 Good morning everybody. It is bright and early. Oh, I was gonna say bright and early on Monday morning. It's not it's like 1145 or something, but we are just heading out of our hotel today is kind of like a travel day We're heading to the Cotswolds checking into our cottage. We're so excited. We're renting a car, and I'm driving like You're gonna be great. I'm scared, but I think it's gonna be fine Thank you, and today was very weird because we Went we got home back to the hotel at like I don't know just before midnight Then we called our moms because only like I don't know what 4 p.m. Or something back in Arizona as we were like talking to our moms on the phone Finally fell asleep at one woke up at three was up until six and then fell back asleep and at ten Which I think is like check out time here at the hotel But that's the other thing sorry rewind backup when we got to this hotel the person at the check-in was like hey By the way when you leave we gave you late check out So you can you know stay until 1 p.m. On the day of your check up We're like, oh amazing and because of the jet lag like I mean if you know me in real life I don't wake up past 6 a.m. Like ever and you know just with jet lag and stuff I was knocked out like fast asleep and my alarm was set for 11 Well like 10 after 10 10 15 something like that I Was dreaming and I was dreaming that's that I heard like a little knock on the door And then all of a sudden the door opened and someone was in our hotel room And it was I think someone from housekeeping and I was just I just go hello They were like sorry and then they just left and I was just like What what and drew and I like we're both like shaking like I was dead asleep Like I'm telling you dead asleep. And so I just sat there and I was like Okay, like that was so weird and I had been awake at like 3 a.m. And I was thinking I really need to start buying those little like lever things that you put underneath The front door when you stay in a hotel because I was like anyone could just walk in here But I just had that thought and then it literally happened. It was just so bizarre So I called the front desk and I was like, hey, sorry to bother you I was like someone just like came into our room and they were like, oh, we're so sorry like let's call you back And then they called back and they were just I mean, what are they gonna do? I don't know, but they were just like there. It wasn't a member of the public. So I was just like, well, okay. So anyway, that's all now. We're gonna head to get some coffee Go to the train station get the hell out of the hotel and Jasmine just texted me. How are you both doing and I'm gonna tell her what happened She's gonna freak out and then we'll get on with the rest of our day. We're excited We have a little pub dinner tonight. That's gonna be fun We're staying in like a little small town and it's just gonna feel like the holiday. I just know it Let's do it. It's not the elevator to the exit. It's the lift to way out. I Love it made it off our train We're in like a random area near where Airbnb is. Oh, I love the country side I already feel like at home. It just feels so so good here, but we're just so happy to be here Now we're gonna get our rental car and head to our Airbnb Okay, so it's actually like a few hours later. We left the train station picked up our rental car Which is right here. It's actually quite cute. I drove for the first time in England. It was a little scary Here's me and my baby And she is like a Hyundai or other and as you can see we are definitely not in London anymore We are out in the countryside I will say driving on these backcountry roads is a little terrifying because Everything is like narrow. It's small. I'm on the other side of the car the other side of the road But I think I did pretty good. We'll see how tomorrow goes But um, we are on like the outer edge of the Cotswolds and we just got to our Airbnb and I almost started crying. I think this is like The cutest most idyllic little thatched roof cottage that I could ever dream of like it's the cottage of my dreams So I wanted to show you a little tour because as you know, I'm a big fan of like escape to the country The holiday the Cotswolds in general. I love so so much and this is quite literally my dream. So um Here she is I can't I literally can't so okay. I'm gonna take you on a little tour. Here we go through our front gate There's a lockbox that has the key This is the key. Like are you joking me? I'll link this Airbnb down below by the way It is so precious like every little thing about it. I'm obsessed with so Let's go in So, okay, right when you walk in a high love the old creaky hardwood floors, right when you walk in you have this Amazing window these cute wall sconces and all this amazing art. This is so precious This is like the coziest cutest little perfect country cottage. I'm obsessed. So love all the furniture We already put down some of our stuff. Here is the TV and then we have the like fireplace area I don't think it's cold enough to light a fire. Maybe tonight. I'm not sure I love these bookshelves and how they're styled. I just think it's so cozy There's even a little dog bed or like if you bring a little furry friend with you amazing I love these wall sconces. I actually desperately need them in my life. Hello I'm living my best life Then you walk through a little door into the kitchen and the host had set out Some little tea mugs for us with spoons and the tea and the biscuits We have like a little bread box that is adorable a little cutting board the fridge is in here and Just like a tiny little fridge, but the host came by and brought us some fresh milk And I just thought that was so sweet for our um for our teas and stuff We also did make a grocery run So we got some strawberries some yogurt for the morning and then we each got a meal deal And I really wanted to film that but we were ravenous and like I was a little stressed out driving So that was delicious for lunch. Oh, I can turn on the light in here. Actually, there we go We have a washer and dryer. I think it's like all in one and I actually think we will do some laundry when we're here Oh, there's a fly. I