I gave Fort Kochi tour in (broken) Hindi - my north Indian in-laws visit Kerala

During our stay in Kochi, I wanted to take my North Indian in-laws to see the old architectural heritage of Fort Kochi. The earlier day we couldn't complete a tour of the whole place and could visit only Mattancherry and Jew Town. So the next day I took them again to Fort Kochi to show them the famous Chinese fishing nets and other sights. They were very happy with the tour I gave them, even though it was in my broken Hindi. And little Annika, as always ended up being the star of the show :)
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[@TomJones-gy4nt]

Next Saturday I am actually going to Kerala for the first time in my life. Can't wait to see this part of India with my own eyes

[@JohannaNorth]

Amazing! I hope you enjoy as much as we do 🥰

[@pareshdave8800]

wah

[@travellingyoginikas]

Oh wow wow wow have an AMAZING time 😀❤️ I lived in Kerala for 18 months doing solo travel vlogging. It is LUSH green and ever so beautiful. My favourite place was Papanasam which is located at Holy Beach in Varkala. I loved the temples and the beaches amongst the palm trees ❤️

[@TomJones-gy4nt]

@@travellingyoginikas Thanks a lot for your kind reply :-)

[@travellingyoginikas]

@@TomJones-gy4nt you are most welcome. If you need any help with sightseeing etc then you are welcome to ask me for help as I have alot of experience of Kerala. 😀 I also have a KZbin solo travel channel too. So any help you need feel free to ask my friend 🕉️

[@kallyankumar2034]

Annika is so beautiful and Johanna as well. Your in-laws are great

[@preethanair8349]

So much of innocence in Annika. She trying to feed the pigeons with hands full of grains waiting for the pigeons to take it from her hand was innocense personified. Also trying to have a peekaboo at the cats face was another highlight not to mention her trying to groove to the music at the hotel not to mention mother in law's dance. Feel that world will be a better place with this generation growing up. Feel good vlog.

[@travellingyoginikas]

Preetha it really was a lovely family day vlog wasn't it. Bless lil Annika. I LOVE this family. When my parents were growing up inter racial marriages were not acceptable. In all honestly I feel that is very narrow minded. I really love inter cultural marriages as we see how Amazing The kids are with all their languages and expose to different cultures. They are very lucky kids due to such exposures. My nephews are of mixed race so similar to Annika they experience the best of two worlds. ❤️

[@IamGauravSinghh]

Totally agree with you and it just brings a big nice smile on my face when I see her doing all such things. I really love this channel and this whole family is wholesome "touchwood".

[@preethanair8349]

Kudos to Johanna. I think Vinod took the best decision of taking her as his partner. She is a good mother, daughter- in- law, sister, the way she takes everyone in the family together.

[@JohannaNorth]

Annika just loves all living things and is especially obsessed with birds! Always readily sharing her food and feeding others be it birds, bunnies, even mama and papa :) It is indeed too bad that we humans usually forget such innocence and love especially when expressed so publicly. No child is thinking about how they look or what will people say. It's so precious :)

[@travellingyoginikas]

@@preethanair8349 how beautiful of y to say that dear such a loving comment ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheLIZZIEJAMES]

Thank you Johanna for the tour through your eyes. Lovely that your Ma and Pa in law could get to visit kochi. Love n hugs to all of you❤️🤗 from switzerland

[@travellingyoginikas]

Elizabeth I really enjoyed Johannas Kochi tour too ❤️ I lived in Kerala for 18 months but I never saw Kochi. I was mainly in Trivandrum and Varkala. From then on I crossed state to Kanyakumari and then crossed state again into Karnatica and then Goa before heading to the north. It was part of my 3 year stint in India as a solo traveller. Iv only been back in my home country (England) for a couple of months!!! ❤️

[@JohannaNorth]

I loved taking especially Mummy around all the places there, because she's never before had a proper visit to the city :) For Daddy it was a very nostalgic trip as he had visited some time in the 80s or 90s :)

[@positivevibes7028]

Johanna, ur Hindi is amazing, u spoke such good Hindi👍👌

[@lachminsarjue6248]

It’s a beautiful old church,when I visited there was a wedding happening,

[@JohannaNorth]

Oh wow that must've been an interesting sight to witness! :)

[@sree8159]

Annika feeding the birds was the highlight of this vedio... That excitement and happiness on her face was everything🥰

[@JohannaNorth]

Annika LOVES birds and also feeding any living thing, birds, bunnies, dogs... mama and papa included :D

[@sree8159]

@@JohannaNorth 😄😄😄

[@preethanair8349]

Fun video. Annika feeding the pigeons was the hallmark alongwith the ferry ride back. Loved watching the video. Thank you for sharing the tour of fort kochi.

