Every time Odessa is mentioned in the news, which is sadly a lot right now, I think back to this video. I'd love to take this ferry one day, I hope peace returns to the people of Ukraine soon.

@Joe IE Did you mean Russia is losing the war started by Putin?

yeah I think the whole of the Ukraine is somewhat sad now, as they are getting the Poland treatment from the Russians

@Joe IE Don't you have troubles with Face ID?

@Joe IE Как там Херсон?

I am watching all the way from a tiny island in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago. Thank you for showing those of us who might never have the opportunity to travel to places like these. You are amazing and brave and you also encourages me to be brave when anxiety sets in. Enjoy your time with your family and I hope you show us what Christmas is like at home 💖💖

Well if you never travel at least your stuck in the Caribbean. Try Luton. Although it is hot as I write this.

omg , if you only knew how many people would envy you ! A tiny Island in the Caribbean ? Some peoples dream come true !

I once got the ferry from Scarborough to Port of Spain and slept on the deck. It was great.

Same here, sending greetings from Jamaica 🇯🇲 one love

Aye, Imagine finding another Trini on a video about an adventure halfway across the world.

As I watch this and look back over the last year it’s a little amazing to think what has changed in that part of the world since your adventure. I hope we can pass through this current crisis so these types of journeys can be made again.

Honestly, i envy you, Eva. You are living the life i wish i have. However, i feel so lucky to ever find your channel, where all your journey shows me the things, the places, the wonders, i don't know when i would get the chance to see and experience by myself. Thank you for the videos, i know it isn't an easy job to do everything by yourself. I hope you're always healthy and able to do all your plans in the future.

I only found your channel recently and I love it! As someone who struggles with social anxiety, I admire how bravely you wander through the world without prejudices and with a open and appreciating heart. It inspires me so much that I want to step out into the world a bit more myself. So thank you very much, you really make an impact with your videos Eva!

You do realize what a gift you give to people around the world, don’t you? You show us the beauty of ALL human souls! You bring the reality of the shared kindness that is out in the world while the Media tries to get us to believe that only evil exists in certain areas! You are a blessing! Keep it up and share the love! 🙏🏼❤️

Very well said

Lol 😂😂😂 don't make emotional 🥲

Lol

As the 2nd mate, I can safely say that you coped very well with the stormy weather. People, even with 20 years of experience at sea, also get dizziness and nausea during a storm. ;)

I remember we were crossing from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Tokyo, Japan. It wasn’t a really stormy but quite big waves and our Chief Mate got seasick that he wasn’t on bridge but stayed the entire time in his cabin.

That is very true, took the Bay of Biscay to get sea sick, after that good even when in a ho2 across Drakes Passage, but we had a crew member he was good as gold while out at sea, but the moment we were moored along the quay he was sick

I was just cross english channel with storm weather,everybody around vomioting everywhere.I was think how crazy is cleaner job after that.

I worked as an international truck driver from Ireland to Europe. Now have a travel company in Peru. Truck drivers lead an existentialist life. However, it is being destroyed by legislation and technology. I am so glad to have done that job and met great people. Nowadays Latin America has new travel adventures. Well done on a great video.

You are very beautiful

Seriously smashing editing ... the narration flowed so well, the scenery surprisingly dramatic and the music just sold the story. Glad you're home safe x

Eva, I worked on Cruise ships, 1999 to 2005. You walking around that ferry brought back memories. Very similar although Cruise Ships are huge. I traveled the world with Carnival. Great times. Coincidentally I'm driving Class One trucks now, who knew. I'm still traveling to Poland a few times a year as my wife lives and works in Wroclaw. Long Story, no time...she is Polish and born in Wroclaw. I love the defender and all your Canadian stuff. Be safe out there.🙏🌞🎄

Urrrgh. I love everything about this video, I love that you are not romanticizing everything, that for always trying to show what's real and yet, still seeing the good and silver-lining in everything. You never fail to inspire me as a young adult and a woman to see the world in a different paradigm. You empower us women, to travel and explore, meet new people along the way, proving that humanity still exists.

