The benefits of sailing down the Rhine [Ep 22]

These videos are made possible by you. Check out our Patreon account to get access to Maya’s secret journal, early access to the videos, surprise handwritten letters delivered to your mailbox, the chance to meet us in person, AND our neverending undying gratitude! www.patreon.co...
Violin song at the end is "Beneath the Ice" by Oliver Schroer
Check out our website to learn more about us: sailingmagicca...
If you’d like to support us but patreon isn’t your thing, you can make a one time donation via PayPal, and we will send you many thanks in return!! www.paypal.me/...
Check out Maya’s music on Spotify and iTunes!
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.c...
iTUNES:
/ maya-eliza
CAMERA GEAR WE USE: (when you purchase anything from these links, it costs you the same and we get a small commission!!)
Action cam 1: amzn.to/2Q0HK9j
Action cam 2: amzn.to/30g1pqI
Amazing, wonderful, inexpensive, superb main camera: amzn.to/2Q0HNlv
Drone: amzn.to/2Hj2lTO
Microphone for voice overs: amzn.to/30jO8Nw

[@ianmac86]

Magic Carpet (boat), magic scenery, magic music, magic couple. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe.

[@manfredseidler1531]

The two who gave you thumbs down are mean spirited brain donors... the setting, storytelling, editing, and the background score all added up to a perfect ten. Well done. Full disclosure, I was born in Germany and lived in Cologn so I'm familiar with all the Rhine has to offer. Your post brought back many wonderful memories and reminded me of home. On a score of 1-10... an 11

[@anne4083]

Who could give a thumbs down to such wonderful story telling!!! I've come to the conclusion that some people just love to be miserable!!! 🤗

[@ralphjansen9205]

You get idiots in every society. Some are just sore losers thumbs down. Great video. It's a trip I'm going to ha e to do . Like you said tomorrow we are going on this cable car. Well my wife said. When the boat is done, we are going down the Rhine. Well done.

[@jockedredd1329]

I think the thumbs downs are just mistakes. Big fingers, small phone

[@TR4zest]

I think thumbs down are people who did not expect this in their feed, is all. No harm meant.

[@kevinhildum9186]

The violin twins at the end was very enjoyable. I just wonder how you synchronized things so well. I am enjoying your adventures thank you for sharing with all of us

[@lazoo2000]

‘Twas enjoyable fo sho... my guess is that the actual music recordings were recorded on their boat close mic’d to a click, then the field clips were filmed of her playing to the same tempo click and then she just glued them all together.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Interesting guess! Not quite it, but there's countless ways you could do this so that method could definitely have worked. But I think I'll leave it up for imagination, it seems more fun that way :) Thanks so much for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!!

[@andreatkinson4869]

Duet was cool , spectacular, very special y'all are both so talented,scenery was breath taking simply thank you

[@cjamachado]

Two Mayas are better than one. I love to see you so happy. You can’t hide your happiness. That’s good. We, that follow your episodes, become like a member of the crew. Your happiness is our happiness. Regards from Laguna, South of Brazil.

[@larrymacaluso9051]

Just beautiful, the scenery, the country side, the winery, the castles and then the dual violin. Well done the both of you.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

I watch a lot of cruising channels on KZbin. Your videos are always like a mini vacation. I appreciate all the work you both put into your videos to make the viewing so much pleasure. I am confident the few people who give you a thumbs down are either upset the video is ending too soon or have not had a Goodfart in a long time.

[@chuckduzzie8529]

And the hills (cable cars) are alive, with the sound of music ..... 🎼 Bless this channel.

[@quietschrotesgummiboot9222]

Thank you for the performance starting at around 18:00 - AMAZING!! I also enjoy Aladinos handling of the camera and drone. His grandma would be proud I am sure!

[@evslone]

I would love to see photos taken by Aladino's grandmother in Mexico. Maybe you could do a video with him talking about her and showing a few images. Great videography and editing on the duet, so creative and well done, a triumph of art and technology.

