Our Most & LEAST Favorite Cities (After 1 Year of Slow Travel)

After 1 full year of full time slow travel, we've visited 10 countries and 26 cities so we thought it was a good time to do a recap and share the things we liked most and least about each place.

You'll also see which places we liked the most and least, and we'll answer a very common question we get in our comments and direct messages: Are you going back to Ecuador?

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0:00 Intro
0:34 Portugal
2:32 Spain
4:33 Rome Italy
6:00 Greece
8:11 Albania
11:41 Montenegro
14:18 France
16:45 London England
19:22 Istanbul Türkiye (Turkey)
21:17 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
23:37 Move Abroad EXPRESS eCourse
24:34 Most & Least Favorite Places
27:05 Ecuador Plans

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#ameliaandjp

[Learned]

Boring and laid back sounds like heaven. Peace, tranquility, safety, boring, laid back, freedom, and beauty are my jam. I've experienced people who show disdain for these qualities in areas.

[bradleylewis]

Good to see you back on your feet JP!!!!

[NoYouCannot]

I found FRENCH PEOPLE to be kind & helpful, they were with us!! My daughter is Special Needs and She was treated with Love & Respect in France.

[doacoustik]

00:05 Recap of 1 year of slow travel
01:58 Experiencing affordable wine and rainy weather in Portugal
05:57 Mixed experiences in Athens and Corfu
07:55 Positive experience in Albania with friendly people
11:59 Recommendation on visiting Kotor, Montenegro for a chill and affordable vacation
13:59 Experienced higher tourist prices and unexpected crowds in main tourist areas
17:46 London has incredible food and beautiful parks
19:30 Cautionary tale about tourist scams in Istanbul
23:10 Enjoying the monsoon season and managing the weather in the city.
24:57 Cost is a crucial factor in choosing between destinations.
28:29 Living without a permanent residence while traveling.
Crafted by Merlin AI.

[joesantamaria]

Dijon is a gem, and the adjoining town of Beaune is so beautiful.

[videoeditoranimation]

Love the map animations guys. It really helps a lot. We want to go back to Luxembourg, West Germany and Belgium in December. But we also want to fly in and out of Amsterdam. I didn't remember where things were. So I thought we were going to have to cross Germany back and forth. But when I looked at google maps, I realized that they're all right next to each other. My point is that your map animations really help us to understand where you're traveling. So thanks.

[TakeTimeToTravel]

We spent three months in Athens earlier this year and we absolutely loved it! The cost of living is much more affordable than in Toronto, the food is incredible of course, and we actually found that the people were very, very friendly. Whether it was at the weekly farmers market, or in the grocery store, people would go out of their way to help us. I admit that it's difficult to read anything, with the Greek alphabet, but the kindness of people more than made up for our inability in the language. As you know, when you travel full time, it's just not possible to learn every language in all the countries we visit, but we always try to learn the basics to help get us through.
We enjoyed your review of the past year, and look forward to your future travels :)

[deborahb.]

You mentioned being surprised by how much you liked London. I felt the same. I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed London. The history, parks, museums, English breakfast- fantastic.

[jedw]

Portugal here...a Welsh/New Zealand couple with English kids 😅. We love it. Great culture, very kind people, good food and, where we live in the south, nice sunny weather and unbelievable motorcycling. It's not perfect, nowhere is, but we're very happy...

[exportrus]

Good to see JD up and around again. You both do an excellent job with your videos plus explaining the good and the not so good of different places. You take us along with you. Well done you two.

[Westhaven]

I've been following you guys since you were living in Olon and have been completely entertained by your posts. Just wanted to leave you a little bit of praise for a job well done and a thank you.

[JohnnyBoy-gm]

You guys rock! You do what very few couples or people overall are too scared to do (Myself included) and if you guys miss Ecuador, then that means you’re already Ecuadorian at heart! Keep up the great work, guys! Saludos desde NYC 🇪🇨 ❤ 🗽

[tomsaxton]

I have written about this before. But we have a casa de campo near Riobamba. My wife is Ecuadorian. We have been traveling around Europe for about 5 weeks now. Spain, Italy, Austria and tomorrow to Germany. I am so homesick for my Ecuadorian life. Way more than my wife. I feel like this trip has been a big waste of money for me. But I am really vested in my teaching the kids in the orchestra (OSMUR) in Riobamba. I applaud your year-long adventure, but I can not imagine doing the same. Every place we have been is overloaded with tourists. I am a country boy and hate the crowds. Madrid, Toledo, Rome (the worst place I've ever been for the number of tourists), Sicily, Vienna, Málaga, Cordoba, and Seville Berlin tomorrow (ug). I'm dreading the power outages in Ecuador, but I don't care. I wanna go home😢.

[decTac]

Malaysia is a diverse states and thus it's an interesting place to live besides it is laid back and chill, bestowed with friendly people and vibrant melting pots of cultures, foods etc.. It's a blessing that Malaysia is in a strategic location and safe from most nature disasters like typhoons, volcano eruptions, earthquakes etc.. We are absolutely grateful for this.. 🙏🇲🇾🥰

[PoolCarol]

Be sure when you go to south America go to Chile and Uruguay. I spent 18 months in Chile and loved it, greatest people ever. I also liked Uruguay very much.

[FLANNELSHIRT]

Re: French in France - With my long ago high school French, and my recent study of Spanish, I would be afraid it would come out “Bonjour! Como está?” 😂

[InTheGardenTarot]

You make me want to try out Albania!!! I love France, but I don't think I can afford to live there. But, if I am in Albania maybe I can visit. :) I can't wait to see your tours of central and South America! I'd love to see you visit Chile and Peru.

[kathrynnorthcut]

I teared up a bit when you said you're going back "home" to Ecuador! I cannot WAIT to hear about the rest of South America! Your videos just get better and better... I'm living vicariously through you. For now ;-)

[PaulBurtchell]

Good to see JP is feeling better!!
Very informative video.

[Rob-nm-ov]

I enjoy this segment. I could not do the travel you do. You two are great.