How much did our Cheap Italian Property cost? (Q&A)

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Welcome to our start of year Q&A where we answer your questions from how much our cheap Italian home cost to the bad side of parenting.

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - How much did you pay for your house in Sicily?
01:38 - Design & timeline plans
05:25 - How will we manage?
07:21 - Travel plans
09:02 - Quitting YouTube
10:45 - Alex's Eye
12:16 - How parenthood changed our lives
15:30 - Health
17:27 - US Trip
18:29 - Canada
20:03 - Vanlife
21:41 - Tipsy Beans
22:58 - Sweden
23:51 - Baby number 2
25:05 - Wedding
26:16 - Homeschooling
27:56 - Alex with a Moustache

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⭐ About Travel Beans:
Hello and welcome to our channel! We are Alex & Emma, a British couple who have been exploring the world together for over 10 years - from backpacking to vanlife:

2012/13: We both embarked on our own solo backpacking trips through Southeast Asia, where we would eventually meet at a hostel in the mountains of Thailand and begin traveling together. After a year and a half of backpacking around Southeast Asia & Australia, we returned home and to the corporate world!

2015: Travel Beans was born and we filmed our first videos on a road trip around Europe with friends! This was our biggest trip yet.. and you can go back and watch the entire adventure because we filmed ALL of it! This trip took us through Russia, Mongolia & China, on the longest railway journey in the world. Followed by highlights such as staying on a local island in the Maldives for a month, going on safari in Sri Lanka, couchsurfing & hitchhiking in Korea, seeing the snow monkeys in Japan, island hopping in the Philippines, trekking 60km through the centre of Myanmar, exploring the Indian Himalayas, and checking out some of the incredible US National Parks.

2016: Despite an unbelievably memorable year and a half of travels, which we were incredibly grateful to have had the privilege to experience.. we found ourselves in New York City, battling depression. At this point, we decided to go home and confront this problem head-on.

2017: After 6 tough months at home we decided to go away again, but this time with a goal in mind.. to turn travel into a lifestyle. We left the UK with just £500 in our bank account and a dream to make a continuous travel lifestyle happen! We both got online English teaching jobs to be able to fund our travels and to keep creating videos. We can't quite believe that our younger selves decided to take this plunge but we are so grateful they did as we are still on this journey today!

What now?
Over the years, we've discovered that we LOVE road trips and even decided to renovate our very own little VWT4 van into a campervan to be able to enjoy vanlife and spend more time on the road. We are now the proud owners of 2 awesome little campers - one based in the UK and one that we keep in the USA. You'll often find us using one of these vans to explore Europe and North America. If you enjoy this kind of content we'd recommend checking out our Italy Road Trip series, USA vanlife series and our Japan in a Tiny Van series as well as our UK vanlife content.

Our time spent overcoming depression has influenced our outlook on life dramatically! We are now traveling the world in search of what makes us happy. We love sharing the highs and lows of our trips through our videos and hope to spread a little positivity and light to all of the beautiful people who take the time to tune in and watch each week!

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[buyerclub]

what you seem to not accept, is that as crazy as this world frequently is, having aTravel Beans video show up is a good reason to smile. Your humour, and love for each other is so contagious. Yes we like you, but more importantly, the world needs you. Now more then ever.

[jj-ifit]

Love how much you guys laugh together, you can see how well matched you are

[suecbrn]

Beautiful pictures at the wedding!! You both looked soooo happy!! Thanks for sharing!

[TheSkaireKrowe]

Cute couple. I know you guys do have troubling times, but MAN! I do wish I had this charisma with my life partner. Keep that spark.

[KyleSmith-lz]

I appreciate how open and honest you are about the challenges of parenthood. Especially challenges traveling with a young one. So many travel vloggers with kids gloss over this and make it look like it's a completely easy and positive experience. Travelling with kids is worth it, but not easy!

