Welcome to Istanbul so we just arrived last night and we've walked about five minutes from our
hostel and it's crazy busy around here already we're right in the centre of Istanbul. I think
we've got a mosque here and then a mosque over here and this place is crazy this place divides
Asia and Europe this City. We're going to be exploring the city today and telling you our
first impressions because this place looks amazing we're going to be heading into the Grand Bazaar
and just exploring the city over the rivers and yeah we're gonna take you with us so we've just
seen this little stool and they're selling like Breads and stuff it's like bagels with
like Nutella or like cheese in I think yeah and so we're gonna try them because I hope I think
it might be like a little breakfast local delicacy not delicacy but like you know something special
which locals have so let's go give it a go give it a try, for one two one then it's cinnamon yeah
thank you thank you thank you okay guys so we just picked up
these Bagel type things and they're filled with Nutella so much Nutella
yeah there were 15 Lira each and yeah I'm gonna give them a taste
they're good they're quite crunchy actually it's not like soft bread
but it's good so we are just walking around the main Square now and it's amazing how busy
it is there's so many European tourists like family holidays and stuff and we're just here
traveling for the next however many months so um you're gonna sneeze sorry okay so ahead here is
the Blue Mosque which is like one of the famous monuments around here which looks pretty cool
um we're gonna go in there at some point probably not today um because we need to make sure we're
covered up but yeah excited to go in there it looks absolutely beautiful it's like Palace it's
massive it is huge so we've just worked out where we are we're at the sultan
Sultana matte Square I'm probably saying that pronouncing that completely wrong but this
place is really cool it's like the center of the city and there's quite a lot of history with the
Ottoman Empire back here but um yeah loads of tourists around here and it's a good place to
base yourself because our hostel is only like five minutes away which is pretty useful so we are now
heading to the Grand Bazaar which is not too far a walk from where we were just at the square and I'm
gonna have a look at all the spices and stuff yeah I think it's like a market kind of thing so yeah
maybe similar to like when we're in Morocco and places like that so it should be cool to explore
we're just approaching the entrance to the bazaar but it feels really weirdly European
around here I guess it is Europe This Side just Europe but look this is the walled gate
and I think there's a few entrances like that where you can enter into yeah the
Grand Bazaar there's also so many like Turkish desserts like Turkish delight and all that kind
of stuff there's just so much going on it's really cool and also there's a lot of these
corn places around it what is it it's gone it's gone it's nice and nuts or something guys they're
um conkers conkers do you eat them Ivan but maybe you can eat corn because yeah
so we've just seen a second Arch which I think is heading into like the narrower streets and bazaars
and Alleyways it looks really exciting but also very busy yeah it's gonna be awesome let's go in
here
Security in here
hello so a little bit of security to come into a Bazaar good it's safe it's like a shopping center
but like a really thin Shopping Center yeah yeah compared to Fez when we were in those bazaars in
Morocco it's like completely different it's cool I like it though it's very organized very it almost
feels quite modern but with quite a traditional feel still so they're selling all kinds of stuff
there's so much like silver gold jewelry and but then there's also a section of loads of
like carpets and then spices a lot of lamp shots as well oh yeah a lot of lamp shots as you can see
when we go over there the camera and then then it goes all weird but it's so cool around here
thank you so we just got these pomegranate juices which cost 30 Lira each and it's very it's
actually a bit bitter but it's still really nice and fresh yeah it is quite bitter and when we've
had them before they're a bit sweeter but yeah still good maybe it's not pomegranate season yeah
maybe not quite just yet so here you can see all the Turkish desserts and stuff it looks so good
we'll have to try some of them at some point we'll have to try Texas Delight although I've tried it
before and I wasn't a fan yeah we've got to try again so you've just come out one of the other
bazaars um I'm not sure if it's the same one but we're it's a lot more open now and you can kind of
see the city in the background it looks so cool it's so bright my eyes haven't adjusted so far
this city is so cool it's a really nice mix of kind of European but kind of Middle Eastern and
there's loads of beautiful moths everywhere and it's very busy but it's like a nice busy like a
lot of good hustle in it and and it is actually over here is the bridge which you can go over
one of the rivers or something so you might check that out in a minute I was also surprised like in
