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Los Angeles – PLEEPLEUS is back!
Mel and I take a drive from San Francisco down the 101-- wait, did you hear that PLEEPLEUS IS BACK! Keep an eye out for him in this episode! Mel and I road trip back to LA and stop at some unique places along the way. Who doesn't love spontaneous road trip adventures?
Los Angeles • STEVE MCKENNA in La-La-Land
Cruising around Beverly Hills and Venice with Steve McKenna, Mel and Bodie + INN N OUT's SECRET MENU.
Los Angeles • MALIBU and the many faces of STEVE MCKENNA
Welcome to Malibu, where the seafood is delicious, the ocean view is beautiful, and the drinks are served in pineapples (kinda)! We have lunch at Gladstones, which is a must-visit place in Malibu, then head to Paradise Cove, a really cool place for drinks and beach time. Plus, Steve takes a dip in the freezing ocean, yeah, he's a badass. BTW, we didn't take home any shells. They all had guys living in them, so we let them be. #howweroll
VENICE, ITALY • Arriving in to the 1,000 year-old island city!
If you're planning a trip to Venice, Italy, watch this first. From landing at Marco Polo Airport, to taking a boat (or bus) to Venice, to getting to your hotel-- we try to cover the journey for you, so you don't have any unpleasant surprises.
VENICE, ITALY • The city comes alive.
There’s so much to do in Venice but so little time. If you get behind slow groups of tourists, it can take you twice as long to see the city. So! I woke up at 5am to show you what Venice is like before the tourists flood the streets. I got to see the real Venetians going to work, taking the (water) bus, filling the garage (water) truck, piling furniture into a moving (water) van. I check out the fresh fish coming into the Rialto Market. Around 9am, I wake up Mel and take her to the oldest cafe in Venice. 9am isn’t too early for a cocktail, right?
ITALY • 360 VIEW of the Grand Canal!
I rode around the Grand Canal in a boat taxi to give you a 360 view of the city of Venice! Tell me this isn't the coolest thing you've seen all day.
VENICE • 360 VIEW of the St Mark’s Square!
A 360° view from the top of the Venice Bell Tower overlooking beautiful St. Mark's Square.
VENICE, ITALY • Venice is SINKING! Get there before it’s too late!
It's our final day in Venice. Thankfully we get out of there unscathed, as the city starts to sink around us! OK. The city's sinking-- it's the ocean that's rising around it. Thanks to the UN's landmark accord signed by 175 countries last week, you may still have time to see Venice-- without scuba equipment. Today we visit St Mark’s Square. We wait in line at the Bell Tower (man, it's windy up there). We DON'T wait in line to get into Saint Mark’s Basilica where usually. And, we check out the oldest wine bar in the city, where Casanova was known to frequent. Then I explore the flooding problem in Venice, when high tide can put the square under as much as a meter of water. When this happens they put walking platforms across the square so you’re still able to walk from one side to another. Get to Venice while you still can!
LAKE COMO, ITALY • Grand Terrezmo Hotel.
We stayed at the Grand Terezzemo, which is not only outstanding but the staff even upgraded us to a balcony view of Lake Como. This place is almost too pretty to be real! You know we had stop at a wine bar for wine and cheese too.
BELLAGIO, ITALY • Before is was a casino, it was a city.
Today Mel and I take a boat from Lake Como to Bellagio. We explore the Melzi Gardens and walk around rest of the town where it was rather tempting to stop for wine. Como is a major manufacturer of silk so we stopped by a lot of silk shops while looking around too. The ferry situation to get back was a LITTLE complicated (my bad(s)) but we finally made it out of there and got to our hotel in Tremezzo. Next stop, Switzerland!
GRUYERES, SWITZERLAND • Chocolate, Cheese, Repeat.
Mel and I arrived at our next stop in Europe in Switzerland with our good friends Stacey and Joel. We went on a couple outing to two authentic Swiss chocolate and cheese factories, because why not? We stopped at the Nestle Cailler Chocolate Factory first, which had every chocolate thing you could ever imagine. Then we went to a Swiss cheese factory where there was LOTS of Gruyere. We stopped in the town of Gruyeres after to have even MORE cheese. If you are a fan of chocolate or cheese, come here. If you’re not then we can’t be friends. Oh and we also hung out at a castle.
ZUG & MT. RIGI, SWITZERLAND • Drinking On Top Of The Alps
Mel and I plus our friends Stacey and Joel traveled with us once again to explore more of Switzerland. We first traveled to the city of Zug and explored their trust shops aka unattended grocery stores. That sh*t would not fly in America! Everything is so fresh in the town that their farm to table restaurants are LITERALLY next to a farm. After seeing Zug we took a train up Mount Rigi. We were so high up that we ate and drank overlooking the Alps. Not too shabby!
LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND • Gettin’ my drink on
After our boozy lunch up in Mount Rigi we made our way back down to travel to the city of Lucerne. The buildings were spectacular and a little too perfect if you ask me. The altitude drop from the top of the mountain back down gave all of us a craving to drink more beer so that’s what we did.I also noticed there were masks in some of the town's shop windows that looked a lot like Steve McKenna. We had to cut our trip there short to travel back to Zug eat at our friend Joel’s favorite restaurant. It was uber-fancy and delicious!
LIECHTENSTEIN • Tiny Country, Tiny Goats
On our way from Switzerland to Germany Mel and I stopped in the tiny country of Liechtenstein. Mel really wanted to check out this huge castle she saw on the way there so that’s what we did! We also saw a lot of goats, which Mel sure enjoyed. I can officially say I’ve been to Liechtenstein now.
FUSSEN, GERMANY – It’s pretty much Medieval Times.
Little did we know getting out of Switzerland costs money, and you might get yelled at. But our reward was awesome German castles in Fussen.
NEUSCHWANSTEIN, GERMANY • The real Disney castle
Yup! Another castle! This time we were prepared and I went early to buy tickets for the Neuschwantein Castle in Germany. The castle was HUGE and overlooked the entire valley.
MUNICH, GERMANY • A beer tour through the city!
It’s time to get down to business and take you all on a beer tour of Munich! Mel and I stop at the most famous beer halls in Munich, grab brews at some local pubs and even meet fans!
EISBACH, MUNICH • Surfing In the River?!
Within the English Garden in Munich lies the Eisbach River and in that river...are surfers! This is Eisbach River Surfing.
NUREMBERG, GERMANY • An old-timey Pub Crawl!
Things got a little silly after Mel and I explored a castle moat in Nuremberg and met up with fans for a mini pub crawl!
ROTHENBURG, GERMANY • The Walled City!
Today Mel and I went to Rothenburg, where they have the most well-preserved medieval old town in all of Germany. We walked a wall across the entire town and explored other great views of Rothenburg!
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY • I get a speeding ticket… Doh!
Mel and I drove from Rothenburg to Heidelberg to and might've gotten in a little trouble along the way.
Eltz, Germany • HIDDEN CASTLE
To find one of the most beautiful castles in Europe, you have to get off the beaten path.
Oberwesel, Germany • CASTLE CRIBS
Burgs and beers in Oberwesel, Germany. The castle cribs were the highlight!