An American Falls In Love With Australia in 48 Hours - BRISBANE Vlog
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This is my first visit ever to Australia and while I suspected I'd like it, I couldn't have imagined I'd fall in love with it almost immediately. This is arguably the most "livable" place I've ever visited - where I can imagine myself settling down long-term.
My Australian trip began in Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland inhabited by 2 million people. While less visited than Sydney and Melbourne, it's an excellent place to start an adventure in Queensland, which has some magnificent beaches and places to explore.
I stayed in an AirBnB in Fortitude Valley, which might be the best neighborhood of Brisbane - walking distance to everything and set amongst fantastic cafes, restaurants and shopping.
You pronounced Brisbn and Melbn correctly, very good.
Yeah he did so sick of them saying Bris -Bane
The best thing about living in Australia is, my fellow Australians
Thanks bro appreciate it
@@AussieGamer-jd6qd and that is the point isnt it? we are all mates until proved different, then if you act like a prick....we are assholes :)
That is true
Yeww 🤙
@@Eskay1206 if anyone attacks my bros they're getting gang bashed(not to be mistaken with gang bang which is disgusting).
As an Aussie, it's always interesting to watch international visitors review our cities! Glad you enjoyed my wonderful home city
It is
The bird was an ibis lol commonly known as a bin-chicken :)
I've never seen an Ibis with that colouring in Sydney. They are white with a black head and beak.
@@BrettWilliamson It's a straw necked ibis.
He said pelican, and I'm thinking 'Bin chicken. 100%'
It’s the regular bin chicken’s, blue-backed, not-awful cousin
We called 'em shags when I was a kid... you know, shag on a rock.
I'm an Australian living in the US, watching this video out of homesickness. Brisbane is it's own little world, but I enjoy your videos and look forward to more about your travels.
I spent lots of time in Brisbane in my Navy days...love it there!!! :)
Now Brisbane has become more cosmopolitan like Sydney and Melbourne. Yes if you look there is now always something for everyone.
brissy is a awesome little city
People are more laid back and happier in Brisbane.
@Gareth Rogers I've moved countries and states so feel like I dont have a biased perspective. I've been in Melbourne for 17 years, previous to that was Brisbane for 20 years). Love Victoria as there is so much to do here, but Brisbane is now calling because of the more relaxed lifestyle and friendlier people.
Hopefully next year, covid pending!!
I visited Brisbane in 2007. Migrated 2008. Still here. Love it.
Where were you from before?
Brissie (Brisbane) is a much more laidback place than Sydney and Melbourne. Big enough to have everything you'd want but not too big. The winters in Brisbane are amazing but the summer can be very humid, but that doesn't matter because you are either air conditioned or in the pool.
I moved to Brisvegas in 2007, but grew up in Newcastle and spent a couple of my early 20’s years in Sydney. I always describe Brisbane in a similar way as you, Suburban like Newy, but with everything Sydney has to offer. We even have a bridge! 😂😉
Brisbane sucks
kreme pye Very eloquently said.
@@kremepye3613 it use to, but has grown up and is now so different, even the suburbs have a good feel and has many cultural and adventurous events. Also an hour's drive north and south with pristine beaches. I remember the days when it was classed as a country town but not anymore 🙂
@@cherrylleallan2825 yeah i was only joking I've lived in 4 cities in australia and brisbane is the best lifestyle
Im an Aussie who spent 50 yrs living in West Australia then moved to Qld. It's certainly an eye opener and a great place to live.
I live in LA area and I've also fell in love with Australia. I've only been to Sydney but visited twice. I absolutely love the city and the country so much I want to immigrate down under and be an Australian lol.
Same 💁🏻♂️
You must travel the South Coast, it's amazing.
Zerg Cerebrates come on down always welcome
Americans always welcome here!!.......you saved our butts in WW2 otherwise we all be speaking Japanese!! lol hurry on down.
There is a bit of a queue to get in at the moment. It may be awhile until you are allowed in.
Dude... Love that you love it here... But... Having travelled to your country heaps I've never had anything but great hospitality, generosity and affection from your fellow countrymen.....
Totally agree, Americans extremely gratious, kind, and hospitable.