[Anberel]

As an American viewer, I really do hope that you’ll come back to the US. It’s so refreshing to see you experiencing my country with such astonishment and delight. It can be very easy to take for granted the amazing diversity of both landscape and culture we have accessible to us.

My husband and I were out driving a couple of days ago and a bald eagle was flying directly over our glass roofed car. We were joking about how majestic and rare people think they are but they’re so common where we live in the Pacific Northwest. Please save us jaded Americans be reminding us how lucky we are to have all this.

[shaunna]

Thank you for sharing your wedding photos with us! You guys are so sweet together. Happy travels, no matter where you go!

[nancyheneghan]

I home schooled all 3 of my kids. They are now 44, 37 and 33. All are doing fantastic. My son has told me he was so glad he was homeschooled because we went all over and got to do whatever we wanted. I did buy their curriculum .

[arlenesolis]

Great to see you back -love the beautiful villa in Sicily can't wait to see your vision come true. Go to places where there are child-friendly adventures - I bet a lot of families will appreciate it.

[GaryAndHeatherBush]

Yay!!! Wedding photos!!! We homeschool and I’m so jealous of your travels!!
You will do whatever is best for Noah and your marriage when it comes to travel and education. Can’t wait to see what this year brings! 💕

[Skipperoonie]

Omg we have been HANGING for a loud Beans Out for EVER! Yay! We got one!

Here's a crazy thought, a van trip around Australia when you come to visit your sister. You will have content coming out of your ears.
Love from a couple of your Aussie fans xo

[Deb-crqh]

Twice a week make an appointment for a business meeting with yourselves. Get a sitter, go for a glass of wine with the express idea of talking channel business. 2 hours, take notes, review tasks, dream, laugh.

[Deb-crqh]

I drove from Florida to Vancouver, Canada in my RV, towing a Pontiac.
My 3 year old son, dog and i had a wonderful time, ❤
Dont be daunted, put the kid on the floor to sleep if you have to, but do it!

[annaplotka]

You asked what you should do this year... I think you should do whatever makes you HAPPY!! I have loved watching your channel and family grow over the years, and I believe you're not only a travel channel, you're a Beans channel! The group travel trips sound like a perfect combination of YouTube, travel, making new connections and potentially friendships and also income. There might be other times you're wanting a private family trip without even the camera coming along. I think do whatever feels right to you, at the time. Love following along and feel so privileged that you share your lives with us on YouTube! 💖 PS I'm in Melbourne, Australia so if you do end up down here and would like travel advice, feel free to write! 🤗

[shinyshinythings]

15:04 Aw you two are such loving parents. Don’t sweat the distraction and preoccupation of these early years. Pretty soon he’ll be in school all day, leaving you to all the flow state you might need. ❤

[snuglyfluff]

OMG you guys are so f'ing cute in your wedding photos! made me tear up seeing just how in love you are after a nine or ten year engagement then tying the knot so to speak. made me think fondly back on my own wedding and how special that day was for us. so glad you took time answer all these questions and share your lives with us <3

[GTwistingTale]

The home school question - trust that Noah will let you know. Can't remember how old my son was when he said "Mummy please don't homeschool me". I nearly fell off my chair! So many friends kids seemed to be living the dream but our boy liked structure, rules and lessons. Turns out he is one of the most creative souls I know - dancer, model, movement director, waiter and a few other roles I won't pretend to understand. He has the most diverse group of friends you could possibly hope to meet.

[terrificmantv]

You both need your own variety show! I would watch it every week! Have guests vanlifers on and just be yourselves!

[Sonja___N___]

I’m looking forward to the renovation in Sicily.. Hope there will be more of that.. Good luck.. 😊

[meditationsoothingmusic]

I have the same problem with my eyes, they still open permanently. I have glasses it get dark to darker depending the level if the light. I can't remember the word for it. You should go to your optician and ask for glasses just for that. It makes a huge difference for me.