[@danishk4172]

Your efforts to grow channel is commentable...

[@jaym5963]

Annika is roughing it quite well. Thank you Johanna for taking us along in your adventure. It was lovely seeing Cochin and Mattancheri through your eyes. Excellent tour guide. Your Hindi is getting better as you speak it more often with your MIL and FIL. Great video. Have a good rest after this. Cheers❤

[@JohannaNorth]

Yes, here in South India it's very difficult for me to learn or even maintain my Hindi skills without my in-laws since I don't have time to take classes. I always get so much better at speaking the language when they visit :)

[@monikaazariah9237]

Well done Johanna ...your Hindi is getting better 😘

[@blairswanson44]

I can almost feel the comfortable energy of this place Johanna. History (time) has a way of intensifying all that has transpired. Thanks for the experience. Annika is so fortunate to grow with such influences. Love to you all. 💋❤.

[@JohannaNorth]

The Fort Kochi area definitely has that kind of very welcoming vibe to it! Maybe because in the course of its history so many different kinds of people from all over the world have travelled and been welcomed there :)

[@vanssingh4352]

@@JohannaNorth no hate to you but how xavier have killed hindus and destroyed indian temples and mass conversion to christianity. If you love history so much then you should tell this also.

[@marisolsharma4809]

Wonderful and Beautiful Grandpapa give gift yellow umbrella for Granddaughter Very Nice ❤.. 😊👌🏼God bless Grandpapa 🙏🏼❤️❤️🤗

[@joeybenra]

Great 👍 show !!

[@infynvn]

Anika is always ready to play with her doggo friends and birdies 😂🤗

[@amalrajpc2876]

17.11 that great malayalam Song " Aleena " from movie "Devadootan "

[@vimmibatra8906]

Your daughter is so cute adorable innocent. Just love her childhood

[@Helen77SouthAfrica]

Hello Johanna Vinod dada and dadi Annika 👧🏻she love the birds 🦅 loves the nature ♥️😮👋👋👋

[@udayansingh159]

You are very inspiring Joanna. Absolute pleasure to watch your videos. Your simplicity and genuineness shines through

[@rajdeepluwang9563]

I'm one of your subscriber from the beginning of your channel. I'm from northeast India. Hope one day you visit our northeast and explore the beauty of nature here in the mountains specially in Manipur. Love your simplicity and beautiful content of your channel. Please visit our state Manipur and explore the beauty of nature.

[@JohannaNorth]

I very much hope to do a proper Northeast tour one day! Northeast and Kashmir are at the very very top of my travel list, but maybe only once Annika is a little bigger :)

[@vasanthajennings8653]

Wow' enjoyed every minute of this walk about video with in laws and lovely Annika! Annika seems very happy chasing pidgeons. Just watching her brings a lot of joy. Enjoy yourselves and take care. Tks for sharing.

[@JohannaNorth]

Annika is OBSESSED with birds! :D

[@GCDesigning]

Checking your videos after quite long time and then i realised i never subscribed you, and annika is growing fast, bless you all ❤

[@bharathbalakrishna5153]

Ma'am I see ur Volga bcz of lot of information. ND the main thing lottsss of family value. ND Annika she is angel for me her smile makes us smile she is queen of our hearts

[@cvbinu]

I think that Church is the oldest in India

[@interestingexplorer8046]

Your videos are cool breeze of air. It pacifies me inside.

[@anand-menon]

Next We want to see Vinod give a tour in broken Finnish to your mother 😄

[@JohannaNorth]

That would be an entertaining episode that’s for sure! 😅

[@travellingyoginikas]

Lol that's so funny hahahaha 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@vijayamohan33]

Wow! An eye feast! 😍😍

[@atmarampanduranga6719]

Anikka is precious.

[@marygee3981]

❤😊Nice to see you looking so well and happy. Great video!

[@sumitamukherjee3447]

What a beautiful video, loved it, Annika's happiness to give food the birds was amazing to see, Kochi is really a lovely place to explore, the church was also very nice, Annika's purchasing umbrella was so cute, she was enjoying a lot and your boat trip was so picturesque, I enjoyed a lot and lastly return back to the hotel.... lovely❤️

[@JohannaNorth]

Annika loves feeding all living things! Birds, bunnies, all animals and also mama and papa all the time too :)

[@sumitamukherjee3447]

@@JohannaNorth so sweet Annika ❤️

[@arjunraj823]

You guys should plan a trip to Lakshadweep islands from Kochi someday via the cruise.

