AHHHH GAVIN 🥹🥰 I can’t even explain the joy watching this vlog brought me. It was like reliving the entire trip again. I’m so glad we got this time together, this really was the trip of a lifetime for me and I already miss Japan sooooo freaking badly!!! I’m forever grateful for this trip and I had the best time ever with you 🥹🥰 can’t wait for all our future adventures!!! Also, LOVE the way you edited this vlog and the music choices???? 10/10 perfection 🫶🏻
Gavin, thanks for taking us along on your trip to Japan. The food, the scenery, the books, the manga, the music! Hope your feet are having a speedy recovery now that you're back home. Til the next TrovaTrip!
Don't apologize for not reading, this was just pure fun! When you go on your trips don't be pressured to read just enjoy your holiday, we won't care, we're having fun watching you have fun. The shrine in Kyoto that's all gates was in the movie Memoirs of a Geisha so I recognized that. Japan is beautiful and if I wanted to go it would be to Okinawa to visit history, my grandpa fought as a Marine in the battle for Okinawa. I want to step foot where he did. The last two weeks have been very busy because in the States my boys started back up with school. My oldest is in middle school, he's a sixth grader and my youngest is still in elementary as a second grader. So, we're all getting back to a routine and all the fun stuff. Reading wise has been a bit slower, but that's because I discovered Stranger Things, yeah, am late to the party and am now watching Squid Game. I highly recommend Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie for spooky season if you like paranormal and watching ghost hunting shows on TV. This book is also mixed media. I will be anticipating the one in Egypt. I would have loved to go, but it wasn't in the cards. I am looking forward to more adventures and loved seeing Jesse, they are so much fun. 😊💕💕💕
I'm so glad you had such a fun time in Japan! My last year of Uni has started and your videos have been keeping me company while I do homework. As for some of the books that were in shown in the video, I highly recommend Heaven's Offical Blessing light novels. They are amazing, but I would warn you about the body horror that happens in it if you are a bit squeamish to that.
Slowly catching up on your latest videos - ahhh I loved this vlog so much!! Giving me so many amazing flashbacks to my Japan trip earlier in the year ❤
This was an absolute joy to watch. I love the way you put this together. I love all the music you used in this. The OnePiece jackets are to die for 🥰. So glad your better.
Did you know Tullys coffee originated in Seattle. They unfortunately don't exist here anymore, all closed. They were a good shop 😀 Love the video btw. Japan is so beautiful.
knowing that you liked the tea ceremony makes me think you would love the manga called skip beat a contemporary manga about a young girl who moved to Tokyo with her friend than realized she was just being used for a house keeper while her friend got to be a j-pop star, she decides to go into the showbiz scene, also I loved this video so far it feels like I am back in Japan while watching this. dude you were hanging out with a bunch of new people and some faces we as a bookish family recognize and getting to know everyone better don't stress not reading while on this trip I am just happy you had a good time.
This looked like so much fun! I would love to join you on a future trip if I could afford it. Traveling with my favourite RUclipsr would be so much fun
We sincerely do not care that you didn’t read anything. We were more concerned with your poor feet! Omg Gavin I’m so sorry. What a horrible thing to happen while on a once in a lifetime trip. I’m glad you got it sorted
❤️ Happy you had a great trip, and happy you're home with the babies! Totally fine about not reading. This blog is yours! Do what you want! You DID go manga shopping, so I give this blog an A+ on the book content. Sometimes, it's not about where you go in the pages- sometimes, you gotta go to the places where some of your loves originated, and see what influenced the writers to write what they do. So, you just went on an origin story for some of the manga you enjoy! I call it a win! * Can't wait for more Gavin content. I would love to travel with you guys (it looked like so much fun!) But the type of job I have discourages travel to certain countries. Still, I will keep an eye out for a trip I can take! If not... well.. your blogs take me along, and I'm happy with that.
This made me want to do another solo trip to Japan. Glad you had fun and got to do so many fun things. I feel you with the suitcase. I had to end up buying one when I went (I only had a backpack) to fit all my merch.
such a lovely video to watch, glad you had so much fun! i was also soo worried about whether you caught something from the mosquitoes but i'm glad it's an easy fix and hope you're feeling better!
