The US Invaded this Mexican City - Twice! (#2)

Veracruz is a city with a complicated but interesting history - Hernan Cortez, the French and the Americans all made their initial landing here. It is also a city with very affordable alcohol, as I soon discovered.
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[@SabbaticalTommy]

The only thing I've noticed everywhere I go in Mexico is that the people are always extremely friendly. Definitely the best people to get a beer with, or a glass of mezcal

[@ivanzogbi]

Hey!! what about your argentinian accent?? where it came from? great videos

[@ivanzogbi]

No me contestes ya me enteré que viviste acá jajajaj un saludo

[@remcovanvliet3018]

@Sabbatical @7:30 I'm not from Veracruz, nor do I, admittedly, have any real world experience with such things... But to me, those looked suspiciously like bullet holes left from a firing squad. And not from just a single execution, either. The real question, to me, is not what are we looking at. But when was it made?

[@defnotthekgb8362]

@@remcovanvliet3018 you are correct, it is from the 1812 execution of 6 insurgents in Veracruz. probably from multiple firing squads(I also would not be surprised if some are newer, that is ALOT of holes for the execution of 6 people)

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Im addicted to your videos. I ran across the one of your trip to Lagos and now I'm watching each one in order. (I've been to Lagos, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Teague, South Korea, and Fulda & Heidelberg Germany) Getting out of the US bubble is the best thing ever happened to me. 😊

[@pascalmarcsebastyan8916]

I am also watching his videos in the "right" order right now. It's great that you were able to gain such wonderful experiences. I hope you had a great time here with us! I live near Heidelberg. It's always fascinating to me when people take the long way from abroad just to explore this little corner of our world. I can relate, though. Even the smallest American suburb would make the explorer in me jump 😊

[@oskartrak1er]

On the external walls of the Baluarte de Santiago, the first Veracruz Insurgents were shot on July 29, 1812, six young men who, coordinated by the merchant Antonio Merino and instructed by General Ignacio Allende, began the independence insurrection in the city and port of Veracruz. You can still see the perforations of the rifle in the place.

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[@cesarrobertoenriquezgarnic46]

Muy interesante tu reflexión de la guerra entre México y los Estado Unidos, saludos

[@christianjayveecjlc2441]

Here I am binge watching your vlogs instead of doing my school works AHAHHAH I love you man !!

[@Byronicwings]

Just discovered your channel, great content. I'm from Veracruz, i live in a zone nearby the streets you visited hahaha it would've been great to see you

[@hinthegroove9740]

I really enjoy these down to earth travel vlogs. Tommy is like a doctor in linguistics, but without any attitudes. Watching will make you wise but humble. 😊

[@dlasky]

Just started the video and my nerdy brain already loving the historical facts about that city I never heard of

[@hectorvegagarcia7419]

Here I am, making a tour through your videos history.😀

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Finally someone commented on the tour of Veracruz! Me encantó esa ciudad

[@MikeSyraxx]

Just found this channel. I Appreciate the history I’m learning from you man !

[@crizz610]

That last shot with the dancing class... why i love mexico so much.. Theres still a societal fibre there without the internet...SO EASY to make friends or meet a nice girl from just..... omg..SOCIALIZING!!!

[@9thGenerationCajun]

I'am a Cajun/Creole but I'am also a Canary Islander descendant, My great grandparents landed in Veracruz in 1730 and walked all the way to San Antonio to establish government and build San Fernando Cathedral. They also brought the first cattle to North America.

[@chiefpanda7040]

thats crazy your great grandparents were born in 1730

[@kila4]

I’ve just started watching your vids...starting at first and going in order. How many languages do you speak?

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Something like 8 to 14 depending on how you define "speak". I'll make a video about this someday. Probably. Maybe

[@23sandwich28]

From what I saw on your vlogs you spoke Spanish, Swahili, Frech and of course English ..Been wondering what are the other languages and yeah youre amazing.

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@@23sandwich28 he speaks mandarin as well I’m pretty sure

[@Jackie_360]

@@23sandwich28 Russian, Shanghainese, and some sub languages of those mentioned.

[@brat1324]

I did the same. i am going to watch all videos. Right now i am here so far🙂

[@pedrolg]

Boy selling sun glasses: "I'll give it to you for 100" Tom:"Could it be 120?" 😁

[@minhtruong6553]

Mexico looks beautiful. Thanks for your videos let me hope one day I can visit

[@PMLynch]

Mexican movie Danzon (1991) takes place in Veracruz. Worth a watch.

