe. And the toilet. And in case you get stuck in the toilet, you got your phone right there so you can call 911. Oh, I forget. I thought this was a door. This is the the door to the bathroom. So, there’s no privacy. Everything’s open. So, and then look at the floor. Nice blow dryer, body lotion, hand wash. Oh, look at that. Shampoo, shower gel, conditioner. Nadia hooked us up. Yeah, she did. Yeah, this is nice. Fancy. Yeah, very fancy. Fancy. So, this doesn’t open up. We got a nice big mirror here. Look at that. Well, this is going to be the clothes I wear for all seven days if they don’t find mine. So, you better take a look at it. No, but we did we did plan accordingly in case they lost our luggage. We have our shower stuff in this bag and our medicine and our medicine. And we got the major stuff in there. We have extra pair of underwear and socks and a t-shirt. I think I brought a whole outfit. I’m not sure. So, so and then tomorrow we could just buy two pair of pants and two shirts and we should we can survive if he had to it, you know. Yeah. But I bought all those clothes. Hopefully they find it. They said it’s in London, so we’re find. So that’s our room. Air condition, I guess, goes out through there. I like these little balcony windows. Yeah, because you’re not out, but you can still open up and have a a good time and relax and [Music] Yeah, we’re definitely taking that uh that boat. We will go and um walk around today, but we’re tired. We did not sleep. What? When did we leave our house? 6:30. No, 12:00 on Wednesday. Noon. Yeah. 12:00 right right on the dot. We actually made our time. Noon Wednesday. And then, you know, it took us two hours to go to Philadelphia. And well, two and a half because we stopped in a little bit of traffic. But we got to Philadelphia right at 3. parked our car at Wall-E Park. Um, and they shuttled us to We got in right away. We went to security. Everything was perfect. Uh, we we had to wait like 3 hours, but that wasn’t that bad either. That went pretty fast. And we ate, you know, pizza at Saburus right on the and got a few things. And by the time that was all over, it was time to check in. Everything was perfect. The flight there was perfect. It was a new uh airplane. So everything we can Yeah, they got they can everything entertainment system right there in front of your face. What is it? British airway. British. Yeah, we took the British Airway. I just want to get the boat. Pancow. Nice. All right, I’m battery’s going dead. I gotta go. See you, babe. Yeah, we’re going to bed now. Byebye. [Music] Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Ganto Book. I’m Jose and this is Shelly. We are at the Esbomb going to see someone very special to our heart. Uh, we’re going to keep that a secret because we’re just going to show you the Berlin trip, not our where we’re going exactly. So, we’re on the Espond. We’re going to take a train um on to it’s probably outside of Berlin uh on the outskirts. I don’t think it’s actually in Berlin. So, we’re going to do that for it’s going to be a special day for us. And then when we get down, we’re going to try to take a boat trip around our hotel. Um it’s on the river that goes right by our hotel, which is going to be fun. If we we might just do a night we just do a night one. Yeah. Either do a night one or I’m not sure if we’re going to make it back on time. Or we could do it tomorrow. Or we do it tomorrow during the day so we can see the sites. Yeah. So we had a good time yesterday. We walked around the city a little bit. It was fun. It was very nice. Good food. German food is good. But we ate a donor kebab, which is a Turkish cuisine, but the Germans love it. Yeah. Yeah. And um it was delicious. And this morning we had breakfast. Oh my god. It was outstanding. Cuz the hotel said, “Oh yeah, free breakfast.” We thought just like a continental breakfast. This was a whole buffet. Yeah. Well, we paid for the free breakfast, but they ain’t free for anything. It wasn’t like a continental though. Like, you know, just Well, it was a buffet. It wasn’t it wasn’t in one of those cheap continental uh would they say continental but they only serve a a a McMuffin. You know what I mean? That is continental. They just give you juice and Oh, that’s what it was. Content means like universal. All right. Yeah, we had a nice buffet. It was like elaborate with chefs and