As a woman you inspire me to see the world. Thanks for making videos of your adventures. ❤️

I seriously can't adequately tell you how inspiring you are!! I'm 24 and kinda afraid to travel alone as a woman. Or travel alone at all, lol! But you make life overall look so worth exploring and enjoying every last adventure (and misadventure) while living in the moment/savoring the experiences. So thank u very much for pushing an anxious person to pursue the dream of travel and multicultural education :) :) your videos are a treat, much love to you for the coming new year and whatever it brings.

honestly u should be!

Eva - that's how the sea is - you move at its speed (or bad things happen). Really glad you're safely home - hope Christmas goes well in Poland. As for 2022 - we'll be following you anyway - whether you're on the road or not. Can't work out if you find happiness wherever you go, or you make happiness - but it's a great gift to have, and lovely to watch. Keep safe, stay brave.

Such a tragedy in Ukraine right now. Your journeys are amazing and look so fun.

I've found that the best cure for seasickness is being outside, in a place where you can SEE the sea. Motion sickness, of any kind, is usually caused by a disparity between what you can see and what you can feel. Staying in a cabin will only ever make it worse. Spent 30 years working aboard ships and I'd only ever start to feel seasick when I was concentrating on my job and ignoring my surroundings. Go and have walk around for 5 minutes and the feeling would subside again. Similar thing with carsickness. If you're concentrating on your phone, with the window closed, you'll get motion sickness. Put down the phone, open a window, look outside and you'll feel much better.

I used to get car sea sickness in my Grandparents land yacht. It was a late 1970's Cadillac. I was used to riding and feeling all the bumps and road noise. Without it I got quesy.

Yes, to avoid motion sickness on a ship if you stare at the line where the water and the sky meet it can help prevent nausea. You can do this outside or sit inside and look out a window. In a car, stare at the road ahead, don't try to read a book.

A lot of truth in that. I get awful motion sickness and yet i also sea kayak and feel great.

Thanks for a tip

I was a US Navy Sailor for 20 years and this whole episode makes me feel nostalgic. I used to love when the ship rocked, because it would put me right to sleep.

@Juggernautz Yes this job is not easy, for real men. we need to learn from military so much, I believe they do great facilities. Just interested how thing inside works there. Military men on the edge of best technogies. By the way do you usually serve all your life? For family this kind of hard to miss you for long time I believe. Is it possible live with family on a military base?

@Minneso ! The boat comes to shore & sailors get time home regardless but they have to fly military flights or pay. The men I know said they barely had free time, even most officers work around the clock. Boats have women aboard too. You need to think twice, type once. My dad served 4 years on the USS Kearsarge and was married the whole time but he was home when he could be.

@Minneso ! Ports and harbours are your friend. It's not like you're on the ship for 20 years without ever getting off.

Been there done it.

Thank you for sharing your travels! You really have a way of bringing the experience to those who watch. I’ve had some wild adventures in Sweden, Latvia, Greece, Italy, Korea and Japan. Your travel vlog is inspiring me to get back out there! Blessings to you from Kentucky!

We live in Istanbul and we were in Capadocia just before you and Batumi a week after you left. These cargo ferries also come to Istanbul from Odessa and I often see them, so it's interesting to see what they are like inside. I think they give Turkey and Georgia an important link to Europe.

It is truly remarkable how you just become more sweet and endearing when you are feeling poorly and your experiences take a turn for the worse. You have a gift in reframing all things in a positive light, even your own personal discomfort and disappointment. Hope you have a lovely rest time with your family!