Hey Gavin! It might actually not be sunburn! I experienced the same type of reaction when I went on vacation to a place that had a completely different environment-- its like my skin didnt know what to do and freaked out a bit--- moisturizer and increasing my water intake helped! :)
Loved watching this trip! And honestly, I just recently got back from a trip this summer and had such a similar experience (sunburn, bug bites, walking fatigue, and an illness as soon as I got home) and it sucked! BUT it’s crazy how that still doesn’t take away from the magic that is traveling. Glad you survived and had a good time!
You probably didn't get sunburnt on the plane, but just wanted to give a quick reminder to all travelers that ~1 hour next to the window on a plane at 30,000 feet is equal to ~20 minutes in a tanning bed (in uv exposure) so don't forget to wear sunscreen!
AAAAHH!!! I'm late watching this!!!! This was such an amazing experience, thank you SO SO much for organizing this trip! Not only did I get to see Japan, but I feel we all made so many friends and I'm so extremely grateful 🥰 Now, to watch what I'm sure will be a masterpiece of a vlog ✨
I smiled so much trough this video thank you!!! The editing, the music, the content absolutely the best💖 so enjoyable, interesting and funny thank you for taking us to japan with youuu
I sat through 5.5 hours of you talking about every single story of Jinji Ito's that you read and only got 1.5 hours of Japan! 🤨 Seriously though, this is amazing! Your poor ankles, feet and skin though! I hope you are recovering well now that you are back home. If you go to my husbands' channel - Jubzero - you'll see the videos he posted on our Japan trip 6 years ago (we didn't do RUclips stuff back then, so no editing really, but if you watch the Nara Park one you'll see me get "attacked" by a deer lol). No worries if you don't want to watch it, I just wanted to mention it. My husband also researched getting a bidet when we got home 😆And we had to buy another luggage to bring home all our stuff.
This was so beautiful to watch! Lovely to see everyone enjoying the trip, Japan seems to have so much to explore I love that, it's definitely one of the countries I'd like to visit in the future. And all the merch OMG!!! I'd lose myself on that store, wandering for hours 😂 I hope you're doing better, Gavin, take care of yourself, we love you 💟 give yourself and Ash and Tobu a big hug for me, and thank you for sharing this experience with us!
I was going to go to Japan with you but I ended up doing a solo trip around New South Wales, Australia visiting a few towns and our National capital city. Was so good bought lots of books. Was annoyed that I drove past a town that had books from floor to ceiling in it. But going back again in two years time. So much to see in my Country.
I’m so glad you enjoyed Japan! I went there last December and absolutely enjoyed it. I can’t handle heat so going to japan in winter is the best for me. Please visit Tokyo next time, I think you’ll love it. But don’t forget to prepare your wallet because you will be blown away by the amount of one piece stuff you can buy there especially if you visit akihabara
I am sure you had fun, but I bet being home is the best. You have your cats and you can rest. You don't have anything scheduled to get up for and you can read. 🙌🏻😌💛
When I got to the fish spa part I gasped in horror. Literally just saw a story on Tiktok of a woman who got a horrid infection from those and lost a couple of toes.
This was so fun to watch! Thanks for sharing Gavin! I’m glad you had a good trip and got lots of awesome One Piece stuff!! I hope your feet heal up fast now that you’re home. To be honest my last couple of weeks have been hell on earth but that’s ok, I’ve got a week off so I’m gonna definitely rest, get some reading and cleaning done. Missed ya and glad you’re back 😊
I knew it before going into this video, but: I LOVE IT! I hope your feet are doing well by now and I think it´s totally fine that you couldn´t read. I just loved watching you expirience Japan!!!
Japan looks incredible! Especially the food! I was so hungry watching all the dishes you got to try. And oh, mourning all the queer manga that'll never get translated. 🥲 But fun fact, A Tale of A Thousand Stars is another bl that was originally a Thai bl novel that was turned into a series (which is phenomenal btw). I didn't know so many Thai bls were getting adapted into manga!
I'm honestly surprised u didn't spend more time in cat cafes in Japan given how much you love Ash and Tobu Gavin. But this was amazing to watch. I hope to one day be able to afford to go to japan myself although it will be a looooooong time before ive saved up enough money to go on a trip like that.
