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In this video we explore the city of Istanbul in Turkey
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Ayran is yoghurt with salt and water.This drink,drink people from Turkey to the ,i think,Afghanistan. :)
U guys are so confused ..calling the blue mosque this one and that one ..all mosques have names in Istanbul so if u want to make a proper video pls make it properly and a concise one ..waste of time this one ..pls check how others have made great videos on Istanbul ..they don’t go pointing this one and that one 😅😅
They did a good job at restoring the Hagia Sophia… Back in 1996, it was all covered in scaffolding for restoration. And yes, those images of Christian saints are definitely Byzantian, not islamic.
Ve evet şu an islam askerleri fetih yaptı ve onu camiye çevirerek islama kazandırdı
Good production but can sense the downer after the Greek islands 😄
How much does the apartment cost (for 1 month)?
Stunning! Istanbul is one of the places that I want to visit. The food looked amazing also. Thanks!
I'm so happy for you guys that your channel has grown to a quarterMil! Thank you for keeping me company since the beginning of the pandemic 💜
Thank you so much!
Me too, they deserve it for sure, and we are lucky to have them making vids at such a high standard. 👍
@@markclayton626 yes, 100%! Their quality of videos is spectacular. And through the growth of their channel they remain as humble and personable as in the beginning! Such lovely humans 😍
Hello from beautiful and historical Istanbul just one correction it is not a river it is Marmara Sea Golden Horn. You can visit Besiktas, Bebek, Emirgan (Europe Side), Kadıkoy, Kuzguncuk, Anadoluhisarı (Asian Side) and Prince Islands. Have a nice trip.
Yes they call it a strait I think, didn’t know what to call it at the time 😁
Great to see that you are in Turkey, one of my favorite countries... Love the food, people and cultural sites! Be sure to check out the Hafız Mustafa sweetshops in Istanbul. They have fantastic treats!! Hard to resist!
Thank you
Fella how did you miss the chance to see İstanbul Archeology Museum, so close to Topkapı Palace and great work of art in it with amazing, calming view. Maybe next time. By the way awesome vlog you are doing. I'm glad to see you around my city. You must Visit Marmaris, Antalya (Adrasan, Kaş, Olympos, Kabak), Datça and so on. Take care.
Full of culture and history. Amazing Istanbul. Thank you for sharing your experiences
Our pleasure!
Full of greek culture and history.
@@Olympicspirit 😂 history of greeks getting kicked out of Istanbul twice lmao
@@Olympicspirit keep crying 😂😂
Re image of Mary in the mosque- the Virgin Mary is the only woman mentioned in the Quran and she is held in high esteem as is the Virgin Birth. Jesus is also recognized as a prophet and messenger from God as are others from the Old Testament.
I loved this video.The Blue Mosque was quite amazing.So much history in Istanbul and so green and pretty in the areas you visited.Really crazy to see the obelisk that came from the temple in Egypt that you recently visited! I love history.
Greetings Chris and Carol, looks like quite an adventure! Definitely looking at the video of Hagia Sophia makes me go there in the future. The sound on the loudspeaker is not the prayers but the call to prayers "Azan", signaling prayers are about to start.
Fantastic episode with gorgeous views of Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace by the beautiful Bosphorus! I enjoyed every second of it, can't wait to return to Istanbul. Remember cat documentary film Kedi, cats are everywhere in Istanbul 😻😻😻
Glad you enjoyed it 👍 not only Istanbul, cats are everywhere on Turkey it seems 😁
Very nice video guys, as usual!
I way recommend you to go to Kaş, I spent around a month with my girlfriend over there and we fell in love with that small town, the people and the food is amazing.
Keep enjoying the life ✌🏼 hello from a Mexican traveler
KALKAN, just up the road from Kas, it much nicer :-)
I loved this intro to Turkey. Hope you can find time and consider visiting some of - Ephesus, Pamukkale, or Mt Ararat
Istanbul rocks, and Turkish Airlines is absolutely amazing (or at least it was in 2017 and 2018)! Enjoy!