Eva, you are such an inspiration. I get teary eyed so often when watching your videos, simply because of your brave, raw gentled spirited humanity! My travels in the US are bittersweet, there's a lot of pain and growth, obstacles to overcome... and for me interpersonal relationships and being taken advantage of by people here in my country who lack morals. You've given me and my partner a window into places on the other side of the world, and along with your experiences has been a rekindling of our faith in humanity. Things are really rough over here in the States, socially, and I just really resonate with who you are as a person, and I never want to lose these beautiful aspects of our shared humanity. I am relieved you are tucking in for the winter, and I really REALLY look forward to what you decide to do come spring. Beaming tons of love and well wishes, prayers, good vibes from my little neck of the woods near the Canadian border in NE Washington. So grateful for your work here. Thank you so much. 🌈💖🤲🏽🌟🎶🚙🌄🌠💥🐄🍂🍁🌲🍃🚢☕💻🔧⚙🤗💕🥙🍜🌼🌆🌞✨✌🏽

I'm always both thrilled and anxious on many of these adventures! I got so nervous when you toured the ship imagining someone grabbing you! I think your wonderful brave, positive energy keeps every bad thing at bay!

I loved this adventure! It reminded me of trips on passenger and cargo ferries I took on my travels back in the 1980s--principally in Greece/Turkey, and Washington State/western Canada. The look and atmosphere of that ship is sooo familiar! Back then in the olden days of slow, analog travel, no internet, just chatting and hanging out with strangers. this sort of experience was common. It's reassuring to me that it still exists somewhere out there. I was luckier than you though in that I don't get seasick! I think you would've enjoyed it far more if you'd felt better. Still, you did an admirable job adjusting your modern, millennial pace to the tempo of the 20th century! I hope you'll always enjoy the memories. And for me, I'll just add that it was really nice not to see everyone wearing masks, and to be able to forget about covid nightmare world for half an hour. Thanks so much for the video!

Amazing video and well made content as always. Eva you are a inspiration to many who want to live life on own terms. It takes a lot of courage for a single women to travel in unknown places . Taking risks, exploring world and positivity at every hurdles you come across is inspiring. . Your smile in every situation, lights us up to see the world through your eyes.

I just discovered your channel through this video and your storytelling and the way you are explaining us your adventure is incredible! There is much that are inspiring me right now thanks to you Eva 😊 Hope we can meet somewhere one day!

Love your way of portraying the places you visit, love your positive personality. You make me smile, give me hope and make me believe in humanity and kindness. I'm also Polish (much, much older than you:) and always loved traveling and adventures. But I was never half as brave as you are, Eva. Wish you the best, buddy!

That is a humongous ship! I also get sick on buses and trains specially if I try to read a book. A big thank you for showing us so many parts of the world and most importantly the people that live there. The more we see. the more we understand and hopefully the more we want to live in peace while appreciating and celebrating our differences. Happy you made it home safe.

someone commented look at the roads ahead and u should be fine again :D

EVA thanks for excellent video as always you are optimistic and positive, if we were like this the world be much better!!!! A huge💕🇨🇴

I can’t wait for you to get your own show on a major network! You are awesome!

Welcome home Eva! It's been an absolute journey I have to say, so thank you for sharing your adventure with us and teaching us so many values along the way. You have done yourself proud! Enjoy your much needed down time with your family and hopefully see more of you in the near future.

The Canadian is my friend!! Glad to see him doing well on his trip!! Great story telling btw! Almost like i could feel what it was like being there...

It's amazing how connected I feel to Eva and her travels, you take me to a range of emotions and always I end up more motivated and excited. All the love from Syria Eva, keep up..

i went on the same journey from Odessa to Batumi. What an experience. It took 4 days because of delays

Hi Ava ,from new Mexico USA I love your down to earth attitude living raw and realistic, I really appreciate you taking us on your adventures thank you 😉

This is the first video I watched of yours and I'm hooked. There's a beautiful sense of wonder and spirituality and I must thank you for letting me live vicariously through you! Here's to many more wonderful life discoveries. :)

It is hard for people behind a screen to see everything that goes on on your adventures. What i enjoy though is how you have identified and made it your understanding that even though life is fantastic and thrilling, its how you deal with hardship and the monotonous with a smile ,that tells the good stories.

You are so natural and so inspiring to me.. it can be alone at times but love what you do ! 😍

I really enjoy your new adventures with Odessey! It brings you to experience a very different kind of travel we don't see and I feel it gives you more opportunities to meet locals. You really inspire me to change the way I have been traveling.

