9 Days, 9 Countries, 9 Christmas Markets (finale)
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Published 2023-12-17
Episode 914 | Filmed December 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic | Helsinki, Finland | Tallinn, Estonia
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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.
We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)
So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.
Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.
4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!
After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)
We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!
00:00 9 countries 9 days
01:42 Day 7: Prague, Czechia
03:59 What we packed
12:12 Day 8: Helsinki, Finland
15:08 Polar Plunge!
16:44 Finnish Market
24:10 Day 9: Tallinn, Estonia
35:03 our ran
All Comments (21)
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When Kara and Nate stop travelling I’ll cry. By far the best travel bloggers ever
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Hi Kara and Nate! I am the girl from Prague, I wanted to thank you for being the sweetest and for your patience, it was a dream come true to bump into you! ❤Have a Merry Christmas and great and successful 2024! Glad you like the backpack, Karolina
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It’s so much harder than people think. The amount of discipline it takes to always be filming and editing, and, making it look so natural, is mind boggling. They definitely do it better than anyone else!
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Please make this an annual series! This was incredibly enjoyable to watch!
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I can't believe Nate was worried no one would be interested.... this was BY FAR the best series of the year! It put me in a huge holiday spirit and just made me so very happy! I love watching you guys travel and eat all of the local foods. It brought me back to the good old days when you first started traveling. Thank you both so much for this series! I ABSOLUTELY loved it! Thank you for entertaining us all for the past seven years! We love you! Happy Holidays to Everyone! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! 🎄🎅🏻✨💖❄🥂
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Every time Kara does her food review I just insert Nate’s grandpa’s impression of her. ❤
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These last two series (the bike trip and now this Christmas market adventure) have been SO GOOD ❤ thank you guys!!
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As an Estonian i´m really happy to hear you enjoyed Estonia and Finland so much. Don´t often see people get so happy visiting a small country like Estonia. :)
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Can you consider making this an annual series? Trying different Christmas markets each year? Great series. 😊
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I miss these type of videos where we can just virtually travel with y’all and maybe to aspire to do some of the things you are doing. I would love to see more like this series!
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We need more series like these!!! I know Nate loves his competitions and endurance tests, but we've missed these types of episodes so much! Thank you thank you! This whole series just filled me with so much holiday spirit and happiness!
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At first when I didnt see Helsinki and Tallinn on the list I was like "why don't they go there" and now, they did! I went these 2 places last year and theyre really magical. Glad yall like it!
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I don’t normally comment but this was one of my favorite series. I haven’t really been in the Christmas spirit this year with my depression but this series brought me soooo much Christmas spirit and now I’m hoping to go to one before Christmas. Please do more in the future of these!
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"Thought it might not be fun enough for YouTube" no no no!! I would love to see you do European Christmas markets every year 😍❤️
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I definitely cried watching you two experience Helsinki's Christmas market! I lived in Helskini for a year during university and this gave me ALL the feels!
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I’m watching this in January 2024; and I’m getting all the Christmas feels still🎄✝️ You two have such a gift of visual storytelling. What might seem monotonous on paper is brought to life through your authenticity and openness. What a treat this channel is! Praying you had a joyful Christmas and a fabulous start to 2024🙌🏽👏🏽🫶🏽
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The spreadsheet talk haha i love how Kara is all about vibes and Nate is all about empirical data. You guys are so perfect for each other
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So glad you appreciated the uniqueness and authenticity of Helsinki. 🇫🇮 Suomi rules!
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As a helsinkian I am surprised to find Helsinki that high. This was my first time in 6 years visiting the Helsinki Christmas market. Even if I do live in the center. It feels small for what you would think such a Christmassy city like Helsinki would have. That said I do really appreciate the high quality of each stall. There was no touristy Christmas trash being sold on any of them. I am surprised there is no large Christmas market in Narinkkatori in the very center of the city. Usually in the summer there are large events and international food market that is easily 4x the size of that Christmas market in Narinkkatori. Though the old town is certainly more scenic than Narinkkatori.
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Glad to see that you guys enjoyed visiting both Helsinki and Tallinn❤️