everything. So, all righty. We’ll show you a little bit of the train station. Train station. We’re in the main [Music] We are all about getting out and exploring what life has to offer. Our speed is not fast. But something we will get there eventually. This is not about [Music] definitely wasn’t ours. They didn’t stop call. We heat the sign through the pages of a God’s old book. This is not about reading but about it by delay. [Music] having a good time. Well, it’s going viral again, I think. And uh you guys might see us in the same clothes because our luggage still has not come. So, we had one change of clothes in our overhead baggage. So, this is the outfit you might see for a couple days. We might buy some now. We just have to go shopping. So any Yeah, I did wash in the sink yesterday. [Music] This is not about the look. Come on and like and subscribe to the book. [Music] Flipping through the pages of the book. This is not about the look. Come on and subscribe to the open. [Music] You ready, babe? Yeah. Let’s get out of here. Down the hallway. And that’s your elevator, which you need a car to use. And it goes right to the restaurant. Push it now. It’s already love you. Cool. It’s the restaurant. Well, we don’t need to go. We can go out. We’ll go out the regulatory here. 19. I don’t know. I have to look up. Yeah, I have to look up. I hope our suitcase comes today. Hopefully it would be nice. That’s our hotel lobby. Now we look like tourists. Yeah. Well, we’re coming out of a hotel. No, I’m saying We got to go. Well, let’s walk down since we got time. Oh, yeah. I might put mine on, too. It’s chilly. Okay. He was at the place we wanted to go to. He has his coffee. Yeah. Yeah. I definitely Huh? What? Like it raining. Oh, yeah. I think it is. Oh yeah, it is. Oh, shoot. Well, we’ll stay here until Well, we can go to that at the They have little umbrellas in that. Burgers. Yeah, burger grill. That would have been a good place to go. But I got to snitch those. Pretty good. Our hotel is right next to the Bonhoot, which is nice cuz that’s the one we took go where we were going. Oh, we don’t have a bag. They don’t get bags out too much. paper bag sometimes, but they don’t always do that. I don’t think everyone does it like I forgot for like $2. Yeah, they might do that here too cuz why not? Yeah, make a dollar off a bag maybe. Where did he come from? Oh, yeah. Used to be. Oh, look at that building over there. That’s nice. All glass. Friedri Strasa. Yeah, we got time to walk around and take in the sights. Oo, Starbucks. That’s like what we had. I know. Yeah. Maybe even stronger. over there’s a Dunkin Donut. Yep. It’s uh very very chilly here. Maybe high 50s, low 60s. Yeah. Go a train or one of the trains. Not sure which one that is. Babe, I think Checkpoint Charlie’s over there, I think, but I’m not sure. Yeah, Checkpoint Charlie was the uh checkpoint between here and East Berlin. And then they had a checkpoint alpha which was between West Germany and East Germany. Checkpoint Bravival was from East Germany to Berlin. And then that was Checkpoint Germany. I believe that’s it. Maybe not. But the tower is over there. So we good. Huh? Yeah. No, I’m looking. There’s nothing really down there. So, we can go back. Go get our coffee. You get it up close. Oh, yeah. Let me get up close. You’re right. Thank you. Oh, that’s too close. Oh, that’s a good one. I get pictures from Well, I can take a picture, too. This is They have a bakery right there. There we go. I’m glad we got some tissues. Should have grabbed the other one with some more. Well, that boat might have a bathroom. He’s going in. I hope it does. So, long. It might have inside. Huh? It might have an inside, too. Inside. What? Like an inside? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So to get away from the the wind. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You’re right. Give that lady some space. I don’t want you to run into her. Huh? It’s going to be very cool. Oh, yeah. That’s an hour and a half wheel. Well, uh, if you go back and I can give you that that black thing that I have because that’ll keep you warm. No, it won’t cross right here. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the GTO. I’m Jose. Shelly is getting ready and we’re about to go out and get some breakfast and it is Saturday and we’re leaving tomorrow to go to Paris, but we’re spending the day um with some special people and we’re going on a boat ride and all that good stuff. So, that’s nice. And um yesterday we had a great time. I like to explain it to you, but that day I’m going to keep to ourselves private and try to get some uh more Berlin in the morning um before we leave. Yeah, it wasn’t uh 3 days is definitely not enough. So, especially when you’re visiting uh special people, you don’t have the time to go out and visit the whole because we had to go uh somewhere else. We wasn’t in Berlin, but we took the train yesterday, which was nice. Um and when I took the train, I bypassed a lot of the stuff that um I knew when I was in the service, the areas, so I kind of reminisced a little bit. So, but I know when people come here, my fellow red legs come here and other soldiers, they want to visit these sites that we used to uh go to like the Irish pub and all that good stuff. And I just don’t have the time to do it. Um because that’s not my main priority in Berlin. So, but when we go to Paris, we’re definitely going to see all the sites because it’s just we’re not visiting uh uh friends there. We’re just going to uh uh visit the sites and eat at the restaurants and stuff, but that’s okay. And Shel’s okay with it. She’s We can see a lot of the sites right here. So, and we got the view of the uh the river here, or the canal, I should say. It’s not really a river. And we have another one right over here. So, as you can see, we got stuff hanging up cuz I had to do wash. They lost our suitcase. So, and we still didn’t get it back yet. They said it was going to be back yesterday, but it was not. So, hopefully it comes today. hopefully. So, but you know, I got my shirt washed. I just washed yesterday. I washed some clothes and they just dried. We put them in the bathroom because the floor is heated and it gets warm in there. So, so it’s not too bad. And the bathroom is real nice. Sh’s in there now. And I think I showed it to you the first day I was here. So, right now, this is the outfit I came in to Berlin and I washed it in the sink and it feels nice and fresh. So, they do have laundry service here, but I can just wash in the sink. It’s not like we’re rolling around in the dirt or anything. So, yeah, we got our snacks or our thing. We’re going to buy some t-shirts today. and maybe some socks. Who knows? Not too much cuz we don’t have a bag. So, and I don’t want to carry too much stuff on the plane with us. So, all right. Talk to you later. Looks like it’s closer. Yeah, it looks like it’s it’s closer, right? Yeah. It seems like it was far away over there. Yeah, that’s kind of weird. Ah, there we go. That’s a good picture. Yep. I got it. It’s not going anywhere. Yeah. Yeah. At least we got to see it. Watch this gentleman. Come this way. That way. And we’re inside a little cafe. And they have little dishes. I don’t know where. But this is our place over here. Yeah. It’s clothes. Yeah. Clark shoes. Oh, it’s just shoes. No, they have Clarks. [Music] Hi, babe. Hi. I can see the tower over here, so I’m going to take a picture of it. Bish [Music] called up for this by the platform 3 now arriving RB23 from BER airport continuing at Army 23 to be ber airport via oy departure 11:10 a.m. Caution, the train is arriving. Oh yeah, that’s ours. Oh, that’s big and holes. It has inside. Oh, good. Good. I don’t mind if it’s not too crowded. Yeah, I was going shift and pa shift and boat both boat ride in. Let me see some of the buildings over here. That’s a nice hotel, too. Yeah, we’re leaving Pak. Yeah, we don’t have to go back in the Berlin Ma anymore. Yeah. Huh? We don’t have to go over there. We can just go. [Music] Oh, yeah. Oh, nice. The one with the Yeah, the pipe. Cool. Oh, that’s going to be nice. Ah, palm trees. Film museum. Very nice hotel. Oh, that’s nice. Have you guys been on this before? No. There’s a trash can right here. Are you sure? Yep. That’s mous trash. Watch it. Watch these. Uh Hold on to me. Thank you. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Definitely got some good views here. Oh, we got plain Elvis, too. Nice. There’s another tower over there. Right there is a tower. Yeah. I love that little bow. That’s like perfect. Easy to tow. Easy to Oh, there is a bath now. There you go, babe. Put this on you. Yeah. I can swim. You can swim, but you don’t want to. Oh, I would if you Oh, you would if you Yeah. Yeah. I didn’t put these these uh long wingspans to work. Go that way. That’s Yeah, that’s where I would go. I would crawl up on that pole. Look, I’m saying it be dangerous though. I don’t care. I get up. They might go like this. Push you away more. You’re getting too close. They might push you away. What’s No, over there. Not to the Oh, the pier. You mean? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. If I go to the Oh, no. No. Yeah. Yeah. Here you go. They might give you that, you know. Yeah, maybe. Maybe that does cost money. It’s a nice view though. Very nice. Where am I? Oh, I might. There you go. Got a wide angle lens. It’s kind of like Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Almost exactly the same thing. And it’s about that wide, too. Yeah. That’s exactly what it reminds me of. But that was called a What type of What type of boat is it? Pontoon. Pontoon boat. The swan. Oh, yeah. Swan. Cuz they’re Yeah, these are darker, I think. Oh, look at the sailboat over there. That’s nice. Sailboat. Yep. Come on. You going to follow me? [Music] What are you looking at, babe? Oh, this is really nice. Oh, look inside. It’s like it’s all open. No, what do you call like a courtyard? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that’s right. Lastic Brandenburgg. Lunchag Brunenberg. Let me just take a I’m going to get this building here. That is beautiful. Pretty. It is so clean. That’s That’s when you look like the capital. Yeah. We would look at a distance. Yeah. Well, it kind of it’s kind of a little bit, but you know, it’s not white like ours. Yeah. And it’s smaller than Oh, yeah. Yeah. Definitely. And nobody nobody uh ain’t going to be nobody stormed it. Yeah, nobody stormed this one. Well, not lately, I should say. Maybe. Yes, they want to keep it preserved. We got caught in a rainstorm and start pouring on it. It’s a little chilly here. A lot chilly. Oh my god, it’s chilly. At least that guy has a dry place, too. Oh yeah. Yeah, that’s cool. You got to find the places you can. Yeah. Wait a minute. Where did they go? Oh, they’re right there. Yeah, that’s why I keep looking. I was like, where? Wow. Look at that. They’re fixing whatever. Yeah. Oh, they building something new here. Yeah. Those cranes are awesome. Oh yeah, they’re dangerous. Ain’t no doubt about that. Well, they try to put too much weight on it. Yeah, it’s still dangerous though. No matter how you look at it, even if you’re doing everything correctly, that’s why they get paid so quick. Crane operators. Yeah. And the workers. Yeah. They’re the one smiling. I want to see somebody smile. Oh, there’s a I saw a small. Yeah, you’re not supposed to be happy. Whatever at our place, but it just seemed like Yeah, we’re going somewhere. Yeah, we’re going somewhere. No, I mean to eat to like a right here. Watch your step. I can put my thing down here. Let me put my I ignore those people. He’s talking to God. Oh yeah. Yeah. We were on a train. He goes I said I don’t speak German. He goes, “Cash.” I’m like, “No, thank you. You got stuck.” That’s what you get. That’s what you get. My mom would have left me like that. No, she wouldn’t. Oh, yes, she would. After after smacking me a couple times. I told you not to. Yeah. Yeah. the good old days. I’m talking real fast in Spanish and you don’t even I know. I was like what? No, I knew all the I knew all the bad words. I knew I thought my name was Jesus Christ cuz he was like Jesus. Well, she was saying in German. Yeah. No, your mom. She was saying in Spanish. Yeah, that’s what I meant. Yeah. Yeah. Not Yeah. Yeah. Spanish, of course. Let me take care of this one. We’ll take care of you. Every time it rains, that’s what we do. Oops. You okay? Yeah, she’s good. She’s good. When my kids fall, you always go, “Yay!” And then they won’t cry. Yeah. Yeah. Some Some kids are like that. Go, I know. Yeah. You’re You right there. I remember that. [Music] No, no. If they really cry, they really hurt. They’re really hurt. Sometimes the shock just Yeah. Watch out. Go on this side. Yeah. There’s a pharmacy. Oh, yeah. That’s weird. [Music] camping stuff. Yay. [Music] Oh, but it’s it’s fine. It’s closed already. It’s Saturday. We’re getting our suitcase hopefully. Yeah. [Music] Huh? Everything roses in there. Oh, yeah. There’s a nail. Nice. Oh, look at that down there. Oh, nice. That is pretty. We come back, I’ll get