Thanks
Wikipedia about Turkey: ruclips.net/video/sQYSwq0tDdg/видео.html
We absolutely love Istanbul so we were very pleased you decided to head over there. Our son lives in Istanbul and we are visiting there again in a few months and just can’t wait to be back there. You will love the Grand Bazaar! Also check out Taksim Square, Istiklal Caddesi and Galata Tower and I highly recommend a boat tour on the Bospherous. Love watching your videos!
Grand bazaar, Galata tower and the boat tour is coming up in the next video 😁
Actually istiklal and taksim will also be in the next video. Everything that you mentioned haha
@@JumpingPlaces wonderful!…. Our son is a great tour guide, we just let him take us to all the best places. 😜
I was there just last month. What an amazing city it is; full of beauty, history and wonderful architecture ❤
Hiya, thank you for the lovely tour around. Another country. I would have never thought to visit. Beautiful, impressive architecture. The food looked tasty. Enjoyable video. The cats are so cute. Thank you for sharing. Happy Thursday.
Glad you enjoyed it, hope your having a great week :D
@@JumpingPlaces Yes, Thank you. :D
Have a great weekend, 28 here right now. We are actually having a heatwave. 34/35 next week. WoHooooo. :D
Welcome to Türkiye! You should definitely visit southern part especially Antalya and Mugla. You will love it.
heading there!
What a city! Cats have lived there a long time! There's a really good movie, "Kedi", about the cats of Istanbul!!!
I've been watching some of your older videos and thought I'd mention how relaxed and talkative Carol has become over the years. I really appreciate having both of you talk and give opinions. So good job. Love watching your videos
And the kitties are always the BEST part of every video! I hear they really take good care of them in Turkey
Yeah all the stray dogs and and cats that we have seen are in really good condition. The dogs all have tags on their ears so it seems they are managing them in some sort of way.
@@alkyoni9891 lol you're thinking some other Asian countries, as in, South Pacific. People in muslim countries are not generally known for such culinary excesses.
Istanbul is one of the best Citys in the World and one of the biggest Citys in the World. 🇹🇷🤘💪☝️
Constantinoupol will once again be hellenic🇬🇷💪 We will come at nigth when you sleep...
@@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ-μ4ρ Loser, you can't even own this land in your dream! You come, we will not have mercy on you this time, Greece will belong to us as it used to be, and you will not even have ashes in this geography!
@@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ-μ4ρ When you compare the current power and the two countries, Istanbul is 2 times bigger than Greece, which you think of both in terms of economy and population... I think a single town of Istanbul can occupy the whole of Greece)))
@@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ-μ4ρ and as a character you always need the protection of others..you can't fight..you're not brave enough to fight..that's why you always complain about europe or america and beg for guns..you are afraid of the turks, your news channel your politicitican always talks about turkey to ... In the other parliaments of the countries, the networks complain.. your fear is obvious from everywhere.. and will you take Istanbul in this case? or Will the Turks circumcise you at the first opportunity?
@@Peyp59 nahh numbers doesnt matter when it comes fighting greece! History has prooved it.
Istanbul is really a beautiful and ancient city, the Blue Mosque is really spectacular!
Their kebabs look delicious and the desserts makes my mouth water!
You are very suitable to be a historian, I really like to hear you say historical stories, thank you for sharing! 👍😄🙌
Blue Mosque is a barbaric copy of Ayia Sophia just 900 years later !!!
@@skatiarhs007 LOL are you greek? such a miserable and hateful..
I love Turkey. Lived there for 2 years.
Nice where abouts?
I'm so happy you have visited Turkey. We just moved here from the UK a month ago and are excited to see the country.
We will be travelling the country this year. We hope you love it as much as we do.
I absolutely love traveling virtually with you lovely, charming humans! 🥰 You present such a peaceful perspective on what I'm sure is a hectic experience at times. 🤣 I'm also so appreciative that you actually do some research on the places you're visiting, and know what you're talking about. Sadly, that's a bit rare on RUclips. You are also such a great team, and that reminds us of how such adventurous travel is possible. I hope you are having as much fun as we are being with you in these amazing places! Out if curiosity, what do you use as your gimbal / primary video setup. We tried the DJI OM5 and iPhone 13 but are always fighting the gimbal. Thanks again for a wonderful adventure!