[@RoryL83]

Now that is the Magic Carpet I fell in love with. Stunning views, stunning storylines, stunning music by Maya. The best thing on the Interwebs.

[@SVImpavidus]

You just shattered our dreams of ever becoming a popular YT channel. 😁 There was so much in this video edit. Cuts, transitions, cropping, overlays, sound etc. Then there is the narration, music and the story telling. Just a well put together video that sets the standard we all aspire to. Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Oh no, don't say that! I do spend lots of time on the editing, but the most important element is always the story. A good story can be told with one shot if necessary, it's never about the editing tricks!

[@johanneslidenberg2409]

@@SailingMagicCarpet The stories make the video, no matter how good and pleasant the editing, that's icing on the cake :)

[@philgray1023]

You're never too old to learn to play the viola. In fact I have one for sale if you were keen Ant. Will keep the neighbours entertained for hours. Even my dog wanted to go outside when I started. She was saved by my golfers elbow.

[@SVImpavidus]

@@philgray1023 🤣

[@ChrisThorpe4508]

Maya, I thought this was a Masterpiece in cinematography. I suspect a great deal of hard work was required to pull it off, but WOW! WHAT A RESULT!

[@geoffpm]

I loved Maya’s comment about the cable car- “we are going to do this tomorrow , Schatz “

[@marybrown7292]

Another stunning film, such a clever violin duet I wanted to be there & clap. I am sad when your films finish I want them to go on. The car boat was so funny. Looking forward to next Friday

[@Bruno-bi6hq]

A big thank you for all these gifts you have given us. Maya, your music has just entered German legend.

[@nomadgical]

Wunderschoen! I have to tell you how melancholy and joyous this episode made me feel. I lived in Weisbaden in the early 80s. Rudesheim, and this part of the Rhein, the Rheingau region, was our playground. We sat for hours along the river at the various winestuben, tasting the local wines and waving to the slow barges making their way north. Oftentimes, in the evenings, the barges would flicker their lights and the bartender would do the same. It was charming. I noticed you passed the Biebricher schloss in the beginning of the video. This was another place we frequented. The grounds are a lovely park, and we spent many days there - exploring small ruins, playing frisbee, drinking wine, listening to concerts, and picnicking. The villages along the way had festivals when their orchard and vineyard plants came into bloom. So, Springtime was spent in small village squares, eating wurst and dancing to local music (just like yours). Autumn was more of the same. All in all, I just spent the past half hour simultaneously laughing and weeping. Thank you so very much. You really did capture the feeling of this magical place on earth.

[@paulsj9245]

Another fine video, finalized with a beautiful "duet"! A few famous landmarks, looked up in Wikipedia: 4:43 Schloss Biebrich (18th century) in Wiesbaden (corrected) 6:53 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle ("die Pfalz") on an island near Kaub, built and modified 1327 - 1714 as a toll fortress. 17:36 The Niederwald Monument with Germania at the top, holding the emperor's crown. It originates from 1871, celebrating Germany's unification in the (new) German empire. 17:48 (also 10:04) The Mäuseturm (mouse tower, 14th century) of Bingen, a former toll station and signal station above the narrow and dangerous "Binger Loch" part of the river (now less perilous, 19:51). 17:59 Ehrenfels Castle, a ruin from the 12th century. Gute Fahrt!

[@samaipata4756]

Paul SJ thank you for doing this, the history and the beauty along the Rhine River is simply overwhelming!

[@norcroft9660]

Small correction; Schloss Biebrich is in Wiesbaden not Mannheim.

[@paulsj9245]

@@samaipata4756 Thanks! The best is yet to come! Imagine a girl named Loreley with golden hair on a rock, driving all sailors crazy in dangerous waters, or two knights in adjacent castles, living like cat and mouse (the names of their respective castles)! Beware of the Hort of Nibelung!

[@brianmclambSamEagle]

WOW. I have always appreciated your story telling ability as well as the photo journal that accompanies it. This section of the trip has been a real joy, but when you add your musical talent to these stories it makes my heart swell with wonder. Thank you for sharing your many gifts with all of us.

