1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,320 Hey guys, what is going on? 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,920 My name is Lily Manvel and you're listening to Escort Confessions. 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,020 And thank you so much for tuning in today. 4 00:00:17,020 --> 00:00:22,920 I recently got back from Ireland and oh boy, I was really impressed. 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:29,160 So Ireland is one of the top 10 friendliest countries and I got to experience it first 6 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,160 hand. 7 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:31,160 People were so freaking nice. 8 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:37,080 I know, I know, I say it like everywhere I go, but they were especially nice. 9 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:42,880 Like for example, I was on the wrong side of the road because I was tired. 10 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:48,880 You know, I was coming home after like eight hours of driving and there was a lady coming 11 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,400 my way and I almost swerved and she's like, Hey, are you okay? 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,080 Like it's going to be fine. 13 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,480 Just take a deep breath. 14 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:57,480 And she was really nice. 15 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:04,760 She was a grandma and you know, but anyways, not that grandmas are not nice, but you know, 16 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,320 like motherly, she was very motherly. 17 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:12,360 And everywhere I went, people were, hi, how are you? 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,840 How can I help? 19 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,080 Cheers, have a great day. 20 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,160 You know, would not. 21 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,320 It was not fake. 22 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:22,920 Like in America, like, hi, how are you? 23 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,160 What can I get for you? 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,480 Like, not like that. 25 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:26,560 It was genuine. 26 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,080 It was very genuine and nice. 27 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:34,840 And Ireland, all of you know, Ireland is green, but when I went there, it was super green. 28 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,280 Like there was no bear tree inside. 29 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:44,260 The houses were cute and it was not like a, there was no showing off. 30 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:46,400 It's like my house is bigger than yours. 31 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,000 My farm is bigger than yours. 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,280 No, it was just, everybody lives there instead of survives. 33 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:58,440 And yes, it does cost a little bit more to live there, but it's totally worth it. 34 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:05,920 Like you know, I'm Ukrainian and they offer for Ukrainian refugees free education and 35 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,880 free board, free meals. 36 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,280 And I'm just like, oh my God, I need to like line my resume or something. 37 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:18,600 I need to get rid of like my US citizenship or what not paperwork and just go there. 38 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,320 Like free education, like free university education. 39 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,200 I think free university education should be everywhere. 40 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:31,080 If you ask me, because I mean, that's free in high school throughout, you know, like 41 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,200 elementary throughout the high school, it's free. 42 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,440 Why can't it be free at the universities? 43 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,840 So I mean, teachers are getting paid. 44 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,100 So why not? 45 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:46,760 But anyways, like first day, my mom and I, cause I came with my mom to see my Ukrainian 46 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,400 family and yeah, like our relatives greeted us. 47 00:02:51,400 --> 00:03:00,680 We basically like they picked us up from airport and we stayed in this little cabin. 48 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,720 It was in the middle of nowhere. 49 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,240 It was on organic farm, kind of in the middle of nowhere. 50 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,520 And you know, it was small, but it was cozy. 51 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,200 Like why do we need to stay at the five star resort when we can just stay there? 52 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,560 And it was like 300 a week. 53 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:21,720 I'm not even joking, like three, well, it was like 350 euros a week, which is not bad 54 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:22,720 at all. 55 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,920 Not bad at all. 56 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,080 Yeah. 57 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:35,440 And you know, the, because I was, I was driving for like three days just around Ireland and 58 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,760 United Kingdom or Northern Ireland. 59 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:46,320 And yeah, like there was, there were no boring roads or anything. 60 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:51,680 And you know, driving in America can get quite boring because it's like, it's just highway. 61 00:03:51,680 --> 00:04:00,360 So yeah, I'm just saying like roads in Ireland are, they're smaller, but it's gorgeous. 62 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,800 Like Ireland is so gorgeous. 63 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:07,120 I cannot, I cannot tell you, I cannot tell you enough how gorgeous it was. 64 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:14,040 So I went to see abandoned castles and I felt like Nathan Drake from Uncharted because he 65 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,760 likes to explore all that stuff. 66 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:22,640 I didn't find any treasures sadly, but yeah, abandoned castles are freaking awesome. 67 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,080 You can just go to them. 68 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,840 There was no graffiti or anything. 69 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:32,600 And like people actually preserve history there. 70 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,980 So that was great. 71 00:04:35,980 --> 00:04:38,080 Went to Dublin, explored Dublin. 72 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,960 I tried to go into Temple Bar, which is like the most famous bar in Dublin. 73 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:49,760 It was, I came too late because people were already there, but I went to another Temple 74 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:54,840 Bar, which kind of looked like the Temple Bar and I got myself a small beer and it was 75 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,440 the best beer I probably ever had. 76 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,160 So yeah. 77 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,880 And it was kind of funny because in the previous episode I talked about alcoholism and why 78 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:10,160 you shouldn't drink and here I am trying local beers, but it's okay because it's local 79 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,400 and it was totally worth it. 80 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,200 Yeah, totally worth it. 81 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,720 In Dublin I visited a few churches, even though I do not go to church. 