You definitely have to try a food tour while in Istanbul.
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You will love Turkey 🇹🇷
Try a Turkish bath 🛀
Wow, beautiful and impressive architecture. Thanks for the tour 😊 Looking forward to the next video 😊
Coming soon 👍
As is well known, Constantinople is named after the city that was originally called Byzantium. Byzantium, in turn, is the ancient Greek city, whose inhabitant was Byzas from Megara. Byzas, before starting the research for the establishment of his colony, visited the oracle of Delphi, to ask for the necessary oracle on the most suitable place for colonization. The oracle, as usual, gave him a dark oracle instructing Byzantium to build the new city in the "land of the blind".
Byzas after many wanderings found himself on the shores of the Bosphorus and sat down on a hill to rest and think further. Suddenly, he saw on the opposite side, on the European coast, an amazing location today's Constantinople, and he thought: "But, are people blind and do not build a city in this amazing place?". Then the oracle of the oracle about the "land of the blind" came to his mind and thus he decided to colonize Byzantium. That's according to mythology.
Yes, flying horses and even Medusa, whose head is full of snakes, I think lived in Greece. Istanbul was never Greek, if you learn the history from the right sources, you will see that it was a fabrication in Byzantium.
@@soruvetespit I agree with what you wrote. They base Western civilization on false Greek myths. Even if we accept this as true, we will ignore the history 2000 thousand years ago. The Egyptian civilization is much older, but what they say cannot be done, only aliens did it. What do you expect from people who only see themselves as superior?
Another country added to your touring. Lots of history there. Food looked delicious. Looking forward to more Turkey sights.
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LET'S SUPPORT UKRAINE
A really excellent video. Enjoyed the Byzantine and Ottoman history. The stadium at the beginning where the fountain was looks like an entrance. Bosphorus Strait is between Europe and Asia. Turkey regulates ships into Black Sea, so got nato membership but not eu.
BTW if you are planning on going to Capadoca from Istanbul, look into renting a car rather than expensive bus or flying for two people.The highways in Turkey are huge,modern, and lots of facilities on the way.Don't forget there are also tolls to consider,though.
just fly...its cheaper
@@eduador5 not for 2 people You can get a car in Istanbul for $300 for the week.Driving there plus using the car to sightsee so no taxi, local transport costs for a week.nThat's cheaper.
Hello Chris and Carol, thank you for sharing your wonderful beautiful journey through Istanbul, Turkey, it’s so nice. Thank you.
Hello friends! Love the videos! And of course the kitties! Keep the videos coming! Loved the Cathedral! Istanbul is my dream place to go!
A month in Turkey sounds fantastic. Will this turn into a road trip?
Please do something different than the usual bloggers which come to Turkiye. And leave the so called tourist scams alone. Turk insanlar are as good as gold
instabul as i see it is very similar to athens. so much byzantium greek architecture. love from italy!
Turkey name changed to Turkiye
The Christian icon you saw was from when it was a Church.The Ottomans would plaster over the icons when turning it into a mosque.They later exposed them again when it was a museum and they recently turned it back into a functioning mosque.
Where did you book your accomodation in Istanbul? Thanks
This is not River ,it is the natural see chanal betveen two sees Marmara and Black See it is the Bosphorus.
You must visit Icmeler in Turkey, it's a beautiful place.
Why don't you visit Iraq, the security situation is good, you don't have to worry, as it is a generous and loving people for foreign tourists 🇮🇶
Seen quite a few vloggers go there recently and they all seem to have a great time, will probably go at some point
These original Christian mosaics, more than 1,500 yrs old, were left intact and uncovered for 300 years by the Ottomans, in 1739 they were plastered over for 200 years. In 1934 Ataturk declared the site a museum and during restoration work the plaster was partially removed and the mosaics discovered. Recently president Erdogan, has determined it to be a mosque again and the mosaics are covered or veiled during prayer time.