[@ianmckenzie5303]

Maya you truely have an artist's soul, inspired by the sensual. A joyful outburst by something as simple as a gondola ride. We can see your mood lifted by it to create a beautiful outro Duet. Thankyou for the music...more please! Greetings from Powell River! 👍😎🐺🐾

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Thank you so much Ian! And woohoo, I was raised just south of Powell River!

[@ianmckenzie5303]

@@SailingMagicCarpet Well just is case you are a wee bit homesick it's 15°c the morning fog has mostly burned off all the birds are cripping at once and the air has that burnt maple sugar smell...fall is here...And of course it's Sunny on the Sunshine Coast 🌞 The two of you be safe and take care Und Gute Fahrt!

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

@@ianmckenzie5303 ohmygod I am SOO homesick!!! Ahhhhh, can't wait to be back there one day. After so many years of travelling I can say with confidence that where I grew up is my favourite place on earth.

[@donaldoutdoors]

I used to travel to Germany a lot some years ago and I always loved the Rhein! I'm sure by now you are well through it, but yeah - it's a fabulous area! I'm jealous!!! :) The Mosel is a gem unto itself as well (I wonder if you went up there a bit too)! Your storytelling, calm voice, your music, the background musical selections, photos, videography - all top notch! I do love it all but what really brings me in - is your storytelling! I laughed out so loud when you were oohing and aahing on the cablecar just coming out of the station and Aladino said 'But we've just gotten on it'. Hilarious little tidbits like that, thrown in every now and then... wow! You two have me oohing and aahing! Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@joebob3177]

Another story exceptionally well done. Two thumbs up👍👍

[@treehuggingmusician595]

Wow. The scenery, poetic descriptions and duet with yourself at the end. . . incredible.

[@Tyley61]

Beautiful photography, great narration and some superb music from Maya(s) at the end. Thank you so much for brightening a dreary and dismal day. You are an inspiration.

[@shirleyboy8859]

There you are!!! That is the voice we have come to love..... It is amazing the difference a week can make... Back has come that Beautiful Musical Voice of Maya... I could tell last week that the spark was not as bright as it has been in the past. I am looking forward to the rest of this Chapter :-)))) xx

[@davewilliams6172]

Maya has a twin...that will make a lot of young people happy! Another beautifully made video and wonderful music, we are so lucky you have chosen to share this adventure with us x

[@steamerAE]

I was on a little cycle tour with my wife when you cruised down the rhine south of Mainz. I took 2 pictures of Magic Carpet😁. Nice episode as usual. Thumps up.

[@michaelcummings2192]

Great episode. It's fantastic to see and hear Maya playing again. It's truly one of the facets that makes your channel so wonderful original and fascinating. That along with the authentic and honest portrayal of life on a sailboat. Absolutely one of the best sailing channels going.

[@Romualdomgn84]

Maya, what a wonderful video. It seems, that for those 20 minutes I transferred in Germany and felt its beauty. Your videos become more and more professional! Way to go!

[@maripaes]

Laughing like crazy with the jeep-boat and the German language thing lol Your duet was amazing! The world needs more Mayas ❤️ You are so awesome, my dear ❤️ Aladino is so cool! I loved his grandparents story :)

[@somadevo]

You and your expansion were a musical treat appropriate for this outstanding episode. Infinite Loving Blessings

[@jayealbright3339]

I am hooked! You two storytellers have such interesting lives and creative ways of sharring about them. Thanks so much for giving so freely and yet hopefully knowing when to focus on your own relationship too.

[@craigkaschan4822]

Thanks for the wonderful video. Maya you’re happiness is so infectious I love your narrative. Love all the old castles and buildings. Would love to do the journey you guys are doing. Aladino is a very lucky man. Looking forward to your next video. Greetings from Australia guys 👍🇦🇺

[@Matthew-ut6ed]

Beautiful! Great playing and editing on the double violins. And a "good fart" is one of life's pleasures...