Looks like a great trip, Gav! Hope your feet heal up soon! PS I thought you were going to turn up for the return flight wearing multi-layers of jackets 😄
Loved this feature film!! And the music especially!! By the way, there is a really cool cozy mystery/slice of life light novel series called „Holmes of Kyoto“ that I think you would really enjoy now that you‘ve been in Kyoto yourself.
That series you were curious about with the mask is called "Choujin X" I've never read it so i can't say if it's good or not but that cover to vol 1 is very memorable.
@ min 53:14 is the realist thing ive ever seen... fellow lazy person here, and i can attest that those 20k plus steps a day are just murder on the legs.... i went for 2 weeks in july, and i think by day 4 i was walking just like that😂😂. Idk how i pulled it off, but once i was out for the day it got less noticeable... but japan was totally worth it😊
You should check out second hand book stores in Japan. When I was there a few years back I remember buying a lot of books and manga for like 100 yen each lmao and they looked NEW NEW, some of them were even wrapped and were not touched lmao. I only went to Tokyo and Osaka tho, so idk about other cities...but I bet many have those stores... Edit: damn, finished the video and just realized you already left Japan lmao, oh well...you can visit those stores another time...
The video is amazing how far I have got in so far. Where you are on about sun cream that is fantastic the problem is you have moisturised after and that is why it will cook your skin. Next time moisturise first as soon as you have washed face and then apply sunscreen and keep applying it throughout the day. Definitely remember that ready for Egypt as that is going to be a whole different heat xx Japan looks phenomenal though so far xx
I will send you a link for some special spray and it keeps all biting things away, I know it is a bit late now but will save you when you got to Egypt xx
AHHHH GAVIN 🥹🥰 I can’t even explain the joy watching this vlog brought me. It was like reliving the entire trip again. I’m so glad we got this time together, this really was the trip of a lifetime for me and I already miss Japan sooooo freaking badly!!! I’m forever grateful for this trip and I had the best time ever with you 🥹🥰 can’t wait for all our future adventures!!!
Also, LOVE the way you edited this vlog and the music choices???? 10/10 perfection 🫶🏻
1 hour and 20 minutes of loving vicariously through gavin, let’s go!
The lovely sequence in the beginning masks the fact the tension Gavin probably had while packing at such short notice.
Japan is an incredible country. I'm so glad you got to go.
Gavin, thanks for taking us along on your trip to Japan. The food, the scenery, the books, the manga, the music! Hope your feet are having a speedy recovery now that you're back home. Til the next TrovaTrip!
Don't apologize for not reading, this was just pure fun! When you go on your trips don't be pressured to read just enjoy your holiday, we won't care, we're having fun watching you have fun. The shrine in Kyoto that's all gates was in the movie Memoirs of a Geisha so I recognized that. Japan is beautiful and if I wanted to go it would be to Okinawa to visit history, my grandpa fought as a Marine in the battle for Okinawa. I want to step foot where he did.
The last two weeks have been very busy because in the States my boys started back up with school. My oldest is in middle school, he's a sixth grader and my youngest is still in elementary as a second grader. So, we're all getting back to a routine and all the fun stuff. Reading wise has been a bit slower, but that's because I discovered Stranger Things, yeah, am late to the party and am now watching Squid Game. I highly recommend Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie for spooky season if you like paranormal and watching ghost hunting shows on TV. This book is also mixed media.
I will be anticipating the one in Egypt. I would have loved to go, but it wasn't in the cards. I am looking forward to more adventures and loved seeing Jesse, they are so much fun. 😊💕💕💕
I'm so glad you had such a fun time in Japan! My last year of Uni has started and your videos have been keeping me company while I do homework. As for some of the books that were in shown in the video, I highly recommend Heaven's Offical Blessing light novels. They are amazing, but I would warn you about the body horror that happens in it if you are a bit squeamish to that.
LETS GOOOO an HOUR long Japan vlog :)
I love the bowing deer. So funny. The editing dance was everything 😂
Gavin being a Vintage Movie makes me so happy! Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh and Grace Kelly. What a trio!
Slowly catching up on your latest videos - ahhh I loved this vlog so much!! Giving me so many amazing flashbacks to my Japan trip earlier in the year ❤
Those BL manga sections in Japan stores are a dream 🫠
the dancing in-between the recordings is making my day 🤣😂🥰
Nara looks so beautiful 😍 And the music choices on this video are freaking amazing!
