so guys i am back in baghdad i'm super
excited to be back here it's our very
first day and i've already met some
amazing locals
i'm literally back in the city a few
hours and already making friends
so guys we are taking a public bus this
is my first time taking a public bus in
iraq
right okay i'm learning
okay
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um that's it
okay we are in a quite a famous sweet
shop and pastry shop here in baghdad and
they've actually said i can taste a tiny
bit can it taste a little bit
it gave me a little bit of a taste do
you want to taste it
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or even is it
some kind of nut
like nougat
tastes good
tastes good that's all that matters
look how fancy these cakes are
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we are super lucky this morning guys as
we actually are visiting
the oldest college the oldest school in
all of iraq probably one of the oldest
buildings you know educational buildings
in the world this building is almost
1200 years old so over a thousand years
old it is called moon
moons and
wundson surya i think i might be saying
that wrong so the name of this college
is moustanzaria i think i'm saying it
correctly at this time mustangs area and
we are incredibly lucky to be able to
come in here and check out this
beautiful building this morning like i
said last time i was in baghdad i was
not able to visit this building
we are getting a super special extra
access today we're actually on the roof
of the building i don't know if you can
see this
tower i'm in right behind me and soon
you're gonna be able to see a beautiful
view of one of the main bridges here in
baghdad as well as the river tigris so
feeling very special and very lucky
today
so guys this is the first for me here in
iraq we're actually about to go on a
boat trip down the river tigris hello
hello how are you
i'm so pretty excited i think we're just
going to go for a short boat ride but
should be good we're all going to be
squishing into one of these really small
boats
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so as always we've just gotten off the
boat and everyone's asking for selfies
this is just like a constant thing when
you're in iraq everyone is like oh if
you're happy and there's just always
cameras in your face
okay so we're heading up to shabanda
cafe like i said this is one of the most
famous cafes here in uh baghdad i'll
tell you the story when we get there but
you will see how beautiful it is how
there's photographs on all the walls
and i'm pretty sure it's gonna be quite
busy because already you can see a lot
of people here on the streets
and right here by the river tigers
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yeah guys it is absolute chaos today i
have not seen the streets of baghdad
this busy uh the last time we were here
was just before ashura so it was a lot
quieter you know people were a bit more
mellow and now it's definitely
everyone is like happy and lively
do you want to be in my youtube video
this guy he said he's one of my
subscribers hi how are you
ali say i'm fine
i'm dalilah
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okay we've just gotten into the cafe and
this is the busiest i've ever seen this
cafe i have no idea what's going on in
baghdad today especially seeing as it's
our first day here but it's total chaos
everywhere is crazy busy we're almost
not even able to get into this cafe
whereas when we were here three months
ago there were seats and benches
everywhere i'm gonna give you a little
taste there are old photographs and
posters all over the walls people
sitting on wooden benches everywhere
smoking shisha smoking drinking tea or
making the tea here behind me and
everyone is just enjoying talking to
people sitting next to them and making
friends
very busy hi hi how are you how are you
good
morning good morning
good night
how do i say how are you
sure
teach
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yeah i heard that
okay
i have to meet you i have to introduce
you guys to the owner
of this chef you are the owner right and
he always wears this traditional hat a
lot of the presidents of iraq have
visited here a lot of them have tried
his hat on he has had lots of important
visitors
so thank you for this beautiful grape
juice shop
if you are coming to baghdad you must
okay we're gonna do one more last thing
before we head for lunch and that is
we're gonna go to this antiques market
here in uh baghdad
uh lots of people walking around lots of
um jewelry rings guns
everything you can imagine
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this is the antique shop everybody
antiques roadshow
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we're just checking out one of the
antique shops here
oh you can buy a gun in this shore
crazy
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by the way
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yes
so i think as well this is the market
where you can buy the old saddam hussein
money it's like the old money of iraq
with saddam saddam hussein's face on it
i know i saw it at a market in urbail as
well but i think you can get it here so
we're going to check
guys this is a small little antiques
and here they sell
old
money
the thing that we might not see on it oh
yeah
okay guys we are ending our very first
day back in baghdad
what is that noise
um you can see the panorama building
behind me and we have got
tech kasra
famous art in front of me we're just
walking down to it now
and what a beautiful beautiful magical
sunset and perfect way to end
our first day touring around baghdad
we did slightly miss the sunset due to
the traffic in baghdad but we're just
walking down now to check out kazura uh
the arch and our guide was telling us
about the history of this area and how
this was once once an ancient city and
all that is remaining of the city
now is this archway which is sort of
walled off and protected and obviously
you've got the panorama building which
when it's not dark you can go right to
the top and have beautiful view views of
the arch um so i think we're just gonna
have dinner later
and then end our first day here in
baghdad