What an amazing adventure ! I would never want to live it myself, but I'm grateful to witness how it can look like. Thank you so much for sharing all kinds of traveling with us ! Have a wonderful day Eva. Enjoy this family time. 🥰

You are not a full time traveller, you are in fact a full time writer and a poetesses! I like the things that you did not say but wanted to or finding it hard to put in words. Keep travelling. “To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.” ~ Tenzing Norgay (one of the first men to climb the trip of the Everest)

I truly enjoy your videos. This one was especially good because it brought an amazing experience I would not have endured. Nonetheless, it was entertaining and educational.

This is a really good video! You even captured the slap in the fight! I like ships, have been on two cruises in the Caribbean, and some smaller ones, no sea sickness. I enjoyed this video and have your recent ones too. It will be interesting when you bring your puppy home to your family.

Your adventures make my heart so happy!

Hi Eva, you and Bald are my favourite travel vloggers coz you both seem to have a unique perspective on the world and unlimited courage.

I like myself.. but I suck at story telling. I am trying though. Watch them all... and hopefully I can become a great story teller - because I go on lots of adventures!

You forget Indigo Traveller. Now THAT'S adventure😎

I love the Benjamin reference. I also love Bald and Bankrupt.

This video just popped up on my feed and i absolutley loved it! immidiatley subscribed to see more of your journeys and my dreams through your eyes! love it! KEEP EXPLORING!!

I grew up in Constanta, Romania which has the largest maritime port on the Black Sea and also home to the Romanian seaside. Even though I am in Canada now, the Black Sea has a soft spot in my heart. Nice video

I felt for you suffering through seasickness because I get horribly sick on boats, ship, as a passenger in a car, etc. But I had to tell you that the motion sickness "bandaid" that goes behind your ear (it stays on and works for 3-4 days and then you can put a new one on if needed) is a total game changer! It's a prescription medicine and it is amazing! Safe Travels!

So good! I’m sure this will lead to so many new adventures that right now have not revealed themselves and you will have some great choices to make. Really enjoyed following you here and wish you a happy time with your family as you consider - what’s next?

I genuinely got excited when you saw land again! Great video once again

Who needs Hunger Games when we have Eva? You amaze me every time! Your adventures are unreal! 😮

Jesteś niesamowita. Ogromnie Tobie zazdroszczę odwagi! Witamy w Polsce.

Hey, found your video's around a week ago and I can't get enough of them, I'm just addicted watching your adventures. Anyway I came across this one and made me think of my countries crossing the Cook Straight in New Zealand. Our ferry's are people, car and truck friendly. Lot's to do, plenty of lounges to sit at, bar area, play area for kids, internet and you can if you choose to pay for private room to sleep in. The food area, I find expensive, plenty to choose from. Personally I'd pack my own food to save on the $$$. It's a four hour trip between the capital of New Zealand, Wellington and Picton, beautiful scenery. I hope one day you come to New Zealand and Possibly Australia too (They are too different countries), I know you would enjoy it with your truck or not. On one of the video's I watched you were traveling with a kiwi guy from Canada to Alaska I believe it was, so I'm sure he spoke of beautiful New Zealand to you.

To be extraordinary is a lonely ticket sometimes. Well done; you are an inspiration

Taking Odyssey back home?! Hope u guys will be back in no time🥰 Meanwhile if you could take us around your home town,that will be great❤️

This brought a big smile watching this together with your sea sickness , As an ex international trucker the winter ferry from uk to santander spain crossing the bay of biscay was entertaining to say the least , we truckers used to take bets who used the sick bags and who sat down for a full english breakfast and actuly finished with a clean plate, the canteen had a front facing window that when the ship moved one moment was the sky the next the deep sea plus the rolling ever so slowly side to side . The fact is doing it so many years i enjoyed it and it increased my appitite for more food Lol ! Dont like the sharing idea of cabins and as your female that would have worried me a little, to be honest to share with any stainger would keep me awake.........