Mate it's not your skin colour, I'm a 59 yo single white guy (Aussie) and every time I travel I'm selected for extra screening at customs. I think it's the single bit they focus on. Enjoyed your video. Edit grammar
I flew into Sydney at 3 AM in 2001 from the UK. I was waiting for my bag and the Aus immigration stopped me and asked me a bit much of questions. I'm pale as hell. It's just the way it is.
I’m a single white male 39 and the only thing I’ve ever gotten from customs has been “welcome home mate”. I do always seem to be taken aside for the explosives check on domestic flights though. Who knows what they look out for.
Yeah, mid 30's white AF Aussie here and whenever I travel for work I'm dressed smart, clearly my office is in my backpack, I'm organised and not wasting time getting my laptop and stuff out for the scans and most times I still get additional screening. Recently I showed up at the BNE domestic airport late one night to pick my wife up, and thought I'd meet her at the terminal gate - no bags, no ticket, no outbound flights so I was actually the only person walking through security at that time of night, and just wanted to walk through air side to meet my wife's inbound flight - yep, still got scanned.
Might have something to do with how many stamps you have in your passport
Tim Edmunds same happens to me on domestic or international. Sometimes I wonder if it’s because I’m so organised. I’m white middle aged female.
I love how he’s amazed at how healthy our food is while standing in the junk food aisle 😂
Underrated, yes, not a secret though - it’s the 3rd biggest city here and a leading hub. Fantastic mix of the Sydney feeling and Melbourne culture style lite, a subtropical vibe, big but not massive big with the Gold Coast around the corner and the Sunshine Coast up the road. One could make the argument it’s the quintessential Aussie city.
for @late night logic. Brisbane has changed so much for the better...no longer just "a big country town". I am learning to love it. I was born in this city . I never appreciated it until I left and came back.
Australian coffee much better than American
No argument from me
That’s because we drink real coffee
@ Americans like the caffeine and whatever fatty sugary additives used to mask the cheap hyper-roasted taste. Americans don't actually like coffee lol.
@ nah, were good
but almost everything else is much better in America. When i went to australia it was kind of odd how much australia copied and emulated america. kind of like a knock of irrelevant america
I’m a Brisbane local. I LOVE My BRISBANE!!!
your welcome here ,hope you made the move to Australia and all is well.
I’ve lived in Brisbane for over 40 years - and love it. It is so good to see it through your eyes. Thanks for the positivity, and welcome! 🙏🇦🇺
We are so lucky to be living here in Australia 🇦🇺 still The Lucky Country . ❤️
you got that right.
Yep, visited Brisbane in 1990, moved here in 1993 only went back to US twice since. This is home.
Welcome! Didn’t know you were in Brisbane. That’s where I live !! Oh and don’t worry about being selected for screening. I’m Australian, white as white and I get selected too. It’s just luck of the moment.
Lucky you - I want to move there! I wish I was born in Australia.
Adrien Field You’re welcome to migrate any time. We need more talented people like yourself. Which parts of Australia are you planning to visit. Oh and yes, Brisbane is definitely underrated. Life is easy here and I know as I’ve lived extensively overseas for many years.
@@snoopy13946 I hope there's room for one more American...I'm going back to Bali tomorrow already. I visited Brisbane, Noosa and Byron. I'll be back very soon!
Adrien Field Great. Hope to see it on UA-cam when you’re done editing. My favourite area is around Byron Bay and its hinterland region as it’s very alternative and chilled but Noosa too is nice.
My wife or I always get picked and our theory is the staff always grab someone who looks genial, smiling, or easy going, rather than some high strung Karen who will flip their shit and be a pain in their arse.
Loved this...I went to Brisbane in 2004 and told my buddy that some day I am going to live there. It's such a great city.
I’ll be back soon for sure. Blown away by Australia.
I'm from Brisbane and it's great I'm glad you enjoyed yourself
Actually I've lived in Brisbane times...never again, Townsville once. I've holiday'd in Sarina, Maroochydore, The Whit Sunday's, Cairns and Port Douglas. All give easy access to the GBR, very nice, but Townsville is the nicest with 320 days of sunshine each year. Brisbane? It's a hole. Melbourne or Sydney are far better. Or if you like the temperature of the north live in North Queensland, say; Maroochydore, Townsville or the Whit Sundays much nicer. Anything south of Brisbane has much nicer coastlines with precipitous headlands, sandy beaches, whereas anything north has long sloppy beaches that are more muddy and less sandy. But DO NOT discount going around the other side of the island. This is where dreams are fulfilled! the west Australian coast line is A MUST SEE. If you can't find a place to live from Broome in the north down to Albany in the south then you are not alive. Perth of course is STUNNING and even more beautiful and cleaner than Brisbane!!! Go back and start your travels again, but on the west side of the island!!!