[@Jackie_360]

I enjoyed this, very Historic and educational with the legendary Sabbatical flair of familiarity.

[@Insane247714]

lol that lady at 19:10 reminds me of my mother. everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. heed her advice and have fun

[@TammyMullins-tp5uf]

😮 wow thanks Tommy for the history never knew this

[@Jordiephotography]

So finally i found a new channel of a guy who travels and vlogs ... nice !!!!!!!

[@jesterking1]

The woman at the end who was warning you is a beautiful soul.

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Found a new bald and bankrupt mirror channel. Which isn't a bad thing. Just more content for me 😂

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@Albatross I prefer this man !

[@mathieumondieu1150]

I've found Sabbatical, Tommy is by far the least pretentious, and most humble of the "white bloke travel vlogs" the others come off as pretentious. Or I could just be biased bc i'm a new yorker lol

[@davidtkiebrania3231]

Veracruz was also used to bring in the slaves by the Spaniards!

[@cadenpolen001]

That was the biggest cup of beer I think I've ever seen... It was a little over 5 beers in that thing, so he got 5 beers for $2! 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@williampatrickfurey]

To say the least, I'm thankful the video was longer than 8 minutes, God bless.

[@TheGracehew]

Nice place ….. and good advice from the locals too.

[@lessforloans]

Seems I’m not the only one scrolling through all the codes. Good stuff man. Keep safe

[@tribudeuno]

The modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio, was filmed in Veracruz... About the Vocho (VW Bug) that you intended to get into at the end, it was probably built in Mexico. A friend of mine had one with a built-in truck box on the back. I asked him if it was a '68, and he look at me strange, and said "no, its a '95"... What Woodrow Wilson demanded of the Mexicans to do and say during that invasion is pretty cringe worthy. But what do you want from the guy who brought Jim Crow Laws to the nation's capital, and then had the guts to say during his speech to convince Congress to declare war on Germany, "We need to make the world safe for democracy". I call that double mindedness "Jeffersonian Schizophrenia", many American presidents have suffered from it. He is also the guy who pushed the Sedition Act, where everyone who was against the war was put into prison. But it came to bite him in the butt, when after going to the conference at Versaille he came back to the US to push for Congress to ratify his League of Nations, he realized that he had put everyone who would want to help ratify all in prison. ¡Pinche pendejo!

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Thanks for the bingeworthy content. Would love to invest if possible. Also would love to travel with you, but obviously, that would be insane.

[@ViktorLagunes]

I'm from Veracruz, el baluarte de Santiago usted to look a lot more like San Juan de Ulúa but they "restored it" by putting that horrible paint or wathever that beige thing is, I personally hated it cause I have such great memories around that place since my highschool is few blocks from there, honestly I don't know how come it got bullet marks but I don't think they are actual bullet shots, gov would have them covered immediately as Veracruz is a very touristic place. 🤔

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Tommy, everywhere I go, I hear, everybody knows me, everyboxy? Yea everybody Tommy

[@collinmc90]

I already loved your channel but now I'm going back and watching these for the Spanish. I'm moving to a region in the US (Eastern Washington state) with a high Hispanic population so I've started teaching myself Spanish using Duolingo. So far it's working okay but I can tell I need to have conversations in Spanish or I will never learn to understand it when people are speaking quickly. Reading is fine but actually speaking it is kind of difficult.

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Lmao ( 90 Day Fiancé) 😂 You Definitely have a sense of humor!

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[@scrapiron]

Another battle that was pivotal with the American civil was with the French and Mexican armies was the 5th of May 1862, Battle of Puebla. The Mexicans won this battle, but lost the war with the French. This battle lost, helped prevent an alliance with the American Confederate south and the French, less help for the south, helped shorten the American civil war.

[@elle7981]

ur spanish is so good! 💕

[@veronicafajardo2610]

The feminists are cringe in Mexico too? Yikes.

[@andreww3621]

Unreal. It's cancer. "MaNsPlAiNiNg"🤡

[@gladysjohnson2320]

😂That was great history Tommy

[@iRicardoTM]

3:40 The kid when you were buying the glasses was saying "en 100 te los dejo" which means "give me a 100" and then you offered 120 and ended up paying 130 😅

[@michaelwoods8654]

Those look like firing squad bullet holes at 7:50

[@americandevil]

Funny that this is the first time I've ever heard of 90 Day Fiance.