[@retireforlesscr5871]

This is my first comment. Your videos and descriptions are exemplary. You do such a great job. It's a travelogue by a pro. Your voice and the editing is superb. I look forward to next Friday and now I have the pleasure of going back and looking at all the episodes. Incidentally, we live in Costa Rica and Oaxaca, Mexico, but we're originally from the USA.

[@goofyiest]

the video editing of you and your 'twin' is always awesome. The Maya/Dini team produces great stuff. Thank you for your efforts!

[@nevillelawrance1142]

It was great of you to bring out the violin again, have missed your playing recently. Stay Safe.

[@rolfhuntemann1899]

While serving in the German Forces, I was stationed in Mainz from 1988 - 94. We lived in Nierstein, where Weingut Louis Guntrum is located. I often traveled through Rudesheim to a depot. Thanks for the memories! Now I occasionally enjoy what some people call the "Rhine of North America": the St. John River.

[@moehnetiger]

Please do more duets with your virtual twin. That is amazing!

[@ayellowbeard]

I got to take a boat through the section from Mainz to Koblenz back in 1994 and remember the stunning beauty of terrain and towns. Wish I could have stayed and explored. Beautiful and fitting violin music too!

[@keebearfull]

Gute Fahrt = good ride. Sounds like. . . well, yes, digestion difficulties. Appreciate the humor at the outset. But, the sounds of the "twins" duet at the end of the day's journey were, to say the least, far less onerous. A Beautiful film, story and music! Thanks for creating beauty for us to enjoy!

[@billb2176]

Brings a smile from ear to ear to see artistry and magic combine with super synchronicity at sunset - and I only watch it for the sailing (well maybe) - fair winds and following currents!!!!

[@ronhaskins7197]

I don't comment much but this was a real gem of an episode and had to say thank you!! Loved the the end solo/duet, it was spectacularly done!!

[@vikasksingla]

loved this episode. loved the voice of maya..there is a poise and calmness in her voice which pushes me to watch episodes

[@rickstevens1479]

I have been a fan for a month or so and Maya does paint a picture with her beautiful narration and your video is spectacular. It's the next best thing to being there. Thanks for the trip.!

[@robertcarkeek8391]

there's so much artistry in your descriptions, so refreshing!

[@hartfischer5509]

My Grandpa s favorite vacation destination. I need to fly over and visit again. It’s been a decade or more that I have been there. Greatest video.

[@jesusjr.bagaforo1344]

Such a very good place, sceneries and violin play..🖖👍👍👏👏👏

[@tjwortho]

Your episodes just keep getting better and better. Loved your violin music at the end! So enjoyable!

[@Hairnicks]

Breathtaking filming, the music at the end was just beautiful, this journey has been worth all the effort and challenges your adventure has raised, well done, you have transported us North through the continent and added to the bucket list.

[@bryanbadger6841]

Good NZ morning. As usual yet another great episode. Loved it. I particularly enjoyed watching you and your identical twin sister play together at the end. 🤗 🤓 Nice touch. Take care and stay safe. All the best.

[@garyfroeschner2523]

You are such an amazing musician. Love your videos and every time you include a performance is like an extra added attraction. Thank you.

[@ABeriault]

Well done Magic Carpet Yes the Rhine is the magic place of Riesling, Gewurztraminer & Wagner

[@ianscott3180]

As an old retired sailor of small keel boats you cheer me up every week. On a dark very wet afternoon in Edinburgh it takes me back to my days sailing my Contessa 26. I wish I had thought to try the canals of Europe. Clever editing with the violin or violins. Good luck guys and thanks

[@ablubrd]

Bravo...bravo! Beautiful scenery, lovely music, & awesome video work! Tks😎💕

[@andrewfiske3558]

Wonderful episode as always. There is a literary quality to the narration. You should write a book. The whole journey has been exquisite.