@GB Sailing piss off Perth is nice if you are 80 or a bogan! Its even more boring than Adelaide, don’t call it “ Dullsville for nothing! compare winters, Brisbane fine and 24 deg, Perth 15 and rain! Sick of you morons dissing Brisbane to fit your own agenda, WA is isolated and expensive asf, no one goes straight to Perth for a holiday, or if they do they regret it later.
@@thrusta100 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Live there four times buddy. hasn't a decent beach in cooeee. got drive 1.5 hours in either direction to find a decent wave. Then there is the fucking traffic on Gympie road...I loved Perth and the surrounding areas. Perhaps I am a bogan, but there is more to life than night life...Life is not here to entertain you mate. You have to learn to entertain yourself, which is why GOD invented fishing 😂😂😂
Australia still has high bio security thankfully, for incoming tourists, because of our farm exports - No foot & mouth disease for beef, sheep & goats, no rabies & we try to keep out various insects & viruses that are harmful for the Agriculture sectors.
Which is why you would have been screened by Customs & Immigration.
Yes our standard of wages & living costs are high, compared to the US. but we are taxed generally fairly which does go to social Medical care & other Government services (Including over paid lazy political careerists, whom we all HAVE to vote for :s ) and as you mentioned we don't have a overly shoddy labour market .., yet., not the the Politico hacks aren't trying to ruin this society.
So no really need to beg for Tips or Gratuities to make a modest living as your do an honest days work.
The reason for compulsory voting is because of a low turn out back in 1922 federal election.
Have to put in a word for Perth, equally good as Brisbane.
Going to visit Australia in 2021, even plan on moving there a couple years afterwards.
Look me up and I can help advise you on places and costs...
Good for you 😂
Depending on how far north or south you go, you can almost replicate any American climate. If you want snow in winter, head for Tassie.
Enjoy!
Depending on when in 2021, there's a good chance the borders will still be shut.
So long as you say Brisbun and Melbun you're welcome here!
I once picked up a hitch hiker about seven years ago in a small outback town in South Australia called Coober Pedy. He was a white elderly guy wanting a ride to town on a hot sort of day. He jumped into my car and thanked me but I noticed he didn't have an Australian accent so I asked where he is from. He answered " here in Coober Pedy". I said " But you have a different accent ". Then he told me he originally came from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and he came to Coober Pedy as a much younger man meaning to be just visiting and then moving on but he fell in love with the town and never left. He said he plans on living in Coober Pedy until his dying day and then has a wish to be cremated and have his ashes scattered just outside of the town at a scenic desert spot called " The Breakaways ". He lives a simple sort of life. Just getting by and he sometimes rides a pushbike around town with a milk crate attached to the back which he uses for carrying shopping. A nice guy too from what I remember of our brief random meeting.
Q: What does American coffee and making love in a canoe have in common?
A: They’re both f-king close to water! 😂😂😂
Eric Idle just called, he’s suing you for stealing his joke!
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Note the choice of beer in their hands, proof they aren’t actually Aussies!
David Handley Nice Monty Python reference Bruce.
Lol
If you plan to come. Make Brisbane your central hub. Stay at least 4 days. Beautiful beaches south and north. Amazing rainforest 30 min drive from the city. Mt Glorious. To the west is stunning Moreton Bay. Brisbane is Australia's most under rated city. In Brisbane try Roma Street Gardens. Mt Cootha lookout and Botanical gardens. City botanical gardens. Cultural Centre has Museums galore. South bank Gardens. Try the suburban centres such as west end, Paddington, new farm and bulimba. Catch a city cat ferry and cruise the river. Eat at Eat Street. Try rock climbing at kangaroo point. Go to lone pine to hug a koala. Explore Toowong Cemetery. Do a ghost tour of Boggo Road Jail. Visit the Commissariat Store museum for a taste of early life. Go visit historic Newstead house. Try the Bulimba Creek walking tracks at Carindale. Vistit the many bushlands around the city including Boondall wetlands. You will be surprised how much there is to do in this city let alone the nightlife and all the normal things.