[@MellowAlchemist]

@sabbatical Dude You Rock!

[@desmondofori1608]

Damn !! stuff is expensive there …so much for sunglasses and the beer

[@andreww3621]

Expensive?!? How fucking cheap are you🙃

[@Kjhggfdsertyu]

Hi there! love your videos! I thought Tainos was an indigenous Cuban tribe. do you mean Spaniards formed a sort of a legion of them and made them colonize Mexico ?

[@Kjhggfdsertyu]

ok, i just watched your next video where you confirmed/explained it! :)

[@chucho91234]

Victoria is the best beer ever

[@darlenechavez5701]

You should visit Zacatecas mexico 🇲🇽 👍 look into it

[@dlasky]

Lol I see you found your buddies Tommy 2:14 😂

[@SabbaticalTommy]

That was actually my car

[@dlasky]

@@SabbaticalTommy Lmao 😂😂😂

[@dianaarguello2924]

your accent is intriguing. you sound spanish or central american. which is it?

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Neither. Try more southern and slightly Italian and you've got it

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@@SabbaticalTommy usas el voceo como en mi país, Paraguay, podes ser de los países de la región, Cuenca del plata.

[@chrisc9869]

You have the beach and yes a very large beer lol

[@scottwise4800]

Maximillian was actually the emperor’s younger brother. Not the emperor of Austria.

[@camdenbode6688]

Love the videos and how did u learn Spanish?

[@terrytees]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people ask Sabbatical if he's married

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How many languages do you speak?

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I don't know you from Adam, Tommy. I believe you have perfect concentration and a photographic memory .It also crossed my mind about you maybe being a G man. Ummmm???

[@DustinHawke]

What is it about a nice sunny day that makes you wanna get wasted and pass out on the beach?

[@Cheponondelasierra]

Lol the kid was like “en 100 te los dejo” before you offered 120.

[@stewart2589]

Reminds me of an American bald and bankrupt

[@theSalukie]

Time to start from the bottom

[@87mrreynolds]

I met a young couple in Mexico City from Vera Cruz they where very nice unfortunately that part of the country was once under zeta control the war between zetas and the gulf cartel probably cost 100,000 lives sickening violence came with it

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Glenn maxwell😁

[@espantucio]

At 3:46, you can hear a very characteristic scream in the background that only mexicans will identify hahaha

[@espantucio]

And at 14:17, te way the guy on the left raised his arm means "chinga a tu madre", wich is an insult that means "go fuck your mother", but don't worry, it's commonly used between friends as a soft insult hahaha

[@JazzBeatsCafe]

Can y’all even begin to imagine how much gold and silver was stolen from Mexico 500 years ago and taken to Europe? I traveled to Austria and even Monctezuma’s original headpiece is out there… WHATTTT! History and the way events in the world have turned out is so sad.

[@elle7981]

exactly 👏

[@zinknot]

The places in Mexico where Mexicans go for vacation are the best.

[@goodvibesslotspoker]

The kid had gone down to 100 pesos and you went back up to 120 lol

[@SabbaticalTommy]

This was one of my first times vlogging, I think I was a lil nervous 😂

[@Midwesternhighlights]

Go to Egypt again my guy

[@DustinHawke]

3rd time's a charm?

[@bajapickleball1052]

The Spanish built a Starfort 400 years ago? Come on Tommy, think, por favor.

[@chelok77]

Aprendiste español con un argentino?? tenes acento a español Rioplantense

[@SabbaticalTommy]

Asi es, boludo

[@chelok77]

@@SabbaticalTommy Muy buenos videos che!! saludos desde Argentina xD

[@LegionAmongUs]

Funny how when you got the glasses he was gonna sell them to you for 100 pesos which he went down 50 from the og price and you were tripping out how they made a noise and asked them if you could get them for 120 hahaha

[@gtmerkley]

can we give California Back?

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The CIA FBI DEA is every where

[@andreww3621]

LMAO. Are you talking about Tommy?

[@jonathanlafuentes7195]

Why is the Mexican flag the same colors as the Italian flag

[@turnip5359]

Francis Drake wasn't a pirate lol

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🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿✌✌.

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I wasn't watching 90 days fiance but 600 lbs one

[@nickegbg]

hey this video wasnt 8 minutes! Lies!!

[@jesterking1]

And we should do it again. Mexico needs to clean their shit up!