Thanks for the info! Glad to see that the plaster didn’t seem to cause too much damage and it still remained quite preserved
Watching your video brought back such great memories of our time in Istanbul. We’ve been fortunate to visit Turkey twice. Hoping you get to do a balloon flight in Cappadocia as well as visit Kaz down south.
Amazing to see you in Istanbul! I visited there earlier this year and found it to be a fascinating place.
Yes it’s easily one of the best cities we have ever been to, we really love it there
Democracy for Turkey and not a family corrupt inhumane dictatorship.
wikipedia: Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Originally built by the eastern Roman emperor Justinian I as the Christian cathedral of Constantinople for the state church of the Roman Empire between 532 and 537, and designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles.
It’s so Gorgeous! I am speechless! Thanks so much 🙏
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Amazing video. Thank you for sharing the beautiful places of Istanbul. The food looks delicious.
Cheers, the food is great here
Hagia Sofia - at that time there were no structures of that magnitude in Europe ....a magnificent building.
Greeks did a good job
Because it was build by greeks, a Christian Orthodox symbol , stole by the Turks as they did half of modern day Turkey that use to belong to the Greeks. From Constantinople, the coast of Asia Minor, Ephesus, Pontus, Capadoccia etc.
@@Olympicspirit Am very aware of the history of Istanbul , Constantinople - capital of the Roman Empire and Byzantine before that still a beautiful building.
@@hasankilic9825 you said it yourself, by blood , lands that did not belonged to you meaning barbarians. But any excavation you do you find Greece everywhere, the greek ancient glory is burried in your soil.
@@OlympicspiritNothing is stolen, it is conquered by blood almost 600 years ago! and your so called asia minor 1.000 years ago!! Many civilizations have lived here in these beautiful lands and left a huge heritage. Not only Turks or Greeks but before them Romans, Assyrians, Hitites, Sumerians, Lydians,Troians etc and who knows will be the next. There is 13.000 years old civilization found who lived in famous Gobeklitepe in Anatolia. So stop spreading your stupid arguments. Your claims are so ridiculous and pathetic within ancient history.
Istanbul was great I stayed there short three days but it was jam-packed saw most of the landmarks on Bosphorus cruise, had night time dinner on Bosphorus cruise enjoined their live music. I enjoyed Seven Hill resturant great for taking pictures and videos and arround most of the landmarks if you walking on foot. I didn't go to the grand Blazar I didn't fancy buying anything. Enjoyed Turkish hammam and their tea 😍. Overall it was wonderful I loved their shisha lounges and the fact the city was lively all hours.
Love from India.. i really watch your all the videos... Very interesting and very beautiful places ... Thank you for the wonderful videos keep going on.....
So happy for you guys! Loved Istanbul & Izmir!
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The MOST BEAUTIFUL city in the World for Historic experiences
I believe it's not a prayer you're hearing. The muezzins are calling the faithful to prayer from those high minaret towers
Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell.
Chris and Carol, this is your first time in Istanbul, Turkey?
Sure is :)
Best travel channel on RUclips period .
So HAPPY for you to go see Turkey. We only spent 4 fascinating days in Istanbul & Cappadocia. Can't wait to see where else you go so we can follow. We love your travels, your channel, and your takes! Wishing you LOADS of continuing success! Cheers!
Cappadocia vids coming soon 👍
Love from Bangladesh🇧🇩🇧🇩
Nice to see you here. I hope u liked Istanbul. We have many historical and touristic places. I hope u can go other places too. Im sure you will like.
Great Video! I thought I was back in college. Thank you for all the great information. I really loved the first Mosque it was beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
In 7 minutes German fountain locals getting water here you said...:) They are not locals they are etiher sryian refugees or tourists just like you.🙂most Turkish people dont cover themselves up. They dress same as Europeans.More you see of the country you will realise ..
Say Hi to Osman Bey aka Burak Ozcivits for me..
I am so late on this vlog...✌🏻😊😊
write you to say hello! following you since begining of pandemic when you stuck in Philippines. How nice to see you in my hometown. Hope you have amazing time during your journey. keep following you
Thank you for the running commentaries Chris. Carol helps too. 💕
I am not sure I understand what you mean by.... While we were in the Middle East in Greece.....Greece is not Middle East Greece is part of Europe !!