Many tourists say they wish they had planned to stay longer.
Brissy is the most Australian city in the country. Melbourne is European and Sydney is cosmopolitan. Brisbane is laid back and welcoming. People smile and are happy to chat with strangers. There is very little graffiti as the council clean it off. Brisbane is very clean and modern yet still has Australis most grandest old buildings. Brisbane is more and more embracing it's subtropical climate. Many lovely flowering trees and plants. The river is brown. It's a tidal river so it will never be blue or clear. It is home to 2000 bull sharks. That's why no one swims in it. There are many Eddy's and rips under the surface you can't see. Sunrise and sunsets are stunning. Blue Sky's are common with big puffy white clouds. It's perfect weather in winter June to August. The best time of year is September. Stunning days. Summer can be stiffly hot and humid with spectacular thunderstorms most afternoons.
Most of all the same comment most tourists say is they can't believe how green Brisbane is. Some have said it's a city of forests. It was voted one of the most beautiful cities of the world for it's mix of grand sandstone buildings mixed with gleaming glass skyscrapers and it's gardens and flamboyant color. Enjoy
So happy you like our city. Welcome back anytime!!
brisbane is approaching the world record " biggest urban area in the world " as it streches from the border at the gold coast al the way to the sunshine coast , uninterupted housing suburbs for 250 kilometers
It's a bloody shithole
@@mathewkelly9968 yeah, I only go there for the theatre
Sprawl to the max
Australia has the best coffee in the world!!! Hands down 😊
Perth is Australia's best kept secret!
Nah, too many Perth people banging on about it
Great video
As an Aussie I’m was really pleased to hear you say such nice things about our country. 🇦🇺😘
What a cool down to earth dude you are. Thanks for this video and everything you said in it, as an Aussie that lives in Brisbane I think you’re right about it all. It’s a great place, I think of it like a small town feel.. where as Sydney and Melbourne have much more of a big city vibe.
When you're ready, come on back to Australia Adrien. Be Australian. There's so many more amazing and diverse places for you to experience. More adventures. You're really welcome here because your heart is open to our country and to us.
Hey man glad you liked the place, hope some day you find your way back and live here permanently
Here in Australia, your 'Complexion' is immaterial, means nothing. You are 'You', the person.
Oh how wonderful to see Brisbane through your eyes young man. Me? British born, dual nationality French. Eldest son lives in AUS just south of Queensland border. And we visited Brisbane last Aussie summer. Such a beautiful city. Thank you for this video. Hope to find more on the web.
Thanks for the nice relaxing vid. Hope you enjoyed your trip. Come back and stay! 😃👍
Good vid mate, Americans always welcome here in Aussie. I'm born and raised in North brissy and seen much of australia, I'm never leaving brissy love it!
The thing I love about Australia is each city is a bit different and so easy to love, It's such a great country no matter where you go. Oh there are dives in suburbs like any other place in the world but over all it is just a great place.
Mate, enjoyed watching your video. Glad you enjoyed my home city of Brisbane. Hope you decided to become an Australian citizen, and you're very welcome here.
New Farm Park.... The South end of Brisbane....🤣🤣🤣. You're so sweet!!😄😄
I wouldn’t worry about being chosen. I was told that they do a count and choose someone after a certain number of people have gone through. I’m a middle aged white Australian woman and I get chosen often. The guy told me one time it was a numbers game
Thank you for celebrating my city. ❤❤❤
Been to California and Florida and couldn't wait to get home to the Gold Coast. Your welcome here, and your luck to be here.
You are welcome here brother.
Brisbane is my hometown, New Farm Park is my local park, and I’ve sat at the very same table at Cafe 63 for breakfast on many a Sunday morning.