[@Jush5858]

Hello Johanna, cochin club is very prestigious and elite club with membership. You are always welcome to our home town.

[@scs27562]

Good initiative by u. Its new idea. Your this vlog is outstanding. It captured my mind and imagination. Well done. Tons of kudos to you 4 this new way of making vdo. Standalone among the crowds of vloggers. 👌👌

[@JohannaNorth]

So nice of you, thank you so much! :)

[@deepalibelsare2859]

Nice video it's a pleasure to see Annika

[@ashasr9827]

Wonderful tour n lovely family🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🕉💕💕

[@manharbenrajput5691]

Enjoy your tour with Annika

[@jstep3427]

Always a delight to watch your videos and as always little Annika steals the show and our hearts ❤💞 Her feeding the pigeons and that little time with the kitty cat was absolutely precious and heart warming ❤❤❤❤ Waiting for your next vlog Johanna 😊

[@Mrs.369]

Statutory warning:- who ever watches this channel they will addict to Annika 😂😂🤩🤩😘😘❤️❤️

[@travellingyoginikas]

THANK YOU Johanna for another SUPER vlog ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I used to find it very waring to speak in Hindi so much so very well done ❤️ you did great 👍👌 You gave us an INCREDIBLE tour. When I was In the North I needed to speak alot of Hindi and it was difficult for me. But at the same time i felt that I am in North India and Hindi is the spoken language so I have to just get on with it. It was hard given that i found the culture and the chaos so difficult to process so the added language was REALLY hard. But hey I got through it. ❤️ Annika Is AMAZING isn't She ❤️ She speaks alot of different languages and easily adapts to the chaos in India bless her. You really are ever so brave Johanna to be living in India and raising your child there. I would certainly find that hard as a foreign woman in India. ❤️

[@JohannaNorth]

I still find the chaos overwhelming too, but the language (even with my very limited skills) is easy compared to that :'D Most Hindi speakers speak more a mix of Hindi and English, so that helps a lot in making myself understood. And even trying to speak Hindi always is highly appreciated so that's nice and motivating :)

[@padmajapadma9128]

Happy family so cute baby super video bro ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌🙌😍👍

[@TheSanthalVlogger]

Hope broken Hindi won’t break the FORT KOCHI 🤣

[@libertyismyindefeasiblerig3838]

she's adorable

[@joydeeproy1580]

Your hindi is coming along good. Bohut achcha

[@JohannaNorth]

Dhanyavad :)

[@naveenvdc88]

Nice👏

[@ushakrana7378]

Very nice Vlog enjoyed 👍

[@DhruvMalikk]

Nice

[@vijaysonwani6159]

superb vlog....👌👌👌

[@roopangeetandon781]

One thing,I found out.Annika likes Dogs more than cats. She is not too impressed by the later,lol

[@vishbraveheart]

Hello fellow Kannurite 😁. How about i show you guys around town in Kannur ? ( Ive been following your vlogs and you guys haven't visited many of the most7 beautiful places in Kannur yet ).

[@JohannaNorth]

We've been travelling so much in the past year or so that when we're at home we pretty much just stay at home and relax :)

[@vishbraveheart]

@@JohannaNorth I know you guys stay close to Payyanur , but whenever you come down to Kannur, visit Meenkunnu beach hands down the most beautiful / under rated beach in Kannur and probably Kerala for starters.

[@anantgawai440]

So nice family sweet baby Annika

[@sagarsarkar324]

I love cuteee annika 🥰

[@sajithsree5910]

Pls bring annika to varkala beach and explore varkala🥰🥰🥰

[@jsg2196]

Broken Hindi sounds Cute...😂🥰👍

[@JohannaNorth]

Thank you! I’m trying to get rid of the cuteness though 😂

[@suparauta8026]

Hienoa kun käytät hindiä, vaikka koet siitä epävarmuutta. Pääasia että koitat puhua, sillä varmasti arvostavat sitä todella paljon. Kun miettii, että kyllähän suomalainenkin arvostaa jos joku on opetellut meidän kieltä ja koittaa puhua sitä. Arvostettavaa. 😍

[@JohannaNorth]

Ei voi oppia puhumatta ja ilman edes huonoa hindiä en pystyisi kommunikoimaan ollenkaan suoraan anopin kanssa! He todella ja muu lähipiiri arvostaa kovasti, samalla lailla kuin tiedän että me Suomessa arvostetaan koska tiedetään suomen olevan vaikea kieli oppia. Intiassa ei kuitenkaan moni tunnu sitä käsittävän, että myös hindi voi olla eurooppalaisena vaikea kieli oppia ja korjaavat usein, mikä saa mut ainakin tosi itsetietoiseksi omista kielivirheistä :)

[@kev_naughty]

@@JohannaNorth Even for South Indians, Hindi is not that easy especially the grammar part. So you having broken Hindi is completely fine. I am sure your in laws appreciate that you are trying to learn. In India, now a days, English is well understood by most people. So English is good connection language.

