So although we're not suggesting anybody goes out and panic buys because
that wouldn't be a sensible thing to do.
We have bought some essential supplies,
because we don't keep that much food in the van,
and it's sensible to keep
enough in case we get stuck in the van
orisolated somewhere for sort of 10 / 14 days.
so just to give you guys an idea we've been out this morning to do a little bit shopping
and all of the stuff on the table here,
we bought things like eggs, pasta, some veg, some stuff that won't go off,
dried foods, it cost approximately £26.
And within that Marianne bought four bags of coffee,
so we won't be short of caffeine! And Tomato Ketchup flavoured crisps ha ha
And tomato ketchup flavoured crisps !!
So normally in the van, we only keep a few days of food because we tend to go shopping every three or four days
and so one of the challenges we've got is actually got, is trying to find storage space
for all this food. So we'll share that with you once we figured it out !
Won't we love? She has a plan!!
In Trudy, there's a raised step area here, that has two like secret areas
and they actually stay very cool,
so I've washed them out, put some paper underneath to capture any moisture
and I'm just putting all the vegetables and some packets of pasta
there's a second one just over here as well, let me just share that with you.
So it's good space, yeah they're good spaces, and it goes quite deep, so we'll be
able to put some dry stores down there, and I'll put all the fruit and veg one here.
Easy to hand, What did we have in there?
We had shoes in one, yeah, I tend to keep the shoes and stuff in here.
so I have now just slipped those under the chairs.
And then the other one we had extra stuff like .... don't laugh ....
leach socks, mosquito nets and just bits really!!
You know water shoes and things, and a rope like a big thing of rope, tow straps.
So but because we're in secured parking,
We've managed to clear a bit of space under the bed,
while we're staying still, we're taking the big water thing out,
to give a bit more space, so we normally we keep that under the bed.
Yeah so we've got that much space in the back that we've just used for shoes and things.
I am ringing the British Consulate General, in Istanbul
on my information sheet. Just to let them know we are here.
Do you think that's still at lunch?
Consular Services, two, I'm being transferred to .....
Notarial three! Births, Deaths and Marriages ? Not yet !!
Extension 5
The operators are currently busy.
I'm just calling to let you know about I'm currently in Istanbul in my camper van with my husband.
Okay so we just need to keep an eye on the web site, the www.gov.uk web site and
if we need to know anything they'll instruct us on there,
so currently sit tight, don't go anywhere and watch the web site and the news.
so they said don't go traveling around, yeah she said don't go anywhere, just stay
where you are, and we'll keep advised if anything changes we'll
let you know, on the web site.
So how do you keep entertained when you're stuck in a Turkey, you skip!
Howdy neighbours, I was skipping for 30 minutes and when you film I get it wrong !! yeah yeah yeah
that's it! I don't think you need the actual rope,
you can do it without, it is co-ordination that I don't have ha ha - yeah exactly! that's the problem!
Ciaran and Dani are our neighbours over there - howdy
He has already checked out the football pitch, and apparently they are happy for us to play football ...
Two versus two ??
I have never played football and I don't know if I want to ??
What else are you going to do ? I can pretend to skip !! ha ha
Come on you have to show us now the camera is rolling !!
Come on love, show us how it is done ....
Hey! oh my god !
da da da da da
That's very good! ha ha I did a skip for charity once. You can tell we're bored already,
and it only like our first day of not going out so much.
We were just saying it's cold in the vans tonight,
the snow or the hail has started!
What !! We're in Turkey in Istanbul,
and it's supposed to be hot and warm
it is not supposed to be hailing!
and the Planar heater that we've got,
has just been turned on and
I'm waiting for the hot air will soon warm up!
Our neighbours wanted to go skiing there you go!!
it's Turkish weather ha ha
The Next day
It's a sad day, our neighbours in the campsite are leaving us today.
They're going to take the risk and head down to the south of Turkey, are they mad?
I don't know we'll find out
But Cairan and Dani who are fellow Brits,
and they've been cool neighbours,
for 4 or 5 days ? I don't know, I've lost track of time!
The joke is, this is our prison yard ha ha
and yeah we're here for a while, but they are heading down South.
They have an Instagram account called Escaping the Smoke!
Check them out! Yeah, that's their site. It's been a pleasure guys,
I'm sure we'll see you we're not going anywhere! The borders are closed
we're stuck in Turkey, they are hoping to head to Georgia as well,
That was their original plan, so we might see each other there or we
might see each other back in this car park! or if they find a better situation
they're going to drop us their GPS and we'll catch up with them, but at the
moment where we've been prison yard buddies! and they are escaping the smoke.
Good morning, so like everyone here in Istanbul,
we've woken up this morning
and looked at the the online news,
and the Turkish president has suggested people stay at home for three weeks,
and only go out if really necessary.
It'll be interesting actually this morning,
(We need to get cash out for the campsite)
to see what it's like walking around town,
but we're probably going try and stay as much in the van as we can over the next few weeks.
Just to do our bit, so we're not spreading it, if we do end up carrying it or catching it.
And yeah, but it's very quiet this morning,
We're just walking from our park up,
we go through a little park here, which again seems quiet what time is it it's
probably about 9:30? Yeah 9:22 am, What a guess !!
This is our little walk to the town, it's not very far,
it's literally just a couple of minutes walk round the corner this way
so yeah let's go and do a little bit of shopping.
It's definitely much quieter walking around the city this morning
And more people have got masks, yeah this it's a bit of a funny situation.
So we have just been to the chemist, and stocked up with a couple of packs of paracetamol
and we've actually bought a couple of face masks,
There is a bank here, let's get some cash out.
We bought the masks just to be more respectful in a sense if we put it on
so we're not spreading it, rather than we have got it.
I am going to add, that when we arrived here,
everyone was welcoming us into their shop,
and over the last two days, people are actually stepping back from us,
because apparently the first case.
there were some Europeans and some Americans who actually brought the virus here.
So it's more that we are showing them, that we're being respectful and protecting them and not spreading anything.
yeah that's see that's the reason we know that most of these masks don't work anyway.
yeah