HAHAHAHHAHA oh my god this beginning. I’m so happy I started this on my break at work today😂💓
Really enjoying watching you have fun 😄
The dancing intermission was on point! Definitely was dancing along 😂
Do not apologize for not reading, this vlog was awesome. So happy you had fun! 🧡
the cats cameo gets me every time 😭🫶🏼
i loved watching this so much Gavin!! i'm just about to go on my Trova trip so this made me even more excited!!
This vlog looks like a blast! Man I miss traveling. 🙂❤📚
This was an absolute joy to watch. I love the way you put this together. I love all the music you used in this. The OnePiece jackets are to die for 🥰. So glad your better.
I never laughed so hard; you with your suitcase!! Thank you for keeping that in! Lovely video, Gav!
Oh my god this trips looks so amazing, I have to go!
Did you know Tullys coffee originated in Seattle. They unfortunately don't exist here anymore, all closed. They were a good shop 😀 Love the video btw. Japan is so beautiful.
As someone who really just cannot with travel inside the UK let alone outside it this was brilliant to experience through you! ❤
Both yours and Gabby’s videos from this trip are so relaxing and make me want to go to Japan.
knowing that you liked the tea ceremony makes me think you would love the manga called skip beat a contemporary manga about a young girl who moved to Tokyo with her friend than realized she was just being used for a house keeper while her friend got to be a j-pop star, she decides to go into the showbiz scene, also I loved this video so far it feels like I am back in Japan while watching this. dude you were hanging out with a bunch of new people and some faces we as a bookish family recognize and getting to know everyone better don't stress not reading while on this trip I am just happy you had a good time.
no gavin u dancing to the vlog music during the nara trip made me CACKLE i watched that little portion several times 😂
I loved seeing yours and Gabby's vlogs! Japan looked so much fun.....& all the anime merch😍😍 I NEED that gear 5 jacket!!!
10:15 the manga is Choujin X and is done by the creator of Tokyo Ghoul. It’s a great series.
Lol exactly what I was gonna comment.
50:37 I love how in previous clips you ate fish and now the fish are eating you 😂
The dance intermission is so hilarious :D
The girl that spotted Jimin is so me! Me too mama!
LOVED your Japan Vlog ❤I'm flying next week and I'm both nervous and excited!
This looked like so much fun! I would love to join you on a future trip if I could afford it. Traveling with my favourite RUclipsr would be so much fun
We sincerely do not care that you didn’t read anything. We were more concerned with your poor feet! Omg Gavin I’m so sorry. What a horrible thing to happen while on a once in a lifetime trip. I’m glad you got it sorted
Looks like such a great trip!!
the editing dance breaks had me cracking up XD
❤️ Happy you had a great trip, and happy you're home with the babies!
Totally fine about not reading. This blog is yours! Do what you want! You DID go manga shopping, so I give this blog an A+ on the book content. Sometimes, it's not about where you go in the pages- sometimes, you gotta go to the places where some of your loves originated, and see what influenced the writers to write what they do. So, you just went on an origin story for some of the manga you enjoy! I call it a win!
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Can't wait for more Gavin content. I would love to travel with you guys (it looked like so much fun!) But the type of job I have discourages travel to certain countries. Still, I will keep an eye out for a trip I can take! If not... well.. your blogs take me along, and I'm happy with that.
This is really making me want to go to Japan!
This made me want to do another solo trip to Japan. Glad you had fun and got to do so many fun things. I feel you with the suitcase. I had to end up buying one when I went (I only had a backpack) to fit all my merch.
such a lovely video to watch, glad you had so much fun! i was also soo worried about whether you caught something from the mosquitoes but i'm glad it's an easy fix and hope you're feeling better!
30:07 Omg this reminds me of the matchmaker scene from Mulan lmaaaao
Hey Gavin! It might actually not be sunburn! I experienced the same type of reaction when I went on vacation to a place that had a completely different environment-- its like my skin didnt know what to do and freaked out a bit--- moisturizer and increasing my water intake helped! :)
Gav you're travelling, lving your best life, don't worry about reading, the vlog is great
Thislooked so much fun! I hope everyone had fun!
