 Two days ago or something like that. I put up a thing and I was like, oh, and I'd like to do a Q&A so You know leave your questions and surprisingly people did and I got like Eight questions two of them from immediate family members. Don't worry about it Actually one was for my friend one was for my brother and then one for my brother. I'm just not gonna read you know why Okay, so the first one is from to Hessa life And she said just wanted to let you know that I really tell your vids and I'm starting my gap year from last August So I wanted to start with this one because it's not like a good question But just like a reflection because I actually figured out how to work Instagram like a month ago Hey, hey booze who got messages for me, but I realized that Instagram like filters your DMs I was getting any of the messages that were like being sent to me by you guys and I started opening Up like a month ago. It was like, I think it was right around the first week I was here so it was like the end of August or the first week of September and It was actually kind of astonishing and like I've gotten comments on my channel before but There were a couple of really nice messages of people who like literally took gap years because of what I have said Which feels fake and I feel like that should not be allowed Actually, I think that we should take that back and maybe nobody should make decisions based on what I say Just just a thought no like all kidding aside like that was really kind of special because sometimes it really feels like I'm speaking into the void here, but oh another thing my gap year video has hit 17,000 views and I cannot comprehend that amount of people and like I know that that's the point of YouTube is like people will see your your your stuff, but like that's just like a really terrifying number and an exciting number and actually please because YouTube is starting to put ads on my videos and I've hit my watch hours like I'm like way over my watch hours But I'm just I'm getting subscribers and then I can like start to get monetized because YouTube is already using They're already using ads on my videos. So just please you know If you're thinking of it. Oh, also, this was the fortune today I don't I don't know why people I pick these up every day But today it says an alien of some sort will be appealing appearing to you shortly I read that this morning a weird way to start your day An alien has not appeared to me today, but unless they're wearing like a human skin suit. I'm not sure But yeah, I just wanted to start with that little message because that's just really wild and I really appreciate like all of your messages to me and comments and Yeah, it definitely like puts a little bit more of a feeling of like responsibility because I don't know during COVID I didn't interact with anybody. So I didn't have like I didn't I didn't feel like a lot of times in my life There were consequences for my actions like even in positive ways and I think this is a positive thing But it's just it's very cool To see like like not a consequence. That's like a bad way to put that's like that's like scary But like that it you know, I had I had some sort of effect in the world not like just in my own head Okay, so my first question for my BFF Andre Andrea she's actually back here. She's in my like good getting out of the house video That was us like in Oregon together and she wrote what is the best coffee shop in Scotland so far? What's your go-to order? Okay, well one thing that I have noticed about Scotland is that they do not have coffee like they have Obviously they have coffee, but they don't have like drip coffee anywhere. It's so hard to find and if you find it It's always more expensive than actual like lattes So I usually go for like an americano because it's the closest thing to coffee coffee But sometimes I get tired of Americanos because it's like it's like drinking almost coffee, but it's not coffee so sometimes look at a latte and I think that I was at a latte like three weeks ago I was I was at a cafe like three weeks ago and I ordered a regular latte I think they gave me a pumpkin spice latte because it kind of tasted bad and I don't know why Like it wasn't good, but I think that's just cuz I generally don't love pumpkin spice lattes I don't know, but it wasn't like it wasn't a burden. You don't care But the best coffee shops are the ones that I have really been loving Is August 21st that is like a really a good one I've like gone into work there a couple of times and they're just like really nice to me there So I like I like the vibe like they're just like nice people and they have good stuff Kilimanjaro has like that's not like the sort of like the main street like I think it's St. Leonard's maybe and they have like really good like baked goods like I've had to scone and tea there so good And I went there with some friends and they loved the chai lattes there. Oh, but then I went to one today I forgot the name of it, but it'll be in next week's video or this week's I don't know when it's gonna go up So the next question is what books have you been reading lately? So today? I actually actually finished a book I haven't done that in a while I just actually books in reading lately. I read The Lion Game by Ruth Ware That's what I was my plain book cuz usually bring a book for the plane Cuz I don't know why something about a plane like just motivates me to read because it's like I I have a hard time like not binging books if that makes any sense like I I Either have to like read a book all the way through Or I can't I have a really hard time like picking up a book and like putting it down and then picking it up again Like I have to have time to read so a plane's just like always a good option for me Um, I liked that one. It wasn't my favorite Ruth Ware book I really liked in a dark dark wood from Ruth Ware Cabin 10 and I even I liked Death of Mrs. West way better. I've read a lot of Ruth Ware I really like her but then I finished all the light we cannot see I don't know the author's name It's a really famous book from a couple of years ago. It was a really like beautiful book It was almost like it kind of reminded me like where the crawdad saying but it's about like World War two and not like this Like not about the same thing But just like the it was one of those books that like it's two timelines and they like weave together and you're like narrowly sure how It's not a murder mystery either. I'm painting a very bad picture of this But it's about World War two and it was just like a really beautiful just a really beautiful story So I I recommend that too and all these are recommended to me from my mom because She knows she's she knows what's what with books some other ones that I really loved I love like murder mystery like books. So then she was gone by Lisa Jewel So good. That's a highly highly recommend that one. Oh where the crawdad saying I mean that's just a great one But then the the one that I really loved from spring break was the vanishing half I don't remember the author for that one, but that was a really good book too I highly recommend any of those you leave for a whole day exploring Edinburgh. What essentials do you pack? I will tell you okay, so let's see So definitely my headphones today the weather changed five hundred times. So I'm raincoat. I finally got some cash So I do bring that like the currency for Scotland charger with Like the adapter thing a water bottle and then my umbrella, but this umbrella is really bad. Actually, it's broken So I don't even think if I open it. It's gonna work, but I brought it just in case Oh some hand sanitizer, but it's almost running out because I've been using it and I haven't gotten sick I'm wearing a mask and washing my hands like crazy and everybody has a cold I I also think it's just kind of luck because I don't know. I want a pen because that's sensible What is my favorite moment from exchange so far and that's from Jaz's stories on YouTube go look her up She's she has really nice channel. She lives in Finland and her vlogs are so beautiful honestly This is gonna be a lame answer but the first like couple of days I was here were like probably some of the most exciting because everything was new and I just kind of wandered around the city that I had like seen in pictures, you know for a year and a half and that was just like Really exciting and I just like wandered around Random went into random churches and that's sort of like my favorite thing to do when like Like days where like I'm studying abroad is I just like start walking and like see where the day takes me And I used to do that like at my college at home. It's just like I don't know It's just it's like the way that like I enact my freedom Like I'm not like a wild like party teen like me I go on like long walks and like maybe get some cake and like that's exciting But yeah, that has been a really good moment Honestly the day where there were like 400 rainbows that was crazy I think anytime to the like I'm walking around the city at night and you see like the castle lit up It's just like it's very surreal or like when you're on Arthur's seat And you see the skyline like that's those are some of my favorite moments There's also just one day where I was like wandering around and I found Dr. Neal's garden Which that's been in some of my videos and There were just like a bunch of swans and there was a like a graveyard and I love those moments where it's just like kind of You can tell I'm such an introvert with this like when I'm just like wandering around like you know On a walk enjoying a nice day like those are some of my favorite moments also anytime I'm eating gelato