82 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:19,720 I'm not really religious. 83 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:26,640 I'm more a spiritual person, but Catholic churches are gorgeous and I love history and 84 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:27,640 I love churches. 85 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,480 I love, I love the architecture of the churches. 86 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:38,480 And let's see, went to National Gallery of Ireland, walked around, got lost for a little 87 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:43,280 bit, but then, you know, GPS helped out, of course. 88 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:52,600 Then after that I stayed at Airbnb and this African family fed me like rice and chicken 89 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,680 and it was so delicious. 90 00:05:54,680 --> 00:06:03,120 And you know, so it's like, I feel like at home there's this, like they, I don't even 91 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:04,120 know what to explain. 92 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,720 It was really cute Airbnb. 93 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,860 And then day after I went to Belfast and I stayed at the Airbnb of a casting director 94 00:06:10,860 --> 00:06:16,120 who worked on Game of Thrones, which a lot of you might know. 95 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:21,400 And like he talked about like funny moments from the show, you know, that, you know, behind 96 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,320 the scenes. 97 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:31,100 And his stories and his adventures and his earlier days as an extra. 98 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,420 And I used to be an extra too. 99 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:36,920 So like a background actor is what they're called right now. 100 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:37,920 Yeah. 101 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:44,040 And we shared some stories and yeah, then I visited more castles. 102 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:49,600 I visited a few of Game of Thrones locations day after. 103 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:55,220 And then I spent money and interesting thing happened. 104 00:06:55,220 --> 00:07:02,780 So Belfast is in United Kingdom, tankly, because Northern Ireland is part of United Kingdom. 105 00:07:02,780 --> 00:07:10,080 So when I use my card, it would not work because I did not authorize my debit card to work 106 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,700 in United Kingdom, only in Ireland. 107 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:16,220 So basically I had a few cash. 108 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:22,520 My phone was dying and my charger for, you know, like one of those portable charges were 109 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,420 dying, was dying too. 110 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:30,980 So basically I had to stop at the gas station, see how much cash I have, try to use ATM for 111 00:07:30,980 --> 00:07:32,260 more cash. 112 00:07:32,260 --> 00:07:33,920 It would not work. 113 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,860 So basically I'm like, okay, do I need to buy a new phone? 114 00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:38,860 What's going on? 115 00:07:38,860 --> 00:07:41,040 Because I do not have enough money right now. 116 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,320 My credit cards would not work. 117 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:48,700 They don't take American Express for some reason in United Kingdom, which is kind of 118 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:55,660 bullshit because it worked when I used subway in London. 119 00:07:55,660 --> 00:08:02,140 But anyway, so that was like a kind of a hassle. 120 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:07,780 But I did get back to the cabin safe while my mom and my aunt and uncle were exploring 121 00:08:07,780 --> 00:08:09,940 other parts. 122 00:08:09,940 --> 00:08:17,060 And I went to see cliffs of more, more beaches, beaches. 123 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:22,100 I went to see more beaches with the water, the ones that contain water. 124 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:24,780 Gosh, I don't know. 125 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:32,100 I'm a little tired, but yeah, it was just, I went to see a lot of places and the week 126 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:39,300 seemed to be long, but at the same time super short because I was always traveling. 127 00:08:39,300 --> 00:08:44,380 I was always busy and I know people contacted me or tried to contact me. 128 00:08:44,380 --> 00:08:49,940 But then again, like I cannot see who texts me because it's a different SIM card and I 129 00:08:49,940 --> 00:08:50,940 have a different number. 130 00:08:50,940 --> 00:08:55,100 So whenever I go out of the country, I only see emails. 131 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:59,860 I do not see people texting me from United States. 132 00:08:59,860 --> 00:09:04,300 So yeah, people were pretty disappointed that they did not get booked. 133 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:10,780 But then again, that's why I post tours on my website and on Trust, just an FYI, just 134 00:09:10,780 --> 00:09:12,260 an FYI. 135 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:14,700 So yeah, but no, overall the trip was amazing. 136 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:20,160 I highly recommend going there, especially now it's a good weather. 137 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,300 It's not hot. 138 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:24,660 It's actually like in 60s and 70s. 139 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:27,180 And the flight is not that bad. 140 00:09:27,180 --> 00:09:31,740 You know, I'm kind of getting used to these eight hour flights because I try to occupy 141 00:09:31,740 --> 00:09:32,740 myself. 142 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:40,340 Now speaking of flights, I grabbed two of Paddington books and I forgot one of them 143 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:43,060 in the seat of the plane. 144 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,260 I'm so sad, but it's okay. 145 00:09:45,260 --> 00:09:49,440 I've got 10 other books about Paddington the bear. 146 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:50,440 So it's okay. 147 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:51,440 It's fine. 148 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,440 It's totally fine. 149 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:58,900 But yeah, so yeah, I highly recommend going to Ireland, especially if you got family 150 00:09:58,900 --> 00:10:06,260 there and just explore abandoned castles, go to Belfast, go to Dublin, go to like this 151 00:10:06,260 --> 00:10:09,500 little coastal towns because they're freaking gorgeous. 152 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:15,820 Oh, speaking of farms and cows, I saw cows laying on the beach by one of the Game of 153 00:10:15,820 --> 00:10:16,820 Thrones locations. 154 00:10:16,820 --> 00:10:17,820 It was kind of funny. 155 00:10:17,820 --> 00:10:21,980 I never saw cows on the beach. 156 00:10:21,980 --> 00:10:23,260 Maybe they're having a beach day. 157 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:24,260 I don't know. 158 00:10:24,260 --> 00:10:28,780 Oh, I explored some caves too, talked with some people. 159 00:10:28,780 --> 00:10:34,500 It's kind of hard to understand Irish people because they sound British, but they sound 160 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:42,620 Irish too and Irish people have this accent and but also they know Gaelic language. 161 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:46,700 So that's where the accent comes from, from Gaelic language. 162 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:52,140 But yeah, so much more to say and tell. 163 00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:57,460 But yeah, so definitely check out Ireland any chance you get. 164 00:10:57,460 --> 00:11:03,500 So yeah, so thank you so much for tuning in today, listening to my adventures. 165 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:06,340 Maybe you've learned some things, hopefully. 166 00:11:06,340 --> 00:11:09,700 But yeah, this was Ask a Confessions. 167 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:27,900 I am Lily Monroe and I will talk to you guys next time.