Loved watching this trip! And honestly, I just recently got back from a trip this summer and had such a similar experience (sunburn, bug bites, walking fatigue, and an illness as soon as I got home) and it sucked! BUT it’s crazy how that still doesn’t take away from the magic that is traveling. Glad you survived and had a good time!
I will go there no matter what!!
Great vlog Gavin, loved the little dance breaks slipped in there 😂. Glad you had a good time there, was very envious.
Gavins editing dance is 100% how I danced along to that music too 😂 including with the cats
This was amazing Gavin I had so much fun watching this video. It made me so happy you can literally see the tradition steeped in everything!!!!
You probably didn't get sunburnt on the plane, but just wanted to give a quick reminder to all travelers that ~1 hour next to the window on a plane at 30,000 feet is equal to ~20 minutes in a tanning bed (in uv exposure) so don't forget to wear sunscreen!
I’m so happy for you 🥹 this vlog is amazing ! It’s like we get to travel with you ❤
AAAAHH!!! I'm late watching this!!!! This was such an amazing experience, thank you SO SO much for organizing this trip! Not only did I get to see Japan, but I feel we all made so many friends and I'm so extremely grateful 🥰 Now, to watch what I'm sure will be a masterpiece of a vlog ✨
I smiled so much trough this video thank you!!! The editing, the music, the content absolutely the best💖 so enjoyable, interesting and funny thank you for taking us to japan with youuu
I sat through 5.5 hours of you talking about every single story of Jinji Ito's that you read and only got 1.5 hours of Japan! 🤨
Seriously though, this is amazing! Your poor ankles, feet and skin though! I hope you are recovering well now that you are back home.
If you go to my husbands' channel - Jubzero - you'll see the videos he posted on our Japan trip 6 years ago (we didn't do RUclips stuff back then, so no editing really, but if you watch the Nara Park one you'll see me get "attacked" by a deer lol). No worries if you don't want to watch it, I just wanted to mention it.
My husband also researched getting a bidet when we got home 😆And we had to buy another luggage to bring home all our stuff.
Love the dancing clips in between the video! You are too funny and I love you
I love seeing this Japan vlog, shows a lot of the places I visited when there. I love how with the Nara deer if you bow to them they bow back 😊
Love watching! This makes me even more excited to see the videos from your trip to Egypt with Lexie!!
YES TO MAGNUM OPUS TRAVEL VLOG! Wish I could’ve joined you all.
This was so beautiful to watch! Lovely to see everyone enjoying the trip, Japan seems to have so much to explore I love that, it's definitely one of the countries I'd like to visit in the future. And all the merch OMG!!! I'd lose myself on that store, wandering for hours 😂 I hope you're doing better, Gavin, take care of yourself, we love you 💟 give yourself and Ash and Tobu a big hug for me, and thank you for sharing this experience with us!
What a great video! I’m so happy you had an amazing time! Thanks for sharing with us! ❤
I was going to go to Japan with you but I ended up doing a solo trip around New South Wales, Australia visiting a few towns and our National capital city. Was so good bought lots of books. Was annoyed that I drove past a town that had books from floor to ceiling in it. But going back again in two years time. So much to see in my Country.
Just started watching and the toilet scene destroyed me! Crying from laughter 🤣
I’m so glad you enjoyed Japan! I went there last December and absolutely enjoyed it. I can’t handle heat so going to japan in winter is the best for me. Please visit Tokyo next time, I think you’ll love it. But don’t forget to prepare your wallet because you will be blown away by the amount of one piece stuff you can buy there especially if you visit akihabara
This video makes me wanna be friends with you so bad 😂 looks like you had such a fun time!!
I am sure you had fun, but I bet being home is the best.
You have your cats and you can rest. You don't have anything scheduled to get up for and you can read. 🙌🏻😌💛
Such an amazing trip! It was really beautiful! Glad all of you had a wonderful time (cellulitis excluded of course)!
GAVIN! I’ve heard many people getting horrible infections in their feet from those fish foot spas!! Can’t believe you had to go to the hospital
When I got to the fish spa part I gasped in horror. Literally just saw a story on Tiktok of a woman who got a horrid infection from those and lost a couple of toes.
