 What's up guys EvilD here now before I jump into today's story about the first time I ever stayed with an Esperanto Family or a couple I should say I just want to give you guys a little bit of an update on my filming now. I do I do I have a very small channel. I have very few subscribers, but I still want to make these videos better I want to try and improve them as much as possible now. You may have noticed that my filming has got a little bit better It's no longer like this shaky like handheld spastic thing But the lighting is still terrible like it's probably pretty dark in here for you guys because I have to film at night I work during the day and I I have just recently Purchased some lights and they're currently in the mail. So they should be here by Friday. I'm so excited Anyway, so those are coming and hopefully after Friday my filming will be better If not, I'll blame it on something else because it's never me. It's never the person behind the equipment It's just me. It's the equipment anyway, so to today's story So um, this is basically the first time I ever stayed with an Esperanto family or I should say couple As most of you probably know if you've watched my previous vlogs I recently traveled for a year with my missus on a honeymoon and part of our trip We were actually staying with Esperanto some different locations. So in Lake Switzerland, Germany, France all these different spots we stayed with Esperanto So we visited them depending on like how things worked out. So just before our trip I said to my missus Hey, look, we're traveling to Europe. So why not just Contact some Esperanto's maybe they can hook us up some locations. You know, maybe we can see some stuff on this is like You are pretty crazy. They're probably pretty crazy. Yeah, okay Why not? So I sent off a few emails to the like the different Esperanto associations around That can't really speak tonight. It's killing me. Anyway, I sent a few emails off to the European associations And eventually one of the emails I sent to the Swiss Esperanto Association bounces way around Switzerland and ended up in a small Little town area called Montur. I think that's how you pronounce it in West Switzerland now for those who don't know Switzerland it's kind of like divided up into three language groups. I think that there might be more but that's all I know So in the West you have French up in the north you have German and down south you've got Italian Montur is in the west it's like right on the border of France and it's one of the most beautiful areas I've ever seen But anyway, so the email ended up there and this lovely old Esperanto couple said yeah, sure come stay with us So I was like score. This is the first time ever I'm gonna be staying with actual real speaking living breathing Esperanto's that sounds really weird But anyway, so we flew into Europe. We landed Milan We stayed there for a day and then we caught our train up to Montur And now at this point we really didn't know what to expect I'd spoke with these guys a little bit a few pictures were exchanged mainly of me going and Stuff like that but nothing major. They probably thought I was more scary than I thought they were so anyway We end up in Montur. We get off the train and I'm looking for this overly Swiss couple I'm expecting maybe like a little Esperanto flag or something But nothing like that they come up to me and they they go Saluton which is like hello in Esperanto and then I'm like We start speaking away anyway that nicest couple ever they they try to grab my bags Now these are big heavy bags and these are only people like no No, don't do that don't do that So we took our bags down to their car and again They tried to take them off me and put them in the boot But I had to do because I'm such a gentleman like that But anyway, they use in this car and then they drive about one kilometer and they go We're here now, and I'm thinking we could have walked here You guys didn't have to come pick us up, you know probably would have enjoyed it You don't see the area, but they're like no, no, no, it's okay You don't we don't want to make you walk anyway So we look up and we're parked on the side of the road and we're looking down the road and we look to the left Okay, and all you can see is this massive most beautiful lake you can imagine it's like You live here and then we look up the other side of the road and it's kind of like a hill So they're on the side of a hill and then we see that little house And it's like this little fairy tale house that you see in like those movies where it's like sitting at the hill I'm half expecting this little chimney of smoke to be coming at the top And you know the evil woman to come out and get coming inside cookies, but no none of that anyway So they take us up to this house, and it's the most Like stereotypical European house you've ever seen for Europeans. I probably is like what are you talking about before us? Australians we know what we're talking about anyway So they take us up to this house and they open it up and inside They've got like old Roman statues and nice paintings and this house is better than any house I've ever been invited to see I'm one of those people that if you saw me in the street They're like stay away from that guy. You don't know where he's been and these people are willingly letting me into their house This is this is surprising for me. So anyway, I go in and they're like, would you like something to eat? You know, this is all an Esperanto, but for my English speakers, would you like something to eat? I'm like, oh, it's okay. We can go get our own food. We'll just walk around. They're like, no no no Sit down. We've prepared a few things and we look at the table and it's just covered in food Like everywhere just food freaking coming out of everything like a food on the cabinets And I'm like, oh my god, they're trying to fat me up and eat me But anyway, so they've got all this lovely food like a million different cheeses like it's crazy and So we sit down me my missus and we're like, oh my god, how much what do we eat? And they're like just take whatever you want take whatever you want And I find it a little bit later because they've got all these different meat dishes on the table But they're actually vegetarians. They don't even eat meat. They just went out and brought meat for us Like how nice is that? So anyway, we're like eating all these different cheeses my missus like has very limited