the bazaars the salesmen aren't too pushy like in Morocco or other places we've been yeah quite
relaxed Morocco they were just constantly at you if you watch those videos but yeah a lot more
relaxed it's quite nice they're just like Oh Come have a look bonjour hello so change of plan we're
going to go back into the bazaar and then try and find some like little like sandwich or local food
that we can have for lunch because we're a little bit hungry now that's a good Hoover I want that
that's how they keep it clean this city is actually so clean and maybe this is the reason why
this guy's got a Hoover outdoor Hoover
thank you so it just comes to this little beautiful cafe or restaurant and we've got
some Esme here I don't really know what it is but it's kind of like a salad thing and then
some like a salad as well it's like red cabbage just salads it's nice though it's really good this
is like I don't know loads of chopped up little salad bits but apparently it was called Esme so
it tastes really nice so I've got a chicken shish and Joe's got lamb
cheese and seems to be a lot of bread which I think is meant to go with the
essence but it looks really good it looks so nice let's try this lamb
it's so good it's really good very bravesome I almost tastes like barbecues I don't know how they
do it but so good it's like a kebab thing I don't know what this bread is but it's so good it's like
a flat bread kind of thing but it's really flavor sermon it's got some yeah it's just flavors on it
but I don't know what they are someone put it in the comments if you know what this is so we've
just finished off at that restaurant and it was so good it was really cute little place as well
wasn't it yeah but it's so filling so now I feel really tired yeah we feel a bit tired so we might
go have a little bit of a rest just so we can come out a bit later when the sun's getting down a bit
because I think the views over the city are really really beautiful at the time of the day chicken
cheese lamb cheese and that small water it was 205 Lira which is about 10 pounds which is actually a
really good deal and it was a big meal it was a big deal I feel very full now because I had half
of yours as well yep so yeah so we've had a rest and we're back down on the seafront this place is
bustling and the light on the city over the river looks beautiful and there's so many fishermen
I just saw a man giving a cat some fish and Cat seemed very happy yeah we're gonna walk along the
bridge and walk to the other part of the city not the Asian side just like the other part I don't
know what this guy's saying he's someone translate that I want to know what it is anyway let's go
so we just got onto the bridge and everyone's fishing there's
so many people it's literally lined with people
an overfishing problem like everyone and people are catching our fish all the time no wonder
everyone's out here the seagulls are out too yeah they're probably trying to catch them as well
so we've just taken a walk down by the river on the opposite side of the bridge and it seems so
relaxed here like it's a lot more chilled than I thought Istanbul would be but I really like
it yeah it's so cool being around here at Sunset and now now the sun's gone down the lights and
the Moss are starting to light up and it just feels a bit magical doesn't it it really does
and everyone seems really friendly actually yeah such a good vibe around here we love it
you can hear the call to prayer and it just sounds so cool it's like echoing from all the
different mosques around here yeah just a good atmosphere so we are getting a little bit hungry
now so we thought we'd try and get some corn as we've seen it everywhere and they're just
like grilling it and but we'll show you and see how much it is as well so let's go have a look
thank you
it's corn gone they put a little salt on it as well yeah so it's salty corn ER
come on it's definitely gone it's got the juice guys it's got the juice
it's got a juice hello hello chicken sandwich okay and
the meatball roll okay one one and one one or two yeah thank you thank you so we just got two
sandwiches I've got a chicken oh I just dropped a bit I've got a chicken sandwich what have you got
like a meatball sandwich it's got It's called kofta here in Turkish I think we had a similar
thing in Morocco but yeah it says a sandwich or like this wrap thing which looks real good
how is it that's good is that yeah really nice for me I'm not
don't know if this is a wrap or a flatbread or I don't know but it tastes good
this one doesn't have much salt I don't think it's got any sauce in whereas yours has got ketchup in
that's quite nice I feel like it just needs some sort of sauce I don't know if you'd normally do
but tastes very good though the meat meatball very nice so that was our first day in Istanbul
our first day in Turkey in Turkey as well and what an amazing day we're actually going to be
spending how long here about 21 days 21 days so we're going to be going all over Turkey and
exploring like loads of different cities and down on the coast as well sorry for the loud
I think that's how we're gonna get around tomorrow but um yeah please please hit the Subscribe button
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