I said middle East and Greece, not in
@@JumpingPlaces Thanks for your answer!!“I really admire your videos!!!
By the way turkey is not middle east and of course turks are a middle eastern nation, Turks are originally central asian, this is eurasia. Turkey is nothing with middle east culturally or geographically. This is anatolia or asia minor. If these place is called middle east, greeks are middle eastern, because these lands are greek!!!!!!
Türkiye ye hoşgeldiniz gezilecek şehir çok İzmir (efes,) Çanakkale Truva, Muğla, Antalya).
I knew you would go to Turkey close by right after Greece :)
Hello guys,
The white , white drink called ayran is a yoghurt+water+salt,lemon Mix, is refreshing and a really good electrolyte drink.
The red ,spicy dip of tiny scliced vegetables..its called ezme Salad.
The cuisine its really very hearty. The meat is mostly very good halal quality. Having good meat is a thing of pride.😅
You can without no problem try food from imbisses, cause having a clean Imbiss is another thing of pride. 😅
Please check out the turkish Pizza called lahmancun- its served without cheese, but with fresh herbs, Lemon and Salad, super crispy. Döner and dürum sandwiches of all kinds.
As Desert i can recommend sütlac , its a baked, sweet rice dish.
Try fish. 🕊🧡🕊
Thanks for the tips!
So glad that you took our advice to go visit Turkey. I'll love to see your perspective. I hope you find it as fascinating and magical as it is. Ruled under 3 empires. Crib of human civilization and so much more 🇹🇷❤
@@alkyoni9891 🥴
Have you ever been curious to go to a place like Göbekli Tepe? Older than we thought civilized communities could be.
250K, Awesome ! Great video ! Appreciate the historical connections of places you visit. Helps tie into our history/geography classes when growing up. Excellent video and really helps with putting reality into what we sometimes wonder about how other countries look. Really surprising how well things are taken care of in other countries. Enjoy and Thank You !🤠🍉🍓🥑🍇🍺🍷
Cheers Phil!
Istanbul is simply stunning!!! Thank you. Nice capturing. Cheers!😀😎😂
PORPHYROGENETUS is a Greek word -ΠΟΡΦΥΡΟΓΕΝΝΗΤΟΣ-means born in porfyra - he who was born while his father was emperor.
2024 now you have to pay to enter Hagia Sophia and foreigners can only enter the first floor & only Turkish Citizens can enter the ground level for free to pray. It is impressive. The marble floors & the Christian Mosaics are beautiful - Virgin Mary , Jesus, etc.
Always fabulous to travel with you! We get to go to places we will never visit in person. Wonderful, thank you!
Welcome to Türkiye! I just saw your Türkiye videos. I will watch my country with your comments. Enjoy paradise.
Bizim evimiz Bursa'da bizede misafir olursanız çok seviniriz sevgilerle
Wow, my favourite RUclipsr. I was waiting for your video since yesterday. Hello from Toronto😊
What blue mosque? It is Agia Sofia!😮 Imagine if it was the Muslims taking over the statue of Christ in Brazil and they called it Allah! Would you continue call it Allah?! Learn your history properly please!
Hi all, i want to let you know that the "river" that you mention at 23:05 is nor a river but it's sea and it's called "The Bosphorus Strait" :)
An Obelisk '' Cleopatra's needle'' was donated to London as well.... it's situated along the River Thames - literally 2 minute walk from my office.
Istanbul is a beautiful city. you would feel great awe when you entered Hagia Sophia. it is a cultural heritage monument, despite this they turned it back into a mosque. The iconography -mosaic you saw earlier depicts Saint Constantine, founder of the church of Agia Sophia who offers the church and Justinian offers the city Constantinople to Christ and Holy Mary.
Thanks for the info. Looking at it from the ground we couldn’t really tell what it was depicting but after looking closer at it on the internet you can clearly see the mosque and the city in their hands
yeah i was confused. I went there in 2005 and back then, it was a CHURCH. I didn t realize it's back to being a mosque now
@@heikeherbert3683 It was a museum. Never been a church since 1453.