think we might actually do some laundry over here. We have a tiny little oven Which is perfect. We're not going to use it, but it's so cute. We have a little hob This is our bag that we got at waitrose. Here's our waitrose haul. We got some Cabernet for tonight. We got some cheddar's to take home with us jammy dodgers, of course a necessity We got some custard creams these giant thing of custard creams with 75 pence That's so cheap and amazing. We also saw that they have biscoff cream Biscuits so like biscoff with biscoff cream in the middle. That sounds incredible We got some Yorkshire tea. I drink decaf so we got that They probably have like other stuff as well. This is probably yeah, this is probably the stuff that drew will drink It's probably more authentic. We got some sports mix juices I ate those while I was driving for anxiety purposes and then we just have like some cute storage Dishes little pantry needs some more. Oh my god more dishes Glasses knives sink everything you could need really this is a dishwasher Oh my god, they have everything drew literally wants to live here. How was the bathroom? So tight Okay, so that's the downstairs now. I'm going to show you the upstairs. Yes, I do So you have this amazing staircase with like this looks like a museum This is just so freaking cool. Okay, let's head upstairs. There's two bedrooms and one bathroom. First of all, I love This bookshelf or this little built-in inside of the staircase incredible. We love it. There's cool funky art I like how everything is kind of really decorated. It feels very homey Or as they would say in the uk homely, which actually means like ugly in the us. Anyways, we have a nice map I think this is a map of the cotswolds very cool We've got a closet with some storage in here. Here's one of the bedrooms So I think this would be called a single bedroom very very tiny But this is going to be like our luggage storage room But I mean look at this window and look at this view. Are you kidding me? This is the best day of my life. I keep saying that I think I'm just going to say that every day of this trip Honestly, I am obsessed with these. Oh my god We need to do like some charity shop shopping or like vintage shopping because that's incredible So this will be just a landing pad for all of our luggage But a very very cute tiny bedroom and then we have another small bedroom And here and this is I think a double bedroom and this is where drew and I are going to be sleeping All crouched up together. We have a cute rug here. We have some nice Chest of drawers dresser storage cute little art. I love all these art prints. We've got some postcards This is amazing. I think this might be like some storage, but I'm obviously not going to open that We got a little bedside table a Freaking adorable window behind the bed that shows the back garden Like look how cute that back garden is. I think I forgot to show it when I was in the kitchen We'll go out there in a second. Also, it has a thatched roof That is just the best thing. I'm I'm truly in heaven. I love this bedding Like I love the quilt. The pillows are adorable. Like this is just the ideal cottage It's so cute. We have a bathroom in here Here is well, it's a shower room technically. So just a toilet and a shower. That's it And that is pretty much the tour of our cottage. I cannot believe How much I love this place. I'll get looked adorable in photos and drew and I went through probably what 20 different places To try and sort through them and see where we wanted to stay. This trip was like not super last minute But definitely just you know, we planned it pretty quickly. Maybe like a few weeks. Yeah, but um, we love it We're so excited. There's a pub Literally right across the street like when I say right across the street I mean like 100 feet away. So we made a reservation to have dinner there tonight and like have some drinks and stuff So that's going to be really fun. I think maybe in the meantime. We're either like deciding. Okay Are we going to like relax and nap because um, yeah, I totally forgot that that was today that And we we did not sleep well last night at all. We're exhausted. We're jet lagged etc But I also just want to like see everything. So we might go on like a little countryside walk And like walk around a bit. I wonder if there's like a Oh, I think yes, I think she does have like recommendations. Also the host has been so friendly She let us check in early. I mean, we didn't end up really getting here. I think we got here like 10 minutes early Yeah There's a guest book. So yeah, this place Unbelievable Um, oh there's games down there Uno, Trivial Pursuit, Jenga There's banana grams too Well, there's like puzzles. Oh my god, you have everything you need here We're definitely need to come back and stay longer out here. I love it so much Anywho, that's what we're up to I just wanted to show you the tour of our cottage because this is just incredible Like I am just so so happy to be here and this is like what we've been dreaming of And it's like actually happening. It's so so nice Drew was like walking up and he was like, oh My god, he kept saying oh my god. I was like It's crazy We're so happy. I forgot that I was gonna show you the back garden as well because I mean look at this hold on It's taking me a minute to get used to these doors, but we're getting there Now look at this freaking but what The hell look at this How is this real? This is unbelievable That goes like all the way back there and then I think maybe there's a footpath Like this is for real secret garden like in real life. Oh, I just couldn't be happier Unbelievable Just living my dream All right, it took us A full almost two days of being in England to have a cup of tea. We don't know if we're doing it, right? A lot of people are very particular about it Um, so actually don't watch this part if you're English, but we are quite excited. Um, we're having our first Cup of okay. Let me know how I did we brewed it For a few minutes. I squeezed the bag Squeeze the bag out through the bag away. Some people keep the bag in But I threw the bag away and then I put in the milk. There is no sugar. Unfortunately, they're