Living in a Van in Europe | Slovenia is so cheap!

[@AlwaysAway]

Now for all the dreading washing up... Thanks for watching 💖

[@GaiusPrimusMatius]

Slovenia isn't cheap at all....Italia and Spain for instance are cheaper....maybe somewhere in the nowhere you can find cheap meals and hostels.....Slovenia is the richest Slavic countrie and as I remember the human development index in 2023 is before Austria,France, Italy and regarding life quality index is on 16 place in the world....realy clean and organized country....nice channel.... Slovenia is beautiful indeed....❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@AlwaysAway]

@@GaiusPrimusMatius It’s definitely got more expensive as we’ve come closer to Ljubljana, near Maribor we had reaally cheap food and coffee but it definitely feels like a wealthy country, so incredibly clean everywhere!

[@jennifermcpherson4859]

Thank you for all your videos. Enjoying seeing Slovenia. Such beautiful scenery. Sending love your way through this time. ❤️

[@AlwaysAway]

Thank you!! ♥️

[@karindv9477]

That lasagne looks soooo good, I feel like having some now! 🤤 As someone who's first language isn't English, I really appreciate you taking the time to learn some basic words. 😃 People really appreciate it. Often people just assume that someone will be able to speak English, but not all countries do. I think what you are doing is very considerate. ❤ And yes, easy mistake to make... Slovenia... Slovakia. 🤔 That's how we learn! Travelling teaches us a lot and I love it.

[@AlwaysAway]

Thank you 😝 and I totally understand that, I always ask if they can speak English now because it feels so wrong to assume. Luckily google translate has made life so much easier! Especially when you can talk in the mic and it translates, we’ve had many conversations through it now 😂❤️

[@jonmoore176]

Interesting to see new countries like Slovenia (not somewhere you hear much about) and a relaxing video about real life. The food looked delicious. Found you guys as I watch your brother Chris's channel, but find your stuff a nice change of pace, feels more like you guys are taking us with you.

[@AlwaysAway]

Thanks! These videos must feel literally the opposite of his haha

[@sandragraumann2174]

I am loving this Europe trip! A rough start for you both unfortunately but keep it up as it’s lovely to see this type of travel and your real vlogs are very entertaining. Are you doing any slow travel and spending a week or more in places to really explore a place? I would love that. Thankyou x

[@AlwaysAway]

Thank you! We’re staying for a few days in this part of Slovenia, Lake Bled next it’ll be easier to stay for longer in a spot when we leave Slovenia just because of wild camping being illegal, we’ve managed to navigate it with the free park ups but they aren’t near very much. But we’ll be showing you more out and about now I hope! 😊 thanks 🥰❤️

[@zanzvar9033]

Zdravo (hello in slovenian). Celje, can be pronounced as Tselje (ts sound is similar to how we say C in Slovene, the j is pronounced similarly to y in English). Also Google translate can be hit or miss with Slovene just FYI it's pronounces the words in English not Slovene. Your neighbourhood Slovenian signing out.🎉

[@AlwaysAway]

Ahhh thank you, google translate has some catching up to do on the Slovene front 😂

[@zanzvar9033]

Some words and letter can be weird to non Slovene or non slavic speakers. You can get by in English with almost no problem in most areas of Slovenia 🇸🇮. Enjoy the rest of your stay.

[@LaurenandRich]

SO jealous of your oven for the lasagne 😆 We've been saying we should have installed an awning, might have to settle for a pop up gazebo! Hope you're loving Slovenia, our friends went last year and said it was beautiful!

[@AlwaysAway]

Love having an oven in here! And haha you should definitely get a gazebo, we’ve never used the awning before but it’s actually so lovely. Slovenia has been great so far!

[@alexandergiesser]

Ljubljana is SO pretty! I hope you'll have good weather!

[@AlwaysAway]

It’s sooo sunny! We got lucky! 🥰

[@arthurg7894]

You guys have found your groove. I LOVE these videos. I mean, I loved the others too but these just feel special

[@AlwaysAway]

Ah thank you! That makes me so happy to hear ☺️

[@mindisanenigma]

I should be asleep, but I'm bingeing on your van life videos. While eating a pastry 🥐

[@AlwaysAway]

@@mindisanenigma Awh haha hope you’re enjoying them and the pastry 😂💖

[@ronknox3376]

Your itinerary sounds really interesting . I've not been to Eastern Europe either so I'm looking forward to your videos. Please let us know how food, camping and other things compare in terms of cost. What surprised you about each place too. I 100% agree that knowing a few words in their native tongue is the right thing to do. Cheers!

[@AlwaysAway]

It’ll be interesting to see so many new places, will show as much as we can! 😊

[@DavixDevelop]

That lake you were at the start, is called Šmartinsko jezero, and It's a man made lake, from 1970 as means, at least at the time, to protect Celje against floods from the river Savinja, at least the kinds of major floods Celje experienced in the past. Of course, later one, additional steps were taken to protect the city from floods, with the most recent being completed just last year in 2023, when a large area by the river, on the western part, was dug out, to create a floodplain.