Love Love Love this!!! Brilliant way to travel!!! I love all that engineering + mechanical stuff: seeing the underbelly of our commercial industries + all the transport activity behind the scenes. Did you know you can slow travel from Plymouth UK to New York by cargo ship? It takes about 2.5 weeks, takes you up by the arctic circle and costs around £2250? I would do it!! Happy travels Eva!!!

Hi Eva I enjoy watching you going to Ukraine via cargo.You're so brave.take care.God bless you.

wooooow can't believe it's over you finally went full circle and back to Poland. Really hope you had good time too rest. Love your adventures and attitude towards life.🎶 Following from Costa Rica.

Hello Eva. I’ve been following your channel for quite some time now and your adventures are amazing!! Me and my wife travel a lot as well. Throughout the world but you are living our dream. Seeing unknown places. Specially “living” in such a small car repacking all the time. 😊 Thanks your letting us be part of your adventure and hope to see you soon on your next. Love from The Netherlands.

Hi from Australia 🇦🇺. I’ve recently discovered your channel. I’m loving seeing your adventures!!

At least you knew the languages spoken ! Great video storytelling skills felt like we were there (suffering at times) with you. Glad you are safe.

I've done an overnight ferry twice from the UK to Denmark and Rotterdam and very similar but my rooms were a bit smaller and then a UK to New York cruise on the QM2 which was on another level even though I was in a budget cabin with no window, the weather wasn't the best on all the trips I was luckily not sick, just swaying for a few days when I got off!

Good job being document filmmaker, impressive storytelling! Please keep showing us the world!

You had to go and visit an actual office and speak to a person face to face to book a travel ticket, that made me feel nostalgic for the 80s and 90s😊

Free and pure 🙂 This is exactly what kind of travel we would be doing if we didn't have other obligations 👍

Wow what an amazing adventure. Please be safe in your travels. I love how you stay positive, look at the bright side of things and keep things real. You differently earned my subscription.

Eva, you're the best! Sharing such unique experiences with all of us! Love your videos #keepthemcoming

Please, do a road trip across Ukraine, Eva... it's a rare kind of adventure! (Ukrainian roads are a gift of gods :)

As on that time I believe that the road she took (which I’m assuming is Odessa-Uman’-Vinnetsya-Lviv-and then Poland) was mostly reconstructed! The Uman’-Odessa highway is quite good! But the little part at Letychiv… Kills me every time Sorry for spelling

Can't do that anymore :'(

Ahaha... What's interesting out there on these roads? Police shaking down 💰 from drivers? 🤔

I must say, I'd love to see more of Ukraine too! I just spent an hour the other day talking politics with a lovely older Ukrainian gentleman, such a smart and interesting fellow.

I appreciate your channel so much - I agree with your stance on tourism, once I started traveling on my own when I was 18, I sought out ways to experience the places I visited through the eyes of a local, with people who lived there, and my desire was to spend my time living like I had always lived there and experiencing the culture of each place in ways I don't think many people think about. My favorite moments have been shared with strangers from many walks of life, and while I haven't gotten to travel in a long time, your videos give me that same feeling and I'm grateful for that. I hope I get to go back to this someday. Safe travels, Eva!

I love the sound of ship's engines They make you feel that you are really going places!

yeah true!

I have seen a few of your vids before but I liked this 1 the best it was just so honest about a working ship and your facile expression was a great part of telling the story.

Your willingness to follow adventures is truly inspiring.

Great story! I miss sunrises and sunsets at sea. Nothing beats them, at all. I love stormy weather at sea. Especially when your bunk is port to starboard and the sea rocks you to sleep! Miss those days!

I loved this video Eva. Keep bringing us the unusual. I love your adventures.

Amazing travels, you are brave and inspiring! Wiadomo, Polska dziewczyna! 😍 All the best, safe winds, stay positive, love watching your channel ❤️❤️❤️

podziw i szacunek

You are amazingly brave. Rest Well and Enjoy your family. And of course, stay safe and warm.