@@JumpingPlaces dont miss out on Dolmabahce Palace.... its an awesome palace built in the 1858's. We really loved it when we visited Istanbul. Check it out before you leave Turkey..... Love & respect from Bangladesh.
That was historical crime, converting the heart of Christian Orthodoxy to a mosque. Just to upset the greeks. History cannot be re-written, Aghia Sofia’s damaged or covered Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary’s agiographies will always live inside their and our church.
Cool wanted to meet a mosque in istanbul. great personal video
I was in Istanbul a week ago. Here are some point to be aware off. Avoid taxi at all cost, they are scam artists. Get ISTANBUL card and use public transportation. Do not buy from grand bazar. Prices are inflated. However, you can get best exchange rate there. If you feel like getting some ice cream (recommend) get it from Mado (also green colored pistachio baklava) street vendors will charge you much more for the show. Enjoy
Half of Turkey used to be Greek, including all the Turkish coast and Constantinople ( Istanbul).
Artık biz Türklerin
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Thracia is not greek located. as well as Anatolia
@@reefjosey1947 learn history , Thraki is greek as was half of modern day Turkey. The Ottoma mongolic tribes migrated from Central Asia thousand of years after the ancient greeks established in what is known known now as modern day Turkey. There was not such country named as Turkey . It was created by usurping lands of the greeks, armenians and assyrians. Eastern Thrace now part of Turkey was the historical center of greek Byzantines Aghia Sofia, the sympbol or orthodoxy which the dispespeftful Turks recently converted it into a mosque.
@@Olympicspirit you think we look like pure Central Asian? come Turkey, look at our eyes, there is more than your teacher teach you in the school. mycenaes were always invaders in Thracia and Anatolia and Cyprus in History. Look at Trojan war and Gallipolli. Do you think this is coincidence? Today we are carry Anatolian genes. And we say that Central Asians are not barbarians. here is Asia minor (Anatolia). This idea comes from thousands of years ago. but your lineage identified them as barbarians as well as today. Such an idea never existed in Anatolia. This difference of opinion initiates the great break.. we've been here for thousands of years. this idea is still alive. for us, here is the place where asians and europeans are conjoined. it was the same 7000 years ago. While you see Mount Olympus around peloponnese and Atina(Moria in Turkish ) as a gods house, we believed Anatolian history. As Anatolian Turks, we did not define Central Asians as barbarians, in history, in today and in the past and in the future.. they are a part of us as well as others.. If you can't see enough of the past. You can guess what happened in the past from this point. please be smart now, and Respect our choices.
It’s not a river - it’s a STRAIT. And Hagia Sophia was consecrated initially as a church.
Arena is not the same as hippodrome. Arena was a venue for gladiatorial combat. Anyway the wall you found is a hippodrome which is a venue with a race track, not for horseracing, but chariot-racing. Just like Ben-Hur as you mentioned.
In the introduction you said it was known for centuries as Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. You forgot to mention it was invaded and taken by the Ottomans who insist on calling it Istambul.
Hagia Sophia is not a mosque, it is a christian-byzantine domed church built by Justinian. Under the Ottomans it was used as a mosque, and became a museum-church in the 20th century, nowadays the authorities want to use again as a mosque, but again it was not built as a mosque.
Anyway, good tour-video.
I'm a native-born Istanbulite, but I was so done with the overpopulation, so I left for Izmir, and now that I see it has gotten even dirtier and even more packed up makes me think it was a good idea to leave. Beautiful city but people are care-free, honestly. Trash everywhere, and so many ugly buildings in suburbs. To visit for a few days, could be fun but living there is so stressful. Enjoy uour time anyway. South coast of Turkey is much better. Bodrum is one of my fav, Antalya is also quite beautiful.
Nice little history lesson you gave. Sometimes I think your videos need a bit more of those cultural facts but I understand sometimes you might not know the backgrounds of places until afterward.
Hello, I love your videos! Also did you figure out what causes you your nausea/ health problems you talked about while in Houston?
All the best🥰