Climbing The Eiffel Tower In Paris & Eating McDonalds In France -A Royale With Cheese / Crepes Stand
Paris France July 2025
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this. It is Thursday,
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July 3rd, 2025. Up here on the balcony
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of my hotel room, starting off
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peeking over and upward
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at the Eiffel Tower here in Paris.
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Really good view from this room. And I
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believe today could be the day where I
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am going to go
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to, if not the tippy top, to at least a
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portion halfway up
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of the world famous Eiffel Tower. And
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I'll just see what what else I can find
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to get into.
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. I'm
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excited.
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Heading up there. Did not purchase an
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advanced ticket. In fact, I was going to
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buy one in advance, but the website only
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granted you access to the second level,
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not the top. But then it stated that if
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you just show up, should be able to
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purchase a ticket, but all the online
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sales were filled up. Kind of had the
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same experience yesterday when I went
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over to the cathedral. Same thing.
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Online sales gone. Had no problem just
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doing a walk up. So, that's what I'm
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going to do over there. And then I'm
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thinking about going to McDonald's and
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getting a Royale with cheese.
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Ever since I saw Pulp Fiction,
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a Royale with cheese, which is a quarter
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pounder with cheese in Paris when
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they're talking about it in the car, I
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thought if I ever go to Paris, I'm going
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to get myself a Royale with cheese. I'll
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do that a little bit later. But first,
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Eiffel Tower. Join me. Also wearing an
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appropriate t-shirt. Another street
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vendor one I got the other day. Sporting
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it. Yesterday I wore my Mona Lisa with
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the blowing the bubble gum. I got a
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pretty good reaction. This one probably
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not going to get any kind of reaction.
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This is a little more not exciting, but
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still something to to sport and
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appropriate when in Paris. Jordan
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Shallot. Now the name of this hotel is
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the Pullman. And I will say the weather
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is much nicer than it was that first
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and second day. It has cooled down
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considerably.
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Last night I even cracked the door open
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to the balcony.
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Had the cool breeze going in. It felt
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good. 2:46 p.m. here in Paris, which
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means it's 8:46.
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8:46 a.m.
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Back home in Celebration, Florida at the
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moment. 8:46 a.m. and 5:46 a.m. in
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SoCal.
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For all those in LA,
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it's only going to get up to 77. That is
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20° cooler
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than it has been the last couple of
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days. 20° difference. I'll take this one
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over the other last two days.
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Okay, I'm on the property
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through the security
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and I saw a sign that said the summit is
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closed again.
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But I can get it to the second level, so
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that's something. There's the elevator
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going up there. Look at that.
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That's cool.
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These misters just turned on. Little
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misting air here.
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It's really not that warm out though, to
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be honest. I don't know if the misting
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air is needed, but they just turned them
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on. Hey, this is saying
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top is closed. Also, it's saying stairs
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only.
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No elevators, no escalators, stairs
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Evidently, this is the line to buy
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tickets.
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Ah, top's closed. Just being underneath
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this thing, it's quite the feeling. This
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thing is huge.
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Massive.
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Due to a technical incident, maybe it's
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not the weather.
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Or maybe the last couple days it wasn't
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the weather either. I was I thought it
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was the
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I thought it was the weather. Maybe the
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first two days was the weather and today
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is a technical incident
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and everyone's having to walk up the
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stairs. Ticket office elevator top floor
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sale closed.
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It says something about a technical
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incident.
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Technical incident.
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Due to technical incident, the top is
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closed. Instead of waiting in line for
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tickets, I went ahead and just went on
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the interwebs and purchased mine. So, I
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got one to go up right now, but I got to
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take the stairs. Also purchased this
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piping hot caffeinated beverage, and
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it's served in a non- coffee cup. So, it
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is permeatingly warm. I mean, it is so
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hot to hold on to. I think it's like a
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soda cup. Oh, that's hot. Oh, wow. So, I
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put napkins around it because this is
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like made out of like plastic and it's
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scorching it. It really gives new
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meaning to piping hot, holding it. So,
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I'm going to get in this line and I'm
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going to guess I'm going to walk up
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those stairs. They said I can't take the
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elevator with the ticket I have. So, I'm
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going to walk it. It begins
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all on foot.
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Just take it slow. Sip some caffeine.
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The elevator is running, but evidently
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that tier of ticket isn't available
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right now. And the ticket booth line was
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very lengthy, like a hundred people
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deep. I would have had to wait in that
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line and then to buy this ticket.
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So, I just went online and purchased it.
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Quick and easy. Oh, there goes the
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elevator
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right there.
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Talking about the hydraulics
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of that bad boy going up.
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Once that thing passed by, this whole
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thing starting to shake a little bit.
