In this informal vlog, Rob Lipsett and his companion Joe document day three of their Spanish road‑trip, detailing the switch from a planned flight to a 6‑hour drive from Barcelona to Madrid, the hunt for a suitable rental car (ending up with an automatic that they praise as a "Eurotrip" ride), and a series of snack and nutrition stops where they discuss protein bars, macros, and quirky food choices. They record an Instagram Live from a truck stop, reflect on the benefits of driving over taking the train, and later recount getting stuck at an airport due to language barriers. The vlog shifts to anticipation for an upcoming, unnamed festival in Almería, where they outline a “pre‑festival nutrition” plan heavy on protein, express fatigue from long car rides, and share excitement about camping, a beach location, a local celebrity named Gatos, and backstage access. Throughout, the tone is conversational, humorous, and occasionally frustrated, providing a snapshot of their travel logistics, food commentary, social media engagement, and festival preparation.
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Cheers mate, thank you. All right, so update on day 3 in Barcelona. We're making a move, right? And we were gonna just get a 1-hour flight to Madrid, but then we said, you know what, we said we're doing a Spain road trip, so that's what we're gonna do. Okay, so we're taking a 6.5-hour car journey, which is going to end up at 7 to 8 hours down in Madrid. So right now we're just looking for the car rental place. Yeah, and let, let the Let the adventure begin. Let the adventure continue.
What a bangin' fucking absolute monster, mate. Oh, we got a roof. We got soft top, mate.
Yeah! Oh my God. Oh my God. We didn't even know that. So much better.
Feels— Right, explain. Alright, what happened was we went in the car, got to it, Rob saw the gear stick and he was like, hang on a fucking sweet second, I can't drive manual. And I was like— And we debated getting the train for a bit, went back, a very nice Spanish lady kindly swapped us for an automatic. We ended up with an absolute belter of a fucking whip.
Yeah, other cars sucked. This thing is Eurotrip defined. Yes! Oh my God, smashing it! Hit me with that time! First leg of the journey done. Going in to get some snackies and panitas. Let's get nutrients.
Protein bar section.
Yeah. Oh man, these best things I've ever—
I love a little Filipino, mate.
I'm gonna quote you on that.
Oh man, I might get fucking clubbed.
Really? I'm feeling a bit of this. Pure Protein. Oh look, let's check the macros. Per 100 grams is 3 fat, 1 carb, 18 protein. Yeah, that's, that is, that is going inside me.
It's like being at school again, right? There's a note from your mom in it saying have a good day.
Salad, fruit bowls. This could actually be decent. Thank you very much. This is how you get an aesthetic physique. Haribo, pollo sandwich, and add in the protein. See, this is what separates the men from the boys. We're thinking ahead here. Oh yeah, Star Mix as well. Oh, and rice cakes. They're bro.
They're healthy. Essential, mate, essential. All right.
Gonna eat this and get back on the road and update you how we're getting on. Oh my God. Oh my God, this sandwich is so good.
Why is it so wet, man? Wet sandwich.
I don't know if I can eat that. It's soggy.
Like, why is it all wet, man?
I don't know if I can get through this.
Let's dry out with some rice cakes.
Yeah, fully do crack them open. Nah, this is honestly— I can't eat this. It's full on soaking wet.
It's a horrible sandwich.
I only waste calories on this. Raj is eating Snickers. Alright, so fourth pit stop of the day. We got— look at these things, right? 51 cals in the Celero. Is that a good time?
Yeah, it's good. Yeah, it's good. Sorry, I'm— it's great, mate. 51 cals, that's bang on. That's all you need, mate.
There you go. All you need a day is 50, 51 cals. But anyways, so we're actually enjoying just going to these random truck stops to actually take some cool pictures. But, uh, we definitely chose the right option of choosing car over train. Um, we're just having really good chats and we did an Instagram Live as well. And like, we kind of pretend the camera wasn't even there. Me and Joe, we just spoke. We watched it back, we're like, Joe was like half an hour long, so really good time. But we'll be at the airport in about 40 minutes. That's where we're exchanging cars or something. I don't know, Joe knows what's going on. Can you tell the people?
Tell them what they want to hear, what they don't want to hear. When was the last update?
Just tell them the truth. The last update We were all great. We were just about to lose your wallet, pretty much.
We were just about to lose the wallet. Where was that though?
It was sunny. I nicked your man's Solero.
Everything was great. You nicked my man's Solero.
Well, I replaced a melted Solero for a fresh one, and that's actually where it all went downhill.
Still the same, man.
Yeah, no, he was—
Just in different form, man.
Yeah, your man just was impatient. He just had to wait for it to freeze. Anyways, update.
Update is— oh, sorry, sorry.
So I think, I think you, you can turn it.
Okay, so we got stuck in an airport because there was a lot of barriers. We don't speak Spanish. It's a very confusing system for two simple YouTubers like ourselves, man. It's very hard to work things out. Being a grown-up is difficult, man.
It is like an adult thing.
It's new.
Yeah. It actually feels good venting to the camera, like it actually does, just spilling the beans. But yeah, so today was like a terrible journey, to be honest. But tomorrow we're going to be at this insane festival in somewhere where we've never been before, with a bunch of Spanish people that we don't know, just going absolutely wild. So the highs— you can't have the highs without the lows. It's going to be great. Is that right, Joe?
That is definitely right, mate. Whatever you just said, I fully concur with it.
Yes, mate! And now you don't have to worry about losing a wallet.
That's about it. Yeah, well, that's the great thing, man. If you don't have a wallet, you can't lose one. Great. So basically, you know what, I might throw everything out. I just put my phone off because then I can't lose it and like experience this emotional roller coaster anymore.
Here you go. This is actually setting us perfectly to go into the festival. Oh wow, we are in the right place! We've made it safe and sound. Look at this. Tell me now everything. This is it, man. This is honestly just a nice place after a long day of travel to come to. Muy bien. Sign out.
Peace.
Good morning, people. That's where I slept last night. It was actually a perfect bed. Now let's see what everyone's up to. We're all just getting like game face on, ready for this festival. We got the big guy in here. Look at him, look at him go. Eggs, mate. Cooking up a lot of eggs.
That's what you need for a festival.
Yeah, yeah, we're getting ours. So Instead of other fitness YouTubers talk about pre-workout nutrition, we talk about pre-festival nutrition. So we're hitting like the majority of our protein intake during the day and just seeing what else happens later on, to be honest. Me and Joe are probably gonna go for like, I'm not even joking, 3 scoops of protein to knock out all this protein intake. Yeah, yeah, just stealing, stealing Jethro's protein sash. So we're going to do that, and it's, uh, come up to 10 now. We're going to make a move. It's another 5-hour journey to Almería, and then festival starts about 6, so should be all right. Never want to be in a car ever again in my life.
We've been in a car for far too long over the last 24 hours. Yeah, nice to be free, man. Feel like I've just been released back into the wild.
After a lot of adversity, we made it.
Everything's always all right, that's the rule.
It is, yeah, that's the motto, right? This is where me and Joe were camping up, and look at this, right? Come out here, beach, man. That's it, we smashed it. We actually smashed it. We got a castle there as well. All right, let's have a party. Update on tonight, okay? Update on tonight. Basically, Gatos is a local celebrity, okay? So many people are asking for photos with him, and honestly, me and Joe are proud as fuck.
We're proud.
Okay, right, so basically he's being treated like a celebrity and we're about to go backstage. Whatever, let's do it.