I did this two years ago, from Odessa to Batumi. It was more like 72 hours because they sat half a day on the ocean to refuel. It was very relaxing.

You didn’t mention it but you’ve taken the reverse path that Jason and the Argonauts took several thousand years ago from Greece to the legendary Colchis! Its remarkable how life imitates art and only in retrospect does the fact become clear we sail in the wake of the legendary heroes of old.

What an awesome adventure! Love your videos.❤

NICE! its nice to know you're back home safe, cant wait for your next adventure, stay safe always!

Love your videos, Eva. You have such a great attitude, and an awesome outlook on life. Thanks so much for sharing 😊. Take care, looking forward to seeing you soon 😊.

I like that the homepage recommends the last video of your adventure, probably because it was recently uploaded. Looked like a lot of sincere fun, thanks for sharing :]

Ewa trafiłem na Twój kanał ponieważ polecił go Bartek z Bez Planu. Bardzo fajnie montujesz swoje filmy. Przypominają stare dobre filmy BBC. Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🤗. Trzymaj się ciepło 🇵🇱🤑💰🍾

Thank you for sharing your travels with us who can't 🙂

We need more videos of your home town in Poland and your daily routine ..

I love your lifestyle and love your Land Rover. I watched where you had the topper converted in Oregon and along your journey where you had the suspension replaced to an extremely hardy setup. I think you are set and have a very reliable vehicle. I also loved how you had the engine fixed along your travels after the vehicle had broke down twice within one week. You have the most amazing lifestyle and great vlogs. You are living the dream, as we would say in the Wildland firefighter world. Take care and keeps chasing the dream.

You are positive, patient and a beautiful journey you took us along ❤ 😊

This seems one of the most indulgent channels ever - whoever can afford to be constantly on 'adventure' buying stuff non stop ! :-) Having done ferries with truckers etc, that would be a last resort, not sure it is so much fun and in the end, you cannot wait to get off. Tree's and desert are the thing.

Thank you Eva for sharing your journey with us. I respect your courage, free spirit, wanting to explore. You truly inspire those who can't or do not have the capability. Happy travels, enjoy and be safe butterfly

i did kind of the same travel, but from Poland, through Ukraine to Varna (Bulgaria), well, as you say, "it was one hall of a journey" :)

Amazingly how you take your decisions, nice vacation with your family, and merry Christmas 🎁

What fantastic inspirational videos. Your positive attitude could teach us all a lesson in how to survive! Really looking forward to what’s next.

This video is what you do best - interesting real life travel, with all the challenges. It's why we keep watching

Yes! Can't wait for the wrap up video!! Make it a LOOONGGG one please! >< I never get bored of your vids!

Thank God you made it back safely! 🙏🏽💕🙏🏽 Love your Adventures!!!

Loved seeing this ship and your adventure crossing! I’m glad you were able to room with a female, that brings me joy they bunked you together! Always more safety in numbers.

@Eva zu Beck the surname zu Beck doesn't sound Polish. Do have royal German ancestors ?

@Eva zu Beck I was laughing so hard when she was trying to convince you to come home with her first before going to Poland! So funny and sweet!! She must’ve been so sad to part ways at the end haha

She was a fun bunk mate 😂

This is the first of your adventures that I watch. I love your positive and keen spirit, courage and sense of adventure. I will definitely be catching up with all of your uploads and follow you as you adventure further. All the best, lovely lady :)

Interesting, I actually had no clue cargo ships actually carried human beings, I thought it was just like it states, it carries cargo. I think one of the most valuable skills your adventures speak to me is patience. It’s def not easy, but I think with patience, and perspective, the journey becomes much more tolerable and maybe even enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your life with us.

Wow just found your channel randomly and I love it! Must say, you have the most professional voice overs I've ever heard on youtube! Such soothing voice! I thought for sure I did put on some documentary from Discovery channel or something first haha :D

It reminds me of the Alaska Marine Highway ferry I took when I moved there. I loved it because it was low key and it was fun sharing that experience with new acquaintances.