[@TheCreepypro]

nice to learn about slovenia since I don't think I have ever heard about it before and I am really impressed with your guys ability to cook such fine cuisine in a van of all places! nicely done!

[@AlwaysAway]

Haha thank you! I’m surprised I managed it too 😅

[@davemorrison3705]

Loving your videos guys. You might want to clean dust off your camera sensor though. 😅

[@AlwaysAway]

Thanks 😂😂 I’m so bad at keeping the lens clean, need to sort it out 😅

[@writewatson]

Ha! Extra nutmeg in the white sauce! I can tell my wife I’m not crazy because the traveling couple on KZbin do it, too! I like to think I’m a fancy camp chef, but I’ve admittedly never made a lasagna. Well done, and thank you!

[@AlwaysAway]

Nutmeg makes the white sauce!! 😂

[@GiGiWellness28]

YAY to the online shop!!!!

[@AlwaysAway]

It saved us!! 😄

[@touringaroundwithrosie]

The lake looks so peaceful and amazing. The campsite looks great too? Eventually we plan to travel Europe on a fulltime basis how have you found it and is there any recommendations you guys have for beginners? ❤

[@AlwaysAway]

We love travelling around Europe, I’m not sure how van friendly Ireland is but in the SE of England where we’re from it’s soo difficult for vanlife. European countries make it so much easier with loads of free parkups and €1 electric, we scour park4night for places to sleep and you’ll find amazing places easily! Because you can wild camp so easily it makes it so much cheaper. Germany is the most van friendly place we’ve been, I’d definitely recommend going there as one of your first countries to get used to vanlife in Europe 😊

[@touringaroundwithrosie]

Sounds great, definitely something worth checking out. I would never have actually thought of Germany being so van accessible so that is brilliant to know! Ireland is actually very vanlife friendly with lots of park ups and sites, it's just a pity with our caravan we can't avail of many of them. Which is why we are doing our conversion. If you are ever planning a trip to Ireland we'd be happy to recommend a few spots. :)

[@AlwaysAway]

I imagine it’d be difficult wild camping with a caravan so I totally get the conversion! While it might cost a bit doing your van up at least you can save money on campsites along the way! 😊 would love to visit Ireland soon, I’ll definitely drop you a message when we do for some recommendations 😝💖

[@Cruzbeast69gaming]

Great video once again. Love me some lasagna. I think Garfield would actually love that LOL also 😆🤣.

[@AlwaysAway]

Thank you! Me too Hahaha

[@Kristen-kp6dh]

I was so excited when you made vegetarian lasagna🙂 I've been vegetarian for 30 years. It looks so beautiful and peaceful there which I know you both must be enjoying. I am so jealous on how close you are to so many countries.

[@AlwaysAway]

We were vegetarian for a few years but it was quite difficult when we got to Thailand so we went back to it, but now we’re back I’m gradually eating meat less again, I’m not a fan of cooking with it after years of cooking veggie food! 30 years is amazing! I’m surprised how close all the countries are, it only took around an hour to make it across most of Slovenia!

[@Kristen-kp6dh]

I have 3 kids 14, 19 and 25. I never forced vegetarian on them because I personally feel it is their own choice if want to be. My oldest surprised me when he told me is vegetarian too about a year ago.

[@maureenmcpherson6523]

That lasagna looked so good! It’s going to be hot here this week so I probably won’t be copying your recipe, but I love lasagna!

[@AlwaysAway]

Thanks!! It turned out alright, got so hot in the van cooking it though 😅 yeah its not really lasagna weather 😂

[@Cateaclysmic]

That bottle of wine is HUGE 😂 I don't know anything about Slovenia so I'm looking forward to seeing and learning more about it 😊 That lasagne looks sooo good, I can't even remember the last time I had lasagna maybe I'll have to make it one day 😅

[@AlwaysAway]

It is massive 😂😂 same here! Slowly learning about it, it’s a great country, definitely underrated! And haha thank you, you should 😅💕

[@marzfraz]

That campsite is lovely and Slovenia looks so beautiful and green! I can't get over the fact that they have campsites with free utilities. Are the parking spot fees at the campsites comparable to other places, or are they charging more in spot fees to cover the free water and electric? Also those mini lasagna dishes are so cute 😄

[@AlwaysAway]

It’s lovely here! And we had no idea there’d be all these free spots, it’s great! The campsite was around 30 euros and it’s right near the city center so it seems pretty typical in price, thats with water and electric included and they have a swimming pool too?! And thanks 😄

[@marzfraz]

@@AlwaysAway A Pool! How fun! I hope you guys got to use it.

[@punchpineapple]

Thanks for sharing! It looks beautiful over there compared to chilly Sydney here. Lasagna looks delicious.