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All right, this is the first floor.
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Look at this.
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Look at this relic behind the glass.
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What the staircase used to look like.
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Goodness gracious.
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That's something.
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Obviously, they've redone them since the
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olden days. This is dated 1889 for that
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staircase.
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Wow.
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You can peek out now. Oh, this whole
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thing kind of slants just a little bit.
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You can look down. And there's even a
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glass floor that you can stand on.
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Although, it's not really providing me
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with a lot of
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stability hope because there is a net
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underneath it. See, there's a net there.
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And there's a net that continues
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underneath
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the glass bottom walkway.
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So that right there is the line to buy
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tickets to go up maybe the elevator.
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That's a pretty long line. the one I
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bypassed by buying the tickets online.
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They were I think 14 and a half, let's
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call it 15
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to do the walking. That's honestly not
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too bad in my opinion.
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It's actually not a bad price.
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There seems to be water dripping from
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the top up there. I see like water
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dripping. Oh, look at that. There's the
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elevator going up just like in Superman
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2. Going to drop a phone off here cuz
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she ends up hitting someone, injuring
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them, or even worse.
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Got to be careful. Hold on to these. Do
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not pass anything through the grills.
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Folding objects. Risk of accident.
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So, what I'm going to do
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is just get right up here to the grill.
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Kind of keep it like that and then zoom
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in. I walked across that bridge
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yesterday. I walked a lot yesterday. I
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probably walked like 10 miles yesterday
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and then I took a taxi back. I regretted
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that with the how the traffic was.
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Beautiful view up here. This is only the
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first floor. I think I can walk up to
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the second floor.
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Ah, Paris. This is the road that was my
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first introduction to the tower a couple
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days ago when I took a taxi from the
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airport. It was in that line right there
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of taxis
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and I was coming down that way. First
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saw it out the window. Put the camera
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filmed a little bit of it as we were
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driving in.
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Now I'm seeing it from a different
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angle. Oh, I see if I could show my
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hotel from up here now that it's cooled
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down a little bit. This is the the cup
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they put the coffee in. Bona petit Paris
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Perry.
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A little display here on some of the
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history.
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I love this old photo.
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Very dapper.
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Oo, look at this gargoyle. Where can
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that be found?
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There's something very haunting about
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Paris,
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which I think is why Edgar Allan Poe was
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so into it. That's the second day in a
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row I mentioned Poe.
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Maybe I'll mention him again tomorrow.
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Oh, these must be films that were all
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based around this iconic structure.
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Audrey Huppurn. Funny face. I never saw
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that one.
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An American in Paris. That could be me.
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Jean Kelly right there. Oh, look at this
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one. It's like maybe like a good murder
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murder mystery. Burgess Meredith right
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there.
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Might have to put some of these on my
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list.
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I like the uh the Burgess Meredith one.
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Looks cool. I just realized what the
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elevators are being used for. It is for
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the descent. Did not pass anyone walking
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up. The elevators are used for the
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descension
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back down. Now, my hotel
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is right there.
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I think I'm on the fifth floor, fourth
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floor, sixth floor. Right in the middle
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there of the Pullman. Pretty nice.
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First
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stairs. First day or two was toasty. But
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today, again,
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the air conditioners having an easier
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time handling the lower temperatures.
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But I guess that's an issue with all of
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Paris. Like Paris is not known as the
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city of AC.
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All right, time to start heading back
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up. Up, up, up. I go all the way to the
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second level. I'm halfway to the point
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of where I can go. I can't go any higher
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than the second level, but I'm on the
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first level. Now to this the second
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level.
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I think he's in there. Hello. Hello.
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again just to confirm there are
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no ways to go up to the summit due to a
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technical incident. top is closed. They
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apologize, but this would be the queue
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that you would get in. There's the
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descent elevator queue. There's even a
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restaurant up here.
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So, there are two levels on the second
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floor. There's one down here with a
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netting, well, a mesh gate or mesh
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railing I should say. And then kind of
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push back about 10 ft is the second
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level, the one I'm on of level two.
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Unlike European vacation, I would highly
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doubt they allow dogs up here.
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I don't know what it is about Clark
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Griswald and dogs vacation.
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European vacation. Christmas vacation.
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Was there a dog in Christmas vacation?
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There was a cat. Vegas vacation. I don't
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know if there were any pets. After
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walking around the perimeter
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of all the ledges where Rusty
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and Clark were standing, I think was on
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the side I'm about to show. And there's
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a lot of people. So, kind of waiting for
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them to clear out. But I love the fact
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still has the yellow handrails and this
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one has a descending around the backside
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there where some of the other ones are
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shifted a little bit differently. And
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this is really the only spot that has
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that behind Chvy Chase's shoulder there.