Esperanto But suddenly she's really good. She's like Duncan Duncan Duncan Duncan like continually like this bubbly head thing that you see in the cars and We're just eating away and they're like, oh, so did you enjoy the meal? And I'm like, oh, I'm so fat right now Yeah, it was pretty good. And at this point we had actually got there pretty late in the day It was like in the afternoon and um They're like, well, we'll show you to your room and it's upstairs like up this like a little windy stairs type of thing We go up and they go, this is your room and the room that they're showing us It's actually bigger than my room and my actual house my apartment and they're like, this is your bed And it's like this giant king-sized bed. Here's the internet password and it's like, wow You have to pay everywhere else to get this stuff This is like a five-star freaking hotel with the nicest people in the world And they don't expect anything from me and I'm like I felt bad I wanted to go speak Esperanto with them to at least give them something in return They're like, no, no, no, no, you're here on your holiday. It's okay. Go in there You know, get a good sleep and then you can go out early tomorrow You can see the sights and it's like, well, thank you so much type of thing Like you're feeling really bad at this point. We even got our own personal toilet up there. It's like insane Anyway, so they closed the door. My missus is like, wow I didn't know anyone could be this nice and we open up the window Remember I said this was on the side of the hill. We open it up and all you see is this massive view of a lake Lake in every direction. There's no buildings of spastic stuff in the way like in Sydney. It's just Perfect view type of thing and it's like, wow This is crazy. So anyway, we can't we go to bed next morning. We wake up We come downstairs and we're like, you know like in our jocks and stuff Well, I was my missus is probably dressed and they're like, oh, we've prepared your breakfast again food everywhere. It's just crazy I'm like Do these people just sit here preparing food for us like what's going on and not just that we sit down We start eating and he's like, so have you planned your trip? I'm like, oh, I've got a couple of ideas of what I want to do You know, I'll just go down to the train station. I'll just jump on a few trains We'll just go and you know on to the fairies and just figure it out and he's like, oh, so you want to go on the fairies I'm like, yeah, I'd like to cross the lake and you guys Pushes this piece of paper across and he's got all these plans like fairies brochures everything and I'm like, oh, okay And he goes you also said you want to go on the trains. Did you want to go see the lakes inland? I'm like, oh, yeah, that'd be pretty cool And he just grabs this other pile of like brochures and stuff and pre-planned everything already all like highlighted marked out And I'm like, did you just plan our entire trip for us? This is awesome So it's not just like a five-star hotel, but it's also like your own personalized travel service. Like what more could you want? So they give us all this stuff and it's all we go around we travel around the area and we see all the You know the fairies and stuff like that and we come back and we're there for three days And every day they do the exact same thing nice food They don't want to intrude on us like as if they could we're intruding on them We're in their house, but they they try to like are you sure you sure you don't have got nothing better to do like you could Go check Facebook type of thing and it's like no no no I'd like to speak and get to know my hose, you know, I feel bad at the moment So yeah, I speak with them for a while there it turns out that they're learning Esperanto because they're retired And they just want to you know, they just wanted to learn something different and just try something new So and they're Esperanto is pretty good as well. So anyway, we um For those next three days we travel around Switzerland We come back and our next stopover actually like something happened and we couldn't make it and we're like oh damn We're gonna have to stay in Montur for an extra day So we're gonna have to go get a hotel because we only told these people three days when they found out They're like no no no no We're going down to Rome not tomorrow the next day So you can just stay until we go if you want we can just give you the keys and you just drop in the mailbox before you go because we'll already be gone We're like these people are trusting us with their lives like how How nice are they you can't imagine and so we stay there another day same type of service and then by the time We're finally about to leave we they drive this again to the train station Which is like a kilometer away, and I'm like, you know, you don't have to do this But anyway, they take us to the train station. My missus like So nice they're better than your parents Richard, and I'm like, oh geez make me feel bad, don't you? But anyway, so we go to the train station and what we catch the train out there My missus is actually crying over this whole thing because she's never met Strangers so nice to have before and she's like wow Esperanto is actually useful so That is the like the story of the first time I ever stayed with an Esperanto family Literally I could not have asked for a better first impression. That was the best in the world now I would have said their name during the story But again, I don't like to give out names unless I've gotten permission and I don't want these people to get Inundated by as far as from the world going can I stay? Because after that story, I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of people that are like wow That sounds awesome. I'm going straight to Montereau and then again They can't be that many Esperanto so you probably figured out pretty quickly anyway, so that's the story now If you enjoyed this story, especially my Esperanto story or you want to hear more military stories or wife stories or cat stories Or I don't know me falling off a tree story. I it doesn't matter Just tell me what your interests are if you want anything new different Just tell me like this video and please please share it around and Yeah, that's it and I hope you enjoyed this video and I will definitely see you in the next video and my camera is flashing right now It's about to run out of battery. So I'll see you in the next video. Have a great day