Thank you for the vicarious vacation 😍😘
Would never go to Japan myself, but damn, this video slaaaaaps! Also, the dance editing had me howling 😂
This was so fun to watch! Thanks for sharing Gavin! I’m glad you had a good trip and got lots of awesome One Piece stuff!! I hope your feet heal up fast now that you’re home. To be honest my last couple of weeks have been hell on earth but that’s ok, I’ve got a week off so I’m gonna definitely rest, get some reading and cleaning done. Missed ya and glad you’re back 😊
I Can't wait to see a haul! This was fantastic!
I knew it before going into this video, but: I LOVE IT! I hope your feet are doing well by now and I think it´s totally fine that you couldn´t read. I just loved watching you expirience Japan!!!
Looks like so much fun! 🇯🇵
What a wonderful experience!!!
I'm so glad you got to go to Japan, it looked amazing!
Japan looks incredible! Especially the food! I was so hungry watching all the dishes you got to try.
And oh, mourning all the queer manga that'll never get translated. 🥲 But fun fact, A Tale of A Thousand Stars is another bl that was originally a Thai bl novel that was turned into a series (which is phenomenal btw). I didn't know so many Thai bls were getting adapted into manga!
This was great to watch, really enjoyed seeing the trip. Sorry about the cellulitis, bloody painful!!! ❤
Japan looks amazing and I want to go there someday! Hope your feet feel better!
Ahh so jealous 🤩
I'd definitely be like Gav, press every button in the toilet to see what is what 😂
I'm honestly surprised u didn't spend more time in cat cafes in Japan given how much you love Ash and Tobu Gavin. But this was amazing to watch. I hope to one day be able to afford to go to japan myself although it will be a looooooong time before ive saved up enough money to go on a trip like that.
if you go on a trip like this again.. i wanna go!
Looks like a great trip, Gav! Hope your feet heal up soon! PS I thought you were going to turn up for the return flight wearing multi-layers of jackets 😄
While I loved the whole video, my favorite parts were editing Gavin dancing with kitties to that absolute bop 😂❤
Loved this feature film!! And the music especially!! By the way, there is a really cool cozy mystery/slice of life light novel series called „Holmes of Kyoto“ that I think you would really enjoy now that you‘ve been in Kyoto yourself.
Only 2.32 minutes in and already HOWLING 😂😂❤️
Gavin this vlog was awesome, you went book shopping so it was totally a book vlog LOL
That series you were curious about with the mask is called "Choujin X" I've never read it so i can't say if it's good or not but that cover to vol 1 is very memorable.
Looks so amazing.
@ min 53:14 is the realist thing ive ever seen... fellow lazy person here, and i can attest that those 20k plus steps a day are just murder on the legs.... i went for 2 weeks in july, and i think by day 4 i was walking just like that😂😂. Idk how i pulled it off, but once i was out for the day it got less noticeable... but japan was totally worth it😊
You should check out second hand book stores in Japan. When I was there a few years back I remember buying a lot of books and manga for like 100 yen each lmao and they looked NEW NEW, some of them were even wrapped and were not touched lmao. I only went to Tokyo and Osaka tho, so idk about other cities...but I bet many have those stores...
Edit: damn, finished the video and just realized you already left Japan lmao, oh well...you can visit those stores another time...
I was waiting for your reaction to the butt spray hahaha I had a SHOCK when I used it 😂😂😂 more powerful than I thought!
“The toilet, overused” 😂
13:20 OMG HEAVEN OFFICIAL'S BLESSING!!!
47:22 LMAO NOT IN A TEMPLE 😂😂😂
The series at 10:26 is called Choujin X, it is written and drawn by the same guy who did Tokyo Ghoul!
Everything looks like so much fun! Well except the raw fish I couldn’t do it hahahhaha
Don't worry about not reading, I rarely read much when I'm away
The video is amazing how far I have got in so far. Where you are on about sun cream that is fantastic the problem is you have moisturised after and that is why it will cook your skin. Next time moisturise first as soon as you have washed face and then apply sunscreen and keep applying it throughout the day. Definitely remember that ready for Egypt as that is going to be a whole different heat xx
Japan looks phenomenal though so far xx
You need a lesson in packing a suitcase too my lovely xx
I will send you a link for some special spray and it keeps all biting things away, I know it is a bit late now but will save you when you got to Egypt xx
Absolutely BRILLIANT vlog…loved this so much Gav 🤗🤗🤗
Won’t tell you about my last couple of weeks as Christ you will need another holiday xx