Glad you liked it here! I hope you got to experience some of the nightlife✌️
Hey, wow! We here love anyone who loves Brisbane, you’ve captured the feel of the place really well. :D
If you like Brisbane, you'll also like Perth, it too is its own little world. It's approximately the same size. The difference is the weather: we get lots of sun most year round and low humidity. Winters get chilly. Summers get dry hot and have a sea breeze in the avo. I wanna check out Brizzy too coz my favourite Aussies I've met have come from either perth or brizzy on average, and melb, Sydney are too big for my humble desires :D
@Benjamin Wallace the methy crackbois are at train stations Australia wide 😂
I'm so glad you loved our little corner of the planet. If you have a chance to come back please PLEASE go see any or all of the three largest sand islands in the world that sit just off the coast here, Moorgumpin (Moreton), Minjerribah (Stradbroke) or K'gari (Fraser). They will take your breath away.
Brisbanian here! I wouldn't live anywhere else. Ours is a wonderful city.
OMG YES!!! I noticed how healthy conscious the Aussies were too... Sure they have junk food, but the majority of Aussies eat really good ... Many I met were Vegetarian and Vegan...
I think it’s more because we do have access to high quality fresh food. We produce a lot of very good food here.
Good to see you look both ways when crossing. I've heard the most dangerous thing in Australia for right hand lane drivers is getting hit by a car because they always look the wrong way when crossing.
Perth is the most under-rated city in Australia
Brissy and the Gold Coast area is amazing, lots to see and do. Subtropical rainforests, beaches, waterfalls.. amazing.
That feeling of uniqueness is one of the wonderful parts of travelling. Hope we can get back to international travel after Covid.
lol you're making me laugh in a good way. Brother you would be a wonderful addition to Australia. I suppose that the best thing that you could do is apply.
I often look upon Australia as America 2.0. I've lived in Brisbane 30 years and I have little to complain about. Adrien's first days in Brisbane were in Fortitude Valley which used to be a more dilapidated area. I used to work there. Think about the USA with an alternate history: no revolution, no African slave trade, no civil war, and no borders with overcrowded Latino nations (i.e. all English language). Now picture a climate similar to northern Mexico but without all the people (and crime). Border controls have also prevented many problems affecting so many other nations (coronavirus). The Brisbane airport has three control points: 1) Immigration which is mainly electronic now and is use to screen those with falsified documents or have overstayed on previous trips. 2) Customs: These are the people that look at those trying to bring in narcotics or other illegal items. 3)Quarantine: Brown shirts who scan your luggage for organic material. If you have no food, plan nor animal products then no worries. Adrien may have been questioned by Customs due to a swab being taken on his luggage giving a positive reading??
I could hear the magpies in the background. Half expected him to get swooped lol
3:50 i vomited in the garden there hahaha
Adrien, I'm glad you enjoyed your visit. If you think Brisbane is nice try going out into the country side. And yes your welcome to stay forever.
Migrated to Brisbane in 2005. Best place to live in the world (in my opinion!) 😁
Australia truly is beautiful when you visit it
I live here, miles better than the us. Glad u liked it
Great vid brutha,that how we roll here in bris and iv been all over the world and wouldn’t change it for anything
Dude welcome to Australia. Loved watching your perspective, come visit Perth soon!
One of the best kept secrets here in Australia is Evans Head, NSW. 3 1/2 hours south of Brisbane just over the boarder. Sleepy little seaside township with crystal clear glassy green water. The best damn prawns (shrimp) on the planet. Really good for a quiet getaway.
This is so pure :) glad you had a great time in my home town xx
The beach at the opening shot is amazing - I go there annually
Brisbane is underrated. Bonuses are two surf coasts 60 to 90 minutes north and south, islands directly off Brisbane 1 hour on ferry and amazing tropical world heritage rainforest hinterlands.
Adrien, you are lucky. I'd love to move out there permanently from the US.
Even the smallest littlest cafes serve the most delicious coffee
New farm park is one of my oldest memories as a child going there, but then I moved to Adelaide, still making memories though!
Fortitude valley is a nice suburb, and New Farm Park is amazing, if you do come again, I really suggest staying in Highgate Hill, West End, South Brisbane or East Brisbane. I grew up as a teenager in West End and Highgate Hill, and it's amazing (it's changing now with the development), but there's amazing shops, restaurants and bus stops that take you right to the city and the valley (you can even walk). Depends where you are, but it's usually less busy than the Valley
Hope you ended up being one of us, Australia is the best!