out So Let me know how I did. Did I do it right? I used the kettle I boiled the bag We did not put the water in the microwave. We did not put the water in the microwave I then squeezed the bag through the bag away then put in the milk Please let me know how I did. And also, is this a good color? Is this a good color? Let us know. This looks like a great color to me, but Okay, now for some tea and maybe a couple vickies We decided to go out on a country walk. It's like not even doing it justice how beautiful it is in person There's like that little bench. We want to go sit on that. We're off to explore Here is the falcon arms pub. This is where we're going to be having our dinner tonight It looks so cute. And I think this might be a footpath Or maybe someone's house. We're not 100% sure but we're gonna find out. Oh, it's like a big back garden as well Cute Oh, I can't wait. Oh my god, and there's the local cafe Right next to the pub. So we're gonna have breakfast Okay, we'll have it Wednesday We took some cute photos in front of some fall leaves, which was very exciting Sat on this little bench for the last like, I don't know, 10 minutes Now we're gonna head inside Freshen up and head to dinner. What'd you just say? You said welcome to my house Oh Just lovely We're on our long walk to the pub There's our place There's the pub Ideal. If we didn't have a long day tomorrow, I'd say let's turn up. It's kind of cold There's some bird screaming in the background. It's really cool Got our drinky drinks, got the fire going All right, we're back in the cottage. We're cozyed up on the couch We were gonna watch Netflix, but honestly we're too tired We've been going like non-stop pretty much since we've been here and even Jasmine texts me this morning and was like, are you exhausted because I'm so tired and I was like, yes We're exhausted and we're jet lagged on top of it, but like just so Grateful it has just been such a fun trip so far and oh my god. I can't even not even express How amazing that pub was? Like it was good. The food was good We felt like we were in a movie We just kept being like are we in like a d&d game? Are we in lord of the rings? Like it truly felt like After my glass, after my large glass of wine, I was like it felt like when Tricia Paytas does her TikTok videos where she's like, hello there traveler Where you coming from? That's sort of what it was like. It was like an old tavern that would be in like Dungeons and Dragons or something like that. We were texting our friends who drew plays d&d with and we were like Oh my god, like sending pictures and stuff. It was just so cool We don't really have a ton of that in the u.s. If any Especially like that Old with that much history and like we were definitely the youngest people in there by far Oh, there was one girl reading her book But we love pubs as it turns out. Who know we're we're pub people Just get your pint sit down. You just get your pint you chill You mind your business and everyone's so nice. So yeah, we really enjoyed that I think we're gonna book it again for tomorrow night because we're kind of staying in the middle of nowhere It's a little bit hard to like go out to dinner and find stuff I mean, maybe we could like get stuff at the store and cook it at home. That's a possibility as well Yeah, we might just because it's literally right across the street book it again for tomorrow night Um, but yeah tomorrow is gonna be a really fun day because we are gonna be driving around and going to like Maybe four or five different cotswolds villages. So that's gonna be a fun vlog We're um kind of starting in one place and then like making our way down and then making our way back around And it's gonna be really fun We have like a list of things we want to see things we want to do It's gonna be kind of similar to like when I went last year But just maybe a little bit more extended because like he and that's because i'm here Right, of course because true is here. So um, we're really excited There's gonna be like some lord of the rings theme stuff We're gonna see like we're gonna do some afternoon tea again things like that So it's gonna be really fun It's like stuff that I already saw that I want to see with him and then also a couple new things as well So it's gonna be a blast. But thank you for hanging out with us today Maybe we'll show a little footage drunken film when i'm driving here in the uk because it's actually I actually I don't even think I have updated. Maybe I did a little bit, but it's scarier than I thought He said I did great I feel like tomorrow will be better because I'll just get more used to it I just have to get used to like hugging a different side of the lane that I'm used to because I'm all the way here. So I'm like I don't know. I'm used to veering to this side of the road. Anyways, you know what I'm saying I think I'm gonna do okay. Hopefully fingers crossed. I mean, I did buy the full The full insurance like the maximum most coverage that you could possibly get for a rental car I think the most I would have to pay is like a hundred pounds. So I mean, I'm not gonna like rely on that obviously But um, we're protected. It's gonna be all good, but I'm excited So maybe we'll show a little bit of that and yeah, we're attempting to do laundry in this um airbnb And actually the dryer is obviously very different than like an american dryer So we put it on a dryer setting for an hour and a half. That's like the typical Dryer time and it was like it steamed the clothes a little bit. I definitely didn't dry them. So we actually have Our clothes hanging here and they're I think they're a little bit drier than we thought initially So hopefully by the morning, they'll be nice and dry. But yeah, we have like all the curtains closed up It's nice and cozy in here. We might watch something on Netflix, but we might just go to sleep So I guess we'll catch up with you tomorrow This is just gonna be like the most magical night Although we are a little scared that like spiders are gonna cry We've seen several spider because we're on the countryside and just as long as it's not like a mouse I think I'll be okay. So we'll see you tomorrow. Good night Bye