[@53goforit]

Bravo, bravo, bravo, Maya you are so Talented, when i saw the front end of the show there was small glimpse of two of you, i said yessss were getting music tonight Thanks Maya and Aladino, oh Aladino, what would be like to be married to two Maya, oh

[@judykinsman3258]

From start to finish, this was an absolutely lovely ride. Thank you for taking us along. My heart is still singing.

[@sailormann8423]

Oh my goodness! I have loved your music from the very start but this time you completely blew me away! Bravo! Outstanding, Maya! Thanks to both of you for taking me to places I would otherwise never see.

[@davidstanton7746]

You guys are an amazing couple. I have been hooked on your videos. Your adventures have truly inspired me. I haven't got much money but my thoughts have began creating my reality. I have decided to start a new sailing chapter of my life. I was blessed with an opportunity to buy a 1979 30ft newport mark 2 for a really good price. It seems the universe is making my dreams come true. The boat needs a little work but she's sea worthy. If you ever get a chance to get near the old fishing village of Cortez FL that's where I will be anchored for the time being. Would like to take you two out to my favorite restaurant. And pick your brains about sailing the open sea. Thank you for your videos and inspiration. Your music video was incredible, awesome jam session. Nothing but good thoughts and vibes to the both of you.

[@skipperoftheboat5946]

Gosh Aladino, how you cope with one is admirable but two! Brilliant video and fantastic ending, well done

[@darrenmanser2847]

I don’t know what magical woowoo you did at the end there but two of you is much more than twice the joy...

[@joeshields4952]

I vote for you for an Academy Award Oscar. Best thing to watch on TV is “North through the Continent “

[@bruce5285]

Every video in every way is getting better and better. Thanks for sharing.

[@KR-pe7gr]

absolutely, positively beautiful Music, and loved how you put yourself side to side, Fantastic!

[@robinsmith9734]

Love the video, smashing, and the shot of your nonaC camera, just blew the wind out of the whistle, no gristle, oh how the double violin soared...

[@danknox9986]

Loved the finish! 😊

[@marleenvaniersel-vet2990]

In the Netherlands we would have wished you a "goede reis", which probably sounds like "good rice". And I hope you'll have a goede reis, when you're leaving us! (We were neighbours last week, but unfortunately due to the bad weather didn't have a real chance to say hello. But I really enjoyed the little pieces of violin sounds I heard floating in the wind😊)

[@abelarellano2048]

Ohhh guys all those beautiful places you take us to are so fascinating. When I was about your age (20-21) my dad took me to Europe for a 45 days vacation trip and we navigated the Rhine on a ferry going through all that beautiful scenery but we didn’t stop at any point to visit a castle or vineyard as you. That brings beautiful memories of my Dad and makes me realize what a lucky kid I was having a lovely Daddy like him. On the other side Aladdin’s grandma story was very short but fascinating and now makes sense why I always I feel Aladdino as a Paisa. That means as a fellow Mexican compatriot 😂 it would be lovely and so nice if you can tell us more about your grandparents life in Mexico and the school they left there and also your passing from Baja California Mexico and your days with your mentor Miguel. Also don’t forget to go back to Baja with Maya and magic carpet, I am sure you guys would be able to create a wonderful new video series for your wonderful KZbin channel.

[@riverbendtube]

How you do those amazing duets is beyond my comprehension...however, I love them and am in awe! Please don’t share the secrets of your video magic. Love you both 🥰

[@tomas5376]

Enchanting is the perfect word! Gorgeous scenery, beautiful music! What more could a person ask? Stay safe👍✌️😊🙏🏼⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️

[@johnmccormick175]

Your videos are awesome! It amazes me the beautiful vineyards on such steep slopes (wonder how they irrigate them?)..what great photography at the end with 2 Mia's playing such beautiful music! Thanks for sharing and stay safe folks!...:-)

[@robertadamsmetaldetecting6324]

Simply amazing! They scenery, the music, and the narration made this one of your best to date!

