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well hello guys I cannot believe I'm
saying this I am in Istanbul right now I
am so excited I have been wanting to
come here for the longest time and where
I am right now is absolutely crazy
literally just over here is haghia
sophia right over here behind me is the
Blue Mosque and I mean Turkey really is
very close to the cradle of civilization
so to say where it has so much history
it has so much depth and already from
the few dates that I have spent here in
the city I have honestly been so
surprised of how modern and how
expansive and how rich this city and
this culture is I'm super excited to
show you guys around the city and I
think you're going to be in love with
Turkey by the time I'm done but let's
get started
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alright guys so I am trying my first
Turkish coffee in Turkey and for those
of you who haven't had it before
basically what separates it from a
regular americano is that the grounds
are super super fine almost like a
powder sort of consistency I am trying a
new dessert here this is called kunafa
and it's kind of a mix of having these
like little dessert sort of noodles
soaked in syrup and then the inside is
this long stretchy sort of cheese and I
believe that is pistachios on top so I'm
excited to try it out it's gonna be the
neck
humming
that's really good it's like crispy but
soft
what's me miss Avery all the flavors I
would recommend so I'm at the bottom of
my coffee and as you guys can see like
it is pretty sludgy in there I'm not a
fan of like getting too close to the
bottom everything else before this is
delicious
you know it weirdly kind of tastes like
a hard potato my first impressions all
right guys so now I am in front of the
Blue Mosque which I are about to go into
and this was built by the Ottomans and
from my understanding it was kind of a
statement that you know they didn't have
to just take over the Hagia Sophia and
make it into a mosque but they could
create something truly remarkable on
their own which is why it's like you
know a good half kilometer away from the
other so I'm about to go in and see what
the difference is but of course I'm
expecting it's going to be incredible
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so bad news guys the blue mosque is
actually pretty under construction right
now so you unfortunately can't see all
the blue mosaics and all the you know
main splendor of the mosque so I'm gonna
try and show you guys as much as I can
but just know that this place looks so
much more amazing than it does right now
with all this like tarp over the
restorations so that's just the way it
goes sometimes
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and the rest is still really beautiful
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so I am here in Taksim Maidan which is
basically the downtown hub of Istanbul
you could say there's this really really
really large square that I'm currently
standing in and there's some really
famous mosques in the area not agia
sofia or the blue mosque because that's
kind of in the more historical Ottoman
section of the city but there's really a
lot to see and do here there's some
streets that kind of go away from the
square that have some amazing food some
really good local Turkish sort of shops
if that's what you're looking for I
think I'm actually going to do some
souvenir shopping tonight which I'm
excited for and in general is just a
really cool lively place to check out so
let's do exactly that
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so this is a really popular chain I've
seen it in quite a few places they have
like turkish delights and baklava and
this is actually a sit-down Cafe so I
think we are gonna pop in here grab a
coffee grab some baklava and also some
stuff to take home
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how good does this look
we got an assorted plate of baklava here
three of which I have never tried before
these two are made out of pistachio and
I'm not exactly sure what the exact
difference between the two is but I mean
I'm sure they'll both be delicious this
I've actually never seen before which is
a chocolate baklava it's got I think
more walnut pieces on the inside walnut
on top and then over here is just your
standard sort of baklava with B
pistachio stuffing there and they also
give you a little cream if you want to
put on top I think the flavor is like
Magnolia white chocolate which is also
quite new for me so I'm excited to try
this out
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so this is crazy this is another baklava
shop but do you see that do you see how
this syrup is just like melting down
this tower that is ridiculous it's kind
of at the bottom of the hill of Taksim
here there's this beautiful watch tower
which is called galata tower and
apparently during the day you can
actually go on top and get a really nice
view of the city of the boss for us so a
cool thing to keep in mind if you're in
the area
so that is it guys I hope you enjoyed
this video and enjoyed this little look
around Istanbul I am actually on my
second last day here in the city and I
have been here almost two weeks there
will be two more videos coming of some
touring around Turkey where I went to
ease Mir and Cappadocia so this is
obviously not the end of my content just
yet but I thought I would combine all
the time that I spent here in Istanbul
from the beginning to the end of my trip
just to kind of give you guys a more
well-rounded sort of look of the city
and just some final notes that I wanted
to make about coming to Turkey is that
before I came here I actually heard from
so many people to really be careful you
know it's so dangerous it's not gonna be
that developed of a country and I've
spent two weeks here I have spent time
with locals I have you know wandered
around lots of different parts of the
city and well of course it's probably
some areas in the city here in Istanbul
that you probably shouldn't go in as
with any large city but to be honest I
have actually felt very safe here I felt
very welcomed as a foreigner and I would
honestly say that there's a lot of
prejudices around Turkey and just the
tourism here that are just not true so I
hope you guys enjoyed this video and
will stay tuned for my next one's let me
know in the comments down below if
you've ever been to Turkey and what your
first impressions are and other than
that I hope you guys are having an
amazing day keep being your own kind of
beautiful and I will see you soon bye
guys
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