The 5 Things I Do When I Get to a New City

five things Coffee Park bakery viewpoint and water I'm in Oslo and I'm tired it's [Music] 4:00 in the morning in DC right now I haven't slept my body is begging me to just go to sleep right now but I know from experience that that never ends well I promise it never ends well over the years of dealing with jet lag there are five things that I find are a great way to curb the jet lag and see the city all in one so let's get started wait actually no I have to get a haircut first because I'm just I'm feeling a little and I'm speaking at City Hall tonight in Oslo where they give up a Nobel Peace Prize like that same venue and I can look like this weird haircut but that's not one of the five things that's just that's just my thing don't show up to new city and get a haircut okay I don't care the training yes yeah [Music] where they give up a Nobel Peace Prize like that same venue the trainee did a great job and I got 50% off my haircut okay let's get to these five things first a latte please right here that was a wonderful latte thank you so much yes have a great day bye-bye yes nothing better than a quality latte all day oh and fun fact I guess I can't help myself Norway drinks more coffee than any other country in the world per capita next up is water not every city has a waterfront but most cities do there's usually a river and along that river there is usually a nice walk it's a good way to get your bearings because a river or a body of water doesn't have any buildings and so you kind of see a more wide open area and water don't just energizes me it's that weird yeah that's kind of weird the water energizes me like looking at water energizes me the best antidote to jet lag is not caffeine its movement look at that shadow isn't sunset no it's literally noon it's 12:30 1:00 it is noon but the Sun is in eternal Twilight mode here in the northern part of our planet during the winter the Sun doesn't really ever go above there just kind of that's High Noon which is amazing if you're a photographer look at how long that shadow is so next up the bakery by a bakery only because it's a bakery it's like a institution in every country in the world the bakery is where on display you can see what the local to bear is with the foundational steeple of a places construction there's a guy over here using a jackhammer if this were my country the jackhammer would be 800 times louder but instead in true Norwegian fashion it's an electric-powered one and that's much quieter probably more efficient probably better for the environment man I love it here sweet bread he's still here it's an egg-based yeah I'll try that is it oh it's coconut on top cool yeah let's do that it's like oh you get out of here just pigeon fest I have some very predatory pigeons so yet bread it's like carbs it's like comfort it's all these things that you kind of need on a jet lag day and it's the sweet thing that I've never seen before this is some sort of egg tart with coconut on it they said it was very Norwegian okay hmm whoa yeah a licorice in there maybe some cardamom dude I'm into that it's like a sweet bagel with creamy egg goodness on the inside next up let's go find a viewpoint the reason I like the viewpoints is because it usually entails a little bit of a hike which is good for moving the blood getting your legs worn out and like the waterfront it is a good way to get context of the city you've just landed in you don't have to hit the most special viewpoint in the city just hit a viewpoint something that gives you context of where you are and something that entails a little bit of a hike like this hill here we go [Music] and I think I'm gonna get a pretty cool view I mean look at this intense wall I'm feeling invigorated man that's the other thing about this whole thing like you go around searching for all of these things and it's like it turns into a little scavenger hunt I'm getting to the top here shadows you guys are like I don't care about your shadow like stop talking about the light I often get comments when I'm in places with non photographers they're like dude why do you keep talking about the light like it's just licensed the Sun and I'm like nose looks so nice right now and they're like you're not even photographing anything and I'm like I know but it's like so nice so I'll just stop talking about my shadow go find a park I don't try to pack any of like the coolest or best things in on that first day because you're just not gonna enjoy it as much and so just like take the pressure off your expectations are probably really high already and just like go on your little scavenger hunt why a park well again a part gives you an opportunity to move to walk around to explore I also find a part like the beating heart of a lot of cities it's fun to walk around a park and just see what's going on are there local musicians like what cultural expressions are happening in the park what's the natural beauty in the park there's a nice big Central Park here in Oslo but it's now the holiday season and so the park has been turned into a fair of sorts adds extra bonus because now it's just full of Christmas cheer [Music] there you have it or five things I'm feeling really good coffee park bakery viewpoint water if you make the effort to do these five things or something like them on your first day take the pressure off and do the big touristy things you will not regret it you'll sleep better you'll act the maid and you'll get to know the city a little bit better oh and you can get a haircut if you really want to just make sure to ask for the trainee [Music]

Channel: Johnny Harris

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Length: 9min 19sec (559 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 02 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/maybe_bait]

Well this was actually extremely helpful. I’m flying to Australia from New York for Christmas and I’ll remember these

[u/breven93]

I really like this and I think I’ll t y this on my next big flight to Hawaii or the Philippines. Thanks man!! Keep up the great videos really.