85: EU to the UK – Why You MUST Travel by Boat!

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Mitch and Isi will give you their honest pros & cons list, advice & knowledge. And overall, try to convince you to travel to the UK by boat. Our new, Asia-friendly, conversation call - 10:15 GMT (15:45 in India / 18:15 in China & 19:15 in Japan & Korea) every Tuesday will start if 10 people email me - mitch@easyenglish.video with the phrase "I'm in". Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hello, everybody. Isi: [0:24] Hello. Mitch: [0:24] Long time no hear. Usually you say long time no see, but you don't see us. So long time no hear. Isi: [0:32] Sometimes you see us. Mitch: [0:33] Sometimes. So today, as you can see from the title of this podcast, Isi and I are proficient travellers by boat, when it comes to going between the UK and the EU, as it is now. - Yes, by ferry. - By ferry, which is the name of the big ship. And so we wanted to convince you and give you a bit of a pros, mostly prose, but some cons, list of why it is better to travel to the UK by ferry and give you some hints, tips, advice, because I think, when you're thinking of travelling to the UK the main thing you're always thinking of is Calais to Dover. But there's a huge extensive network of connections, all around Europe that can bring you to the UK by boat. Isi: [1:26] I think most people think about flying here, probably. Mitch: [1:29] Exactly. But I want, or we would like to give you a rundown of why it's actually better to travel by ferry. Isi: [1:35] Is that true? Mitch: [1:36] I think so. Isi: [1:38] Environmentally. Well, I've not compared the emissions of a ferry to a plane. Mitch: [1:45] Yeah, there will be a pros and cons list. Isi: [1:49] Don't... uh yeah, sorry. Mitch: [1:51] But before we go into that, I want to go into our section, our regular section of Unhelpful Advice, because we have a message. - Oh Unhelpful Advice Message: [2:11] Hello, I wanted to talk English, but I'm shy. And I want you to h