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So I'm going to match that or at least
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attempt to match that up and in the
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general vicinity obviously but and these
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railings have changed a little bit but
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the the same yellow handrails going
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downward though. You have newer versions
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of these. He put the coin in. You can
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look out where the girls were standing.
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He thought they were flirting with him,
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but they were really just mocking his
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hat.
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There's the spot right there.
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Again, it's hard to kind of get it
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because there's so many people up here.
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But
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there's the railing right here. Look at
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this. been repainted and refixed, but
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they're still using the the yellow color
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scheme. It would have been sanded right
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there. How cool is that, right?
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Obviously, this thing has a lot more
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significance than just European
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vacation, but cannot not show that while
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I'm up here,
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man. It'd be so cool if the summit was
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open, but
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It's not meant to be. But at least I got
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at least I got to the second I I walked
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a lot. I got to the second floor or the
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second overlook.
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All right, going back down from this
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The walking down will probably be a lot
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easier than the going up.
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I could take the elevator, but it's
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pretty busy.
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I really don't mind walking.
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This will be a nice little stroll back
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downward.
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Maybe I'll think about it when I get
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down to the first. Maybe I'll take the
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first fort out or I'll just walk.
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Kind of like walking.
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Also, when I arrived in Paris a couple
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days ago, a lot of people were chiming
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in saying that I had already been here
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before. They call that the Mandela
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effect when people assume that they had
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seen something somewhere before or
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whatnot.
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I can assure you this is my first time
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in Paris, France.
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First time at the Eiffel Tower. Now, I
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have been
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in the Eiffel Tower at a couple
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different places. Kings Island, they has
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an Eiffel Tower. Epcot, there's an
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Eiffel Tower over in the France
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pavilion. And I've also gone up to the
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top of the Eiffel Tower in Vegas.
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But I can assure you, I have never been
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to Paris, France before this trip.
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Yeah. Isn't that what's called the
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Mandela effect?
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When you just assume something, you've
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seen it. You just think something is
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happening or you've seen something when
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in reality it's not true. My friend
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Justin's been here many, many times.
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Friends Ordinary Adventures, they were
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just here. I think their videos are
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still going to be uploading soon.
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I'm so happy I got to walk up here. So
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cool. This is like something I've always
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wanted to do. Something has always been
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on my radar and now I've done it.
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right. My impression of being on this
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thing
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is not what I expected it to be,
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especially seeing it from the ground.
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Actually, you can kind of get the
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perspective when you're walking around.
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But once you start going up the top or
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even standing underneath it, really do
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not realize based on photos, TV shows,
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movies, commercials, pop culture stuff,
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the magnitude and the size, the sheer
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size of this thing is gargantuan.
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Really does not show a perspective. When
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you see anything that you've seen
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without actually being here, you do not
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really comprehend
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how huge this thing is.
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Really does live up I say lives up to
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the hype. I don't know if there's hype
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around it, but it lives up to my
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expectations. Sometimes when you go
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somewhere and you see a landmark, you
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think, "Okay, that was cool. That was
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interesting." But this thing,
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All right, I'm going to start heading
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down. This is level one. Heading back
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down to level zero. Also,
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I believe England as well, but also here
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in Paris. Well, you know what? Maybe I'm
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getting London confused with Paris. one
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of the two or maybe both. When you go to
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the US and you're on level one, let's
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say you have a hotel room on level one,
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you're on the ground floor. Those other
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places I just mentioned over here on
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this side of the world, you're on level
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one, you're on the second floor. Level
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one starts on what us in the US classify
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as level two.
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exit through the gift shop. But there is
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a gift shop up on the first level. Got a
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little snow globe over here. I need to
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get a I need to get myself a magnet.
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All right. Got myself a little souvenir.
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Another magnet to add to my metal
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cabinets in my garage when I finally get
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home. whatever that is. You know, I
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figure I'm already here. I could take
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the stairs,
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but you know, I should probably go ahead
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and get on get on the descent elevator.
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Actually, doesn't look like too long of
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a line now.
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It's a real problem around here. Heard a
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lot of stories.
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There's a full house in here.
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People from the second floor obviously
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don't get off at the first floor.
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There's no elbow room in this thing.
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Yeah, probably would have been faster to
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walk, but
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I did it.
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What I've been doing here
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I'm going to walk back over to a spot I
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was at yesterday.
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And I didn't realize until I got back
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and was editing last night, the hotel
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room, that where I was was just above
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and in very close proximity to the
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tunnel.
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Showing the love locks here.
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the tunnel where
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Princess Diana passed away.