I'm so glad you felt welcome here. You are. x
Australia definitely doesn't want to become like California/LA, we'll just stay like Australia 👍
As a welded on Sydney resident I have to admit Brisbane is a beautiful tropical city. Like Sydney it is a fantastic place to just walk and walk and take it all in.
I'm not from Brissy, but it's probably one of the most laid back cities here & one of the warmest of the capital cities so probably one of easiest places to land in initially but other places are all different.
Right back at you for the US, as there are plenty of places in the US I found equally good as here.
I lived in Brisbane for three year and loved it. While in New Farm Park you should have caught the ferry to the CBD, so nice. I love Brisbane especially the weather, that weather you were experiencing, is for 8 months of the year. A perfect English summer.
Good on you. It makes me appreciate just how good it is to be Australian when I watch this
Hope you enjoy your stay mate. Make sure you get to see more of the country outside Queensland. Always nice to hear positive things about your native country, I hope that the positive experiences continue😉.
Thanks for visiting the home that Is not my own!
I hope you can visit Melbourne and Tasmania. The change down the East Coast in the culture is quite noticeable and interesting. Starting in Cairns and slowly moving all the way to Hobart.
Im Aussie too🙂👍🇭🇲🦘 yep its gods country australia in general is a clean and friendly safe place to live. A lot of the population is on the outer edges around the continent all the costal areas whils inland is cites and rural agricultural areas. Good video mate hope you enjoy your time here in Australia and have a safe trip around , remember we drive on rhe left side here😂😂😂😂👍🦘🇭🇲
Glad you enjoyed your stay in my home town. Nice to see it from an outsider's perspective. Makes me appreciate it even more.
You should have also gone on the ferry to our eastern suburbs like Bulimba, sooo gorgeous, a village atmosphere with heaps of good cafes with fabulous coffees etcetc,, beautiful parklands with wide views of the City and our river, of course there are other gorgeous suburbs, but going by what your saying I think you'd love Bulimba, Balmoral and Hawthorne.
Thanks for the tips 😊
So glad you love our country! I love visiting the US and have been (and lived there) many times but Australia is just so special
Fortitude Valley the best neighbourhood in Brisbane??? holy molly - you scared me ha ha ha ha I live in Brisbane for the last 15 years, Fortitude Valley will b the last place here in Brisbane I want to live.
I've lived in Brissie for nearly 20 years now, I 100% agree with you, wouldn't want to live in the valley either, but there are plenty of places in the world that are much worse. I can't think of anywhere in Brisbane that would be truly horrible to live, it's just that there are plenty nicer places than the valley for the same or less money.
Haha, Bris Vegas.
I agree. But to be fair he didn't have time to see it all.
@@julie-annwhittaker7902 exactly x
I lived right behind the James St Precinct in the Valley for a year. That's definitely a fancy neighbourhood. You know when you spot a Hemsworth every so often, you've found a good spot.
Thank you so much to loved our Beautiful City,
You're funny and so nice. Glad you enjoyed Oz. Come back soon!
Oh no way you went to Noosa, I live here!
Thank you for your kind words about my home town. You are welcome here at any time.
I love that you had such a nice time here. Come back whenever you want we love Americans.
I got so excited when I noticed you were walking through new farm! I used to live there before returning to the southern suburbs just outside the city. Also that grocery store you visited is an IGA which is more expensive than our three major grocery stores. But they’re locally owned and resourced so they’re good to support. Did you go out in fortitude valley? It’s so much fun. Glad you loved it!
Yep I stayed in Fortitude Valley. I loved that neighborhood. If I lived in Brisbane I’d want to live in New Farm. ❤️
Adrien Field you would be welcomed with open arms if you ever decide it’s for you. Thanks for the content 💕
I’m an older white Australian woman and I’m always selected for extra screening as well. I wouldn’t worry about it. 😊 Glad you enjoyed Australia 🇦🇺
You were also right about why you got singled out in customs. Our border security here is pretty intense when it comes to smuggling and most of the people who are guilty of it are single travelers.
Glad you enjoyed your time in my home town Brisbane and so impressed you pronounced my city's name like a native
I lived in Brisbane for many years. Also Sydney and have been to both Melbourne and Adelaide. I prefer Brisbane. The climate is better, it's more laid back and spread out, and the people are more relaxed. Further north, in the smaller towns and cities, it's even nicer.