[@AlwaysAway]

I never realised it’d get chilly over there! Thanks 😝

[@punchpineapple]

@@AlwaysAway Those coastal winds and housing built to keep the heat out, not in, really get to you. :) Apparently one of those 'things I wish I knew about Australia before going there' list items.

[@firemage1990]

Did the lasagna come out well?? How'd it taste? I hope it tasted good. Looks like you both had a good day. Here's to more good days for you both!

[@AlwaysAway]

It did! It tasted pretty good, thank you 🥰🥰

[@michellelasher280]

If and when you get to Romania, I would LOVE for you to show us Dracula's castle!

[@AlwaysAway]

A few people have told me it’s a tourist trap but I really want to go and film there! I expect we will 😄💕

[@tomc143]

Looks amazing!

[@AlwaysAway]

Has been so far! 😄💕

[@mkohagan]

Is the beefy wine bottle a 1.5 litre one (AKA magnum bottle)? 😂

[@mkohagan]

Ah I saw the 1L on the label later on! You usually only get 750ml or 1.5L bottles

[@AlwaysAway]

It says 1L but it feels so much beefier than that 😂😂

[@elizabethtonovic4678]

That lasagna looks amazing!

[@AlwaysAway]

Thank you! 😝

[@CuddlyJay]

The Great Burning of the Garlic Bread 😂

[@AlwaysAway]

😂😂 it should’ve been a simple task

[@mollyfaye]

Mmm that lasagna looked so good 🤤

[@AlwaysAway]

Thank you! 😝

[@chrisyravenconlin]

I’m watching while making Mac and cheese with tomato soup. Not so fancy. But maybe to show my ignorance… what is white sauce? Hehe We’ve always heard that it’s the stereotype that it’s Americans who are known for running around the world shouting English at everyone, not the British. We were always told to put Canadian flags on our stuff so no one would mistake us for Americans. 😂 But what do I know, I’ve never left North America/Caribbean!

[@Stephen-up3sd]

Hi Chrisy - the sauce is also called bechemel in some places - it’s the standard sauce used for lasagne - you can also use it for Mac & Cheese!

[@AlwaysAway]

Yeah it’s probably not far off what you’re having in your Mac and cheese! And haha in Europe the English are known for bad behaviour thanks to people getting absolutely plastered and acting like hooligans, especially in Spain. I think that’s why I’m finding the positive reception from people so surprising here, in some countries closer to England you really don’t get that 😂

[@nezuminora9528]

drinking a beer with you while you enjoy oversized wine!

[@AlwaysAway]

Cheers! 🍻💕

[@jaybug564]

Me as you are explaining where you are and where you are going. Wait there is 2….

[@AlwaysAway]

Haha Dom’s back 😆

[@BluSlade]

💙💙

[@AlwaysAway]

💕💕

[@Stephen-up3sd]

I assume that Dom going “behind the curtain” is the Van Life equivalent of the “naughty step” and that he’s only allowed back in order to contribute to the meal? Big fail! Best just let him do the washing by up in future! Enjoyable vid - looking forward to seeing Ljubljana!❤👍

[@AlwaysAway]

The burning of the baguette called for more naughty step time 😂 thank you! ♥️

[@cheefeth]

Fun Fact- Slovenia has one of the largest brown bear populations in Europe. 🐻 Be careful and have an Epic day!!!

[@AlwaysAway]

Dom didn’t believe me when I told him there were bears 😂 thank you!!

[@DamianP-n7b]

But they generally don't roam around Ljubljana and other touristy locations. If you want to see some bears then you must go to "their" region.

[@anjacrne1106]

That's right.. The bears are just in their region.. You can't see one in Ljubljana.. Exept in a ZOO. 😉 I'm living here all my life and I didn't saw them in natural habitat yet. I tried to find them. Even in the parts where they do live, but at most, I found just tracks.. Even when camping in their habitat, I didn't had the luck of seeing them.. They ussually go away from people. When we camped there, we just for safety, moved the food away from us, but it was fine. We and the food.. 😉 Here it is normal to see a bear sometimes, if you live in their region, but otherwise it is quite rare to see them.. They stay in their enviroment and really really rarely get lost and come to the outskirts of Ljubljana. In my 30+years that ocassions that I know they came out of their expected enviroment, are count on one hand, so you don't have to worry much about them. Especially not in the middle of Ljubljana, in the center of Ljubljana, BTC and so on.. 😉 If you go in Kočevje for example, or some other part where they are constant, then you should be more carefull, but with apropriate actions you are not in danger even there. Normally, and if you act aproprietly, they are not dangerous and they move away.

[@onedriver038]

Slovenia is not Eastern Europe, it's MIDDLE EUROPE !!!. Look at the map and read some history books! End of discussion.

[@DomandEmma]

Indeed you are correct. Well done! With it being so close to eastern Europe, it was just a slip of the tongue.