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There's the entrance and exit to the
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tunnel right there. Of course, the
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traffic approaching me is exiting out.
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Other side's going into the tunnel.
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1997 I was working at Kmart
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in CMI, Florida. This is like one of
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those events that you really don't
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forget
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where you were when you heard the news.
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even being over in the US.
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There's signs up saying no walking. You
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probably don't want anybody walking
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through the tunnel
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to find the pillar
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and the area that the car crashed into.
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Yesterday I was standing over there and
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I was just getting a view of this.
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has the love locks on it. Had the Eiffel
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Tower in the background. I didn't
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realize
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again I went back to my hotel and I was
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looking a couple things up and I was
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like, "Oh my goodness, I was right above
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the tunnel.
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The queen in people's hearts. You will
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always be the queen in people's hearts.
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Diana forever, the people's princess.
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Oh, we're precious.
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It's a very very short tunnel to be
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honest.
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And then the other entrance and exit
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is over there.
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Just right over there is the other edge
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of Tanexa. That close.
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I don't have
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Now, I know the consensus
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will probably wonder,
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why are you going to Mickey D's when
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you're in a city full of such amazing
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food items? Look at that little thing.
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Two wheels on the front, one on the
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back.
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I don't think I'm going to get a full
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meal. I just want to get a Royale with
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cheese.
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There it is. McDonald's in Paris.
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You know what they call a quarter
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pounder with cheese at McDonald's in
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Paris?
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A royale with cheese.
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Oh yeah, there it is. Royale cheese.
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Royale cheese.
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I went ahead and got two of them.
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Two.
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Also,
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Two Royale with cheeses.
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That took a while. Took a little while.
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That's a That was a long time to wait
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for just a a burger. Yeah, it's a pretty
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ridiculous thing to do. But I can't I'm
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sure I'm not the only person on earth
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that has visited France, visited Paris,
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as an American
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seeing Pulp Fiction and knowing knowing
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the you know knowing that quote
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can't be the only one.
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Okay, I I I did it. Well, I have to eat
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it first, man.
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I mean, it looks pretty standard. It's
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pretty much the same.
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Only novelty is the name.
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Had a few other different menu items as
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well, but this is this was the main the
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main focus. Yep. Go all the way to
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France to eat a McDonald's hamburger.
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There it is.
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It's kind of a dumb thing, but started
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off this morning, I thought, you know
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what? Through the course of the day, I
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got to find a Mickey De's and get myself
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a Royale with cheese.
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It might just all be in my mind,
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but this honestly tastes better
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than the McDonald's
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in the States. It has a little more
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flavor to it. I don't know. It tastes
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It's probably just the novelty of being
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here and eating Mickey De's, but
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this isn't half bad.
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This pigeons probably want
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probably want some of this. My royale
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with cheese.
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I probably should have only got one. I
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got to be honest, this is a little more
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filling than I expected to be. All
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right. My kind of ridiculous statement
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is
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the quarter pounder.
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Also, we're on the deluxe.
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This is the Royale with cheese.
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I think this tastes better than the
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quarter pounder in the US. At least this
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one. I don't know if they made it with a
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little more loving ingredients,
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French ingredients,
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but it just tastes
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three and a half% better.
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Then again, I haven't had a quarter
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pounder with cheese in the US in a while
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either, so maybe when I get back, I'll
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compare.
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All right, I got myself
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crate
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caramel crepe
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made fresh
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and a water.
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They made it faster than I could even
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pay for it with the euro to get the
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change back. I was going to show them
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making it, but man, they were quick.
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Bona petit
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creep crepe creeper crepe crepe.
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I just think of the Ricky Bobby movie
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nights. That's what it was.
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Say I love crepes.
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Oh wow.
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Here it goes. Very fresh. This is the
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freshest that you could get.
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A little dessert to go with my royale
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with cheese. It's a fun fun phrase to
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say. Walking back towards my hotel.
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It's called the Pullman
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for those interested or
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wondering.
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And that's going to do it for today.
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Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the
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next video, the vlog. I am so glad that
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I was able to get to the top of the
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Eiffel Tower, the world famous Eiffel
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Tower.
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I guess I should probably end this from
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my balcony, right?
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next video, the vlog.
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I was up there. That's level one.
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That's level two.
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And that is the summit, which I was not
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allowed to go to.
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But I walked all the way to there, level
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two, and level one, and then back down
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again. Well, except from the first to
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the bottom level, which I took the weird
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elevator thing, which I kind of wish I
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would have just walked, but I did it.
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Never thought I would do it, but I did
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it. Never thought I'd be in Paris, but I
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am.
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Really amazing to be here.
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Kind of surreal in a weird way.
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next video. The vlog is over.