[@schoodamani1896]

Your inlaws are looking beautiful

[@sophianaqvi3697]

So sweet seeing you all together as a family, and u r definitely in ur comfort zone here johanna as mom to a 15 month old having daadi and daada is around is awesome we r taking our girl to morroco for first holiday in May u given me confidence watching u travel round. Stay blessed x

[@JohannaNorth]

You got this, enjoy Morocco! It's one of my dream destinations too :)

[@user-pe3bn1nu3h]

6:05 sorry they jest write it on entrance but you can shoot 😅 every one can shoot no one blocks you

[@naturelover6114]

Cute

[@kunalnagarkoti1841]

Yeah, broken Hindi no problem on that you would master it in near future as it's not hard to learn either way. Just need to develop your fundamental basic syntax of Hindi and rest would be easy for you in advance level. But, Finnish language is really hard to learn as it is 5th most toughest language to master and learn. But Hindi is not tough, Hindi is the 3rd largest spoken language in the world in January 2023 with over 600+ millions speaker all over the world. Behind 2nd position chinese (Mandarin) speaker with over 1.1 billions & 1st position English language speaker with over 1.4 billions speaker.

[@aghilanmayan97]

Hai Johanna sis😇✨WHAT'S THE 2023 YEAR PLANS ? can you share some snippets 🤗#LOVE YOU MY FAM 😇Take care💙🤍

[@JohannaNorth]

There's not much to share at this point. We hope to travel to Finland at some point and also have my mom and sister visit us in India :)

[@aghilanmayan97]

@@JohannaNorth ohh that's nice... Which is best season to visit Finland🇫🇮

[@shilupg]

You guys didn't explore the muziris bienelle

[@JohannaNorth]

These videos were shot in October when the biennale is not going on :)

[@harisalone]

you mother in law look lika a malayali mom..

[@ioannavoudouri308]

❤❤❤❤🙏🌝

[@RDnAC]

Do the Jewish people refer to that area as “Jew Town”?

[@kev_naughty]

Mattanchery is the town's name. There is a Jewish part where Indian Jews used to stay. They left for Israel after formation of Israel. There is still a Synagogue in there.

[@RDnAC]

@@kev_naughty Thanks for explaining the history. Things get lost in translation I suppose. I know out of all the cultures the Indian culture is in my opinion the most respectful to all so I don’t think it’s meant to offend anyone but I was surprised they got away with using the term Jew instead of the proper term Jewish or Jewish People.

[@sguptamech]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@libertyismyindefeasiblerig3838]

🥰😍🤩😘🤩😍🥰

[@mariesahota1478]

Hi

[@Nallavanaaya-unni]

For a second ..when saw u and that church in a frame ..i felt like ..i went back to that portugese(british) era..🙈felt weird 😂

[@ridiculous365]

Saw some black spots in screen.. Is there issue with lens.

[@JohannaNorth]

I forgot to clean the lens...... *embarrassed*

[@carolyagou8874]

Ur inlaws look exausted 🥰

[@joydeeproy1580]

The father in law is working on loosing some lbs. But he is cool fellow

[@JohannaNorth]

Running around with Annika all day can be pretty tiring :)

[@sreekanthkssreekanth4763]

Hi, am in kochib and i want to see annika

[@JohannaNorth]

Hi! These videos were shot in October and we are currently enjoying this Sunday at home in Kannur :)

[@sreekanthkssreekanth4763]

😭

[@user-vu5dp5pj8z]

U little pest Finlander but u don’t 3:16 love me but I love you always

[@niranjanthakur1431]

Be careful with pegions.

[@nogag8219]

So, if you video the inside of a church, it violates its holiness? Really? How so? Holy stupidity, I must say.

[@ajomathew6269]

Every religion have beliefs. Don't mention particular religion.

[@annsorigaminpaperart1279]

It's the same with some temples and mosques too.