a closeup of it. This is really nice. Yeah, this is nice. Bakery. Yeah, they have a whole bunch. Huh? Yeah. Grandpa. Grandpa. Yeah. Yeah. Nice in there. That’s where she was looking for. Yeah. Oh, there she went. She went inside. Let’s go. Right here, babe. Oh, that looks small. feel that that looks that looks kind of I don’t know. Is it sporting? Yeah, they have a mix. I think it’s kind of like a TJ here. They have a scene or it’s kind of like a TJ Maxx. They’re all They’re all over the place. Look at that. Oh, those are nice. Yeah. Thank you. Oh man. Let me see yours. Oh, you got like a a wrap. Good. It’s like a Yeah. [Music] Yeah. Yeah. Not that good looking. She’s tired. Yeah. Exactly. Oh, that’s what the people say that he wanted. [Music] [Music] There’s a museum. They touched them. Yeah. A city of history, it says. Yeah. Say hi, babe. She’s There she goes. We are leaving. We just checked out. Our bag still didn’t come. It’s supposed to come today, but they said they won’t accept it because we left. So hopefully they take it back to the airport and they ship it back to our house. But I’m not worried about it no more. So So we’re about to head on out. All we got to do is we’re having a taxi to the airport. It’s the Molina Berlin. Very nice. Very nice breakfast. Very nice rooms. Well, we got to see the Brandon Bet. We were in a taxi when we seen it, but we had a good time. A little stressful, but good time the last two days. Definitely. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You’ve been through the ring. They could make a movie of your life. Another 10 15 minutes. Everything that you’ve been through. Yeah. And I can’t believe I get to call you my wife. From the day I met you, even through the internet, I knew you were the one made just for me. And after Ruby Tuesday and now out of town day, you looked at me and proudly said, you get old and watch the kids grow. Make our love from pure gold. Travel around the whole world singing. Who and Jasmine and SM the family I care for. I walk by the mirror saying you made it. We were married on Christmas. Yeah. Shelly Boo and me against the world. But your body was missing. Missing something that was saved by your little girl. She helped her mother by helping another. A birthday present you’ll never forget. I’m so happy you’ve recover. Can’t live without you. I’m so happy I can say. Let’s get old and watch the kids grow. Make our love from your home. Travel around the whole world. Save you. You and Jasmine and Sier the family I care. I spend the rest of my life singing. You made it. Surely everybody loves you. Jenny Sarah can’t get enough of you heart and soul from up above. They just want to say that they all love. Even your granddaughter wants you to know that you’re every bit of the perfect grandma. The people dream of. We’re all happy cuz you get old and watch the kids grow. Make our love from your home. Travel around the whole world saying you and Jasmine and Sier the family I give. I spend the rest of my life singing and always and forever by your side. Yeah, you made it. Always and forever. Yeah, you made it.

0:00 Intro
The video documents the start of Jose and Shelly’s European trip, beginning with their journey to Berlin, Germany. They encounter a significant setback when their luggage is lost by the airline (1:25-1:32, 5:27-5:30), forcing them to make do with limited clothes and wash items in their hotel sink (22:49-23:18).

Despite the luggage issue, they share their excitement about Shelly’s first trip to Europe (0:47-0:49). They provide a tour of their hotel room at the Melia Hotel International (1:21-4:57), highlighting its features and the view of the city and river (2:16-2:22).

The couple explores Berlin, taking in sights like the Brandenburg Gate (2:59-3:02) and discussing the city’s history (18:10-18:27). They enjoy German and Turkish food (8:44-8:51) and are particularly impressed by their hotel’s buffet breakfast (8:57-9:31).

They also share their travel experiences, including their train ride on the S-Bahn (8:04-8:12) and their plans to take a boat trip on the river (2:04-2:06, 8:20-8:29, 20:00-20:01). The video concludes with them checking out of their hotel, still without their luggage, and heading to the airport for their next destination, Paris (42:11-42:38). Jose also shares a heartfelt song dedicated to Shelly (43:08-46:09).
45:53 Outro