[@nooneanybodyknows1321]

Artistically superb. 👍

[@mikeloughran5196]

So cool. I love the "duets". I'm hoping to get to Dusseldorf to see our son when Americans are allowed to travel into Germany again and we're planning a Rhine cruise and this is a wonderful preview from real people, thank-you!

[@emmafriedeck]

I cycled toured down the Rhine a few years ago and this stretch is so beautiful! I remember a lot of wine bars and decayed castles in the hills, it's probably just as magical to see by boat

[@kevinberger5671]

I grew up in Cincinnati on the Ohio River and it was always interesting seeing the big barges struggle not only upstream but work to go around the bends.

[@argophontes]

Rüdesheim am Rhein! This is what I was looking forward to the most! It's so cool to see some of my favorite sailing KZbinrs go through my old home! Riding up the cable car to the Niederwald Monument of Germania used to be one of my favorite "mental resets"! The "Niederwaldtempel" is a fantastic place to sit and read when it's not busy!

[@richardbobo6980]

I can only say wow that was beautiful you certainly both have great talent it helps soothe the worries of what we have in the world keep up the good work

[@alangwell1620]

wonderful, wonderful , danke so appreciative.

[@nevillemarchand6140]

Hi My Darlings I went up that cable car in 1979 its a bit far from my home in sunny South Africa.Have a great time. a bit further down is The Mouses House and the Lorilei enjoy your lives

[@englishmaninfrance661]

I,ve driven tractors (not always out of choice) in England , France & Sardinia; and I can tell you it would scare me shitless taking a tractor up or down one of those vineyard hills . That's like sailing off the edge of the world guys.:) But a very cool little story about grandma's lens from Alardino followed by a super tune from you and your twin in front of the ruined castle :) Thanks

[@miriamrodriguez6892]

Good Fert lol. Loved your selection of music as well as your performance BRAVO

[@shivavata4170]

Hi Maya and Aladino, I was greeting you on a Powerboat between River KM 490 and 491. Sorry did not have time to communicate any longer. I just recognized your logo, passing by, and want to say hello. After that you passed my home beach and the Ginsheim floating mill. Which is a replika of more than 20 Rhinemills which used to flow on the river. The grain was brought out by local barches called Nachen. It was the main trade of the people in town last century. Sorry, did not have the time to talk and show you more. Keep up and enjoy, so do I with your vids.

[@raysvlovesea3396]

Thank you for a small sip of your adventure....cheers

[@Dave-in-France]

Probably the best video of yours I seen. Beautiful things to see and experience but the impromptu violin duet was just lovely.

[@deanjones2525]

Very beautiful. Thank you very much.

[@russellstegeman718]

During a time when both sail vloggers and van life travellers have been shut out by the pandemic you have found such a sweet niche in the world of travel videos. I look forward to every week when you release new videos

[@Tosti3]

One of the best video's from "NTTC"! 9:20 Haha! Good stuff!

[@Visuals3D]

Its funny to see you guys passing my hometown and talking about all this places i grew up with. Always took them for granted especially as a child. I'm wondering why i bearly visit this places nowadays... And of course i wish you also: "Gute fahrt" :D

[@olivierorban787]

Thanks for this superb images, music, and happiness

[@tomspiers1658]

Superb video I liked the Duet at the end

[@darlenemagnusson8411]

I was on that very same cable car a year ago. Bought a stein in this beautiful little town. It was fun to see it again. A trip back in time.

[@kendonahue2080]

So great! Lovely music and so beautiful photography. Thank-you !.... from Canada

[@ralfretter5674]

Beautiful. Beautiful filming and music. Thank you ♥️

[@blom70]

This episode just made me subscribe to the channel. Especially the viola-performance in the vines. Very well done. just great.

[@anthonypollard4538]

Hi from Australia. Fantastic video. Beautiful music, lovely scenery and great camerawork to capture them.

[@jb9090]

Such lovely narration and a pleasant vibe that makes me want to travel

[@toddstevens8506]

Great music, beats that synthesized animal sounds "music" that seems popular these days hands down!

[@BillChild2njoy]

Truly a wondrous river you two found.