Europe, Do NOT Wear This - Really? The Don'ts of Europe, Don't Matter!

[Music] prior to leaving on our full-time travel Adventures one of the things we found ourselves doing was watching a lot of those videos you might see of What Not to Wear when you are in Europe yeah the don'ts well we're here to tell you that the don'ts don't matter not long after we had started our travels did we quickly realize these were a load of crap yeah they're a load of crap I actually replaced some things in my bag after watching a few videos and uh I'm I'm ashamed of myself so often these videos are prefaced with they're doing it for your safety they want to make sure that you're going to be safe while you're traveling in Europe and that you don't get pickpocketed or you're not targeted by uh I don't know some scam some scammer like you know you don't want to look like a tourist I can pretty much guarantee you you're going to look like a tourist no matter how you dress because you're looking at the Eiffel Tower or you're looking at some really cool cool touristy spot they'll know mhm just like when you are at home and you see somebody walking around your own town and they you can probably pick them out I know we can but they are tourist they are not from your area we kind of ask ourselves like is that a bad thing do you need to blend in yeah I don't pick on them or make fun of them no no they're just uh tourists in our hometown and that's okay now the first one is tennis shoes athletic shoes they say say they don't wear those in Europe well we're here to tell you yes they do Carri and I walk between 6 and 8 mil a day on a typical day I want a comfortable pair of athletic shoes we're also walking on Cobblestone I want to feel safe athletic shoes are okay and I'm telling you right now we see a lot of other people locals people that actually live in Europe wearing the same style of shoe so don't feel like you have to go out and purchase yourself a new pair of shoes just to go on vacation to Europe you are also going to hear do not wear your athletic air do not wear your things with Nike on it Under Armour on it Adidas on it uh not only is this actually kind of a funny one because we saw this everywhere it is also sold on the streets it is sold in the stores so you're fine wearing it the other thing was wearing like yoga pants that women should not wear yoga pants now I get the controversy with this one some people wear them all the time but what if you're going hiking what if you just really want to be comfortable we saw this all over the place as well so once again the point is be comfortable wear what you're comfortable in now this is a big one for me I wear shorts 90% of the time now I'm also in hotter weather most of the time but I do know my friends uh wear shorts year round no matter the temperature no matter what and that's an American thing I get that but when it's 90° out it's okay to wear shorts everybody's doing it everybody should be doing it you look a little bit out of place if you are wearing pants but I have been called on this channel in comments hey man put some pants on you look like an American well I am an American so I guess I'm wearing what I'm comfortable wearing and that's okay baseball hats you're not supposed to wear baseball hats while in Europe for whatever reason now I find it more important to keep your head covered right now this one was kind of a little concerning to me when I read it before going to Europe because I wear a baseball hat a lot you look good at basball hat thank you I uh you know it's my way of covering my face and my head from the Sun and so knowing that that I was like oh gosh I can't wear one we both did break down and I bought a sun hat and you bought a bucket hat bought a bucket hat yeah and so we did kind of fall for that one a little bit but happy to find out they were worn all over the page place and not only were they worn all over the place the other thing you were told is that they should never say on them like a sports team so they should not have I don't know whoever your favorite sports team is but we saw so many New York hats so many La hats everywhere now that's more of a fashion statement than anything but if the rest of the world's wearing Yankee hats God forbid then why can't we wear a Seattle Mariners hat for example exactly so if you're comfortable in a baseball hat and you want to keep your head covered from the Sun then go ahead and wear it wear a baseball hat they also say that you are not supposed to carry a backpack or wear a fanny pack when you're traveling throughout Europe the backpack one I don't quite understand because if you are a tourist and you are going on a day trip and you need to carry say an extra jacket cuz it's a long day or you're going to be needing a bottle of water or maybe you want to carry a camera where are you supposed to put this stuff so of course you're going to wear a backpack we saw them everywhere bring your backpack load it up you're good to go all right fanny packs shoulder straps whatever you want to call them I see them on subways I see kids wearing them I see adults wearing them I see locals wearing them I see tourists wearing them I wear mine every day it's handy it's convenient now I saw one vlogger say these are out of style they're straight out of the 80s the simple fact that they come out of the80s makes me want to wear one that much more get yourself a fanny pack okay bright colors and flannel now if you've been watching this Channel at all you know that we really don't wear a lot of bright colors but if you're comfortable wearing bright colors wear bright colors flannel is another thing that we've heard that Europeans just don't wear well we've seen flannel too so these here are directed not at your business traveler or say you were going to Europe for some event that is going on you are going to pack totally differently than what we are talking about right now but if you are a tourist or you are somebody that just has a long long trip plan somewhere dress how you're comfortable dressing now on to what the whole reason that a lot of people do these videos is for your safety the fact is if you are going to be pickpocketed or targeted as a pickpocket they're going to get you no matter what it doesn't have a whole lot to do with what you're wearing the most important aspect of all of it is be aware of your belongings do a lot of the little things that you can do to just keep your stuff safe okay so there's obvious things that you can do to protect your belongings wear your wallet in your front pocket flip your backpack around so it's in the front of you when you're at the train station things like that you'd think they'd be common sense sometimes they're not sometimes you're just not aware these are the simple things that you can do to protect yourself yeah and if you're carrying a purse say like this you're going to make sure it's zippered closed and you're going to just put your hand on it when you're walking through a crowded place and like Ryan said putting the backpack in front of you you can kind of put your arms over it like this nobody's getting in there so I use my I use my my bag here for an armat when I get tired honestly they're just common sense yeah those are just kind of Common Sense things now all of us want to avoid the dreaded being scammed it's really not that hard to do so say you're approached by somebody you're standing on the street and somebody comes up to you and they have some fantastic deal that they're offering you you're the one who they approached it is not being rude for you to say no thank you and to walk away we do this all the time yeah one time uh I did it to a gentleman I said no thank you and attorne walked away and all he wanted me to do is take his picture so um you took it a little too far I took it a little bit too far that time but but yeah if somebody pulls up and they they pop their hatch back and they want to sell you cologne how'd that happen just just uh just say no mhm now there are scammers out there that will tell you they can exchange your money they'll give you the best rate or no commissions or whatever their Spiel is do not take that bait go to a reputable place to get your money exchanged there's kiosks all over the place make sure you do it the right way right so point of this is is what you're wearing is not necessarily going to keep you safe from the scamming or from any of those things you just need to be aware of them and have a different way to protect yourself from those uh now the moral of this entire video really comes down to you do not need to buy a new wardrobe to travel Europe of course unless you want want to then go for it it's a great excuse you're going on a trip buy new clothes now hopefully I didn't sound too condescending in this video but I do get a bit irritated when I see these don't wear these things in Europe video because they're not true right we've been traveling long enough that uh we've seen not seen at all but we've seen a lot we've seen a lot all right Cheers Cheers okay socks and sandals now if you're comfortable wearing socks and sandals stop okay cuz you look stupid I don't care where you're at in the world stop wearing socks and sandals that's Brian yeah it's just yeah just don't do [Music] it

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Length: 9min 19sec (559 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 09 2023