Exploring some of Istanbul's most beautiful architecture

Exploring some of Istanbul's most beautiful architecture

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Good afternoon guys and welcome-welcome-welcome  back to another video here in Turkey. And in   today's video guys we're going to be doing some  more exploring as you've been seeing with all   of the videos here in Turkey but before we  get going you can probably tell I'm a little   bit tired we're going to stop here at the coffee  roastery I don't know what the official name of it   is but we're about to find out Uranus roasting  machine is what this is called right here but   what a grand entrance into a coffee shop when you  walk in you get all these like fixtures that are   actually lights but they look like components for  the coffee machine and then we've got some good   cups of joe we're gonna be getting here. Hello. All  right oh we've got chocolate cookies in here too   oh baby yes you got iced coffee too  you want ice cream oh yes please okay. No-no okay cold iced coffee iced coffee   one iced coffee one espresso shop that's so no  no two espresso shots yeah like an iced latte   please okay I started okay yeah thank you so much.  All right so this is our best coffee in Istanbul   best coffee in Istanbul oh perfect your coffee  shop yes yeah. What's your name? My name is John.

Mac, nice to meet you. Nice to meet  you. I'm from the United States-United,   USA. USA. Yeah. Yeah I'm from Canada. Why were you laughing like  you understood what they   said I'm just laughing because it seemed funny yeah it's crowd mentality you know that's a thing  I don't even realize I was laughing until you said   it I'm getting called out right now I'm like  why are you guys laughing no I thought you know   yeah exactly that's so funny there's a thing  called crowd mentality though if everyone else's   lives you're more inclined to laugh and I was just  actually in a laughing mood so what did you guys   actually say though I did not get what you said I  just loved that so we all left yeah yeah oh we've   got some good stuff over here we've got smoothies  and fresh juices they've even got over here too   oh baby baby this is gonna be great so we've got  the coffee going over there some fresh machines   and that's gonna get us going oh yeah YouTube  YouTube channel yeah yeah the bro there we go   yeah it's stunning we got a delicious little  iced latte right here ready to be drank let's   stir this thing up here oh yeah you see  that thing mixed together let's try it out football oh yeah yeah exactly I'm not a  football fan but I am a nice latte fan   thank you yeah you know it you know thank you very   much thank you thank you we'll see  you guys next time see you goodbye what do you think drink them here boys we just sat  down to have a little coffee right here our men   brought us out some treats  here they look like little   dough cookies so I think it's time to try one out another dessert very good thank you you guys  gonna try one dessert time yeah sure did you   say the coffee oh there we go the man knows  what he's doing here it's not his first rodeo it goes down nice with the coffee hundred  percent you know it's like we need a savory   match made in heaven veteran oh yeah YouTube  yeah YouTube yeah I'm gonna get it sateen that's for sweet and salty at the same  time ah that's a good one then yeah   you rate it all right well  might as well have another one another dessert going to try  your trick they'll blend in the blend is quite nice hits the spot   so that was about I want to say like 35 lira  per copy so it's a little under three dollars um I had to swallow that one Mahad paid 100  and I got two double shot espressos yeah yep   and then plus the iced coffee so yeah you're  looking at what is that like is that six bucks   six dollars yeah six dollars so like coffee's  not like super super inexpensive when you go to   wet like it's it's not cheap here when you go  to western places what is it expensive as well   exactly people the Asian side would be like  nothing like any other shop it's not that much for   coffee after all no I had a coffee before at um  espresso lab yeah same type and it was 35 oh yeah   because I'd say like from what I've noticed here  all the coffee shops I've been do for like your   more modern style coffee shops you'll pay  two or three dollars of coffee but if you're   going to like more of a local spot you're gonna  Turkish coffee that's when i feel like you're   gonna be paying like 50 cents a pop yeah it's more  cultural right that's probably why yeah true true   uh not here we need to you should yeah  yeah afternoon coffee run then yeah yeah   I want to find a place where they make it in  sand I've seen videos of that in sand yeah   yeah so they use like hot sand to heat up the  coffee yeah yeah it looks so satisfying it's   like asmr and then it just it tastes good  apparently it's very strong from whatever   we're we're doing that old side we might find it  because it's like a traditional thing all right   well let's do that taking off brother we'll catch  you next time see you thank you very much okay yes   thanks thank you brother all right we're feeling  energized and ready to go oh that's a big one so we are going to be taking the metro is it  tramway all right it's a tramway from right   here they a car that's driving down the tracks  is that a thing wow that's one way to get by   oh there's another one the tram  has arrived it's been a while oh everyone drives on the tram  that's crazy I hope we meet this one the old city thank you sir all right we have found the tramway you don't  want to touch that that's how you lose a finger well it's going to be a tight fit  boys how you guys doing over there   tonight yeah how many stops are we going   I think there's there's a lot decent amount  yeah come on how many let me take a question that's like at least we have ac on here so now we're entering  into the side where we've spent some time in   the first couple videos if you guys remember  those in the early times in Istanbul here   right downtown but we're actually going to be  taking the tram much much further through here   they all look different like there's  something different about them well the metro just stopped  here after rolling back a bit   all power has been cut not sure if this thing's  gonna start rolling back or uh we're just taking   a little pause here pcs have been turned off  yeah it's gonna start getting really warm in here emergency message coming up we're starting up the engines again  all right oh we got the TVs back on   at least we can watch stuff getting  baked up there they're rebooting here the smell stuck in stronger I'd  rather be the fish market right now oh we got sounds of starting up fire it up  something disabled smart man yeah we're back   in business oh we're going backwards and  we're pushing forward come on come on betsy I don't think we're going  backwards and then we're going back   I just wanted to open the doors  like it's our next stop yeah yeah I think we're-we're slowly pushing up oh  and we're going back and forth all right holy crap we are now going backwards hey we're  switching trees and there's a train that way   I hope we don't crash here all right well the guy's coming out to make an  announcement I think our driver's leaving our   driver has left what is going on here I think  we might have to go walking abandoned ship yeah   all right we picked an interesting tram to hop  on board I can tell you that I don't think we're   meant to I thought for a second we were about to  go collide into that other one I was like brace   all right our driver has oh return  we're going this way now all right   that's it's keeping things interesting I wonder where we're planning on going there's  a tram right over there oh now the tram is   going the other way all right so it looks like the  transportation is about to hit a severe bottleneck   in this part of Istanbul today oh there's another  tram behind that one so they can't go anywhere yeah time to just hop off this thing  now we have three trams in a row   I think god's telling us to just go back and sleep   no that means we gotta walk we're being told right  now that we need to get our exercise and after   that Turkish breakfast breakfast that's probably  right yeah yeah all right well the good news is is   we're back to where we left off and we're climbing  the hill a little bit quicker so maybe we just   needed a bit of a push start and oh we're picking  up speed now all right well that's good news   hopefully we continue progressing yeah hopefully  we'll continue progressing in this way yeah as you can see there hasn't been a tram for so  long everyone's trying to get in get out all right holy crap it is busy there are hundreds  of people trying to get on here   we have reached a bottleneck just let's go  from there yeah is there another way out   all right wow well that that was a tram  experience trying to leave and then little one the tram watcher the tram watcher all right well we see we've  got the tow truck in process right here   that's probably good to have him driving  because we've already got the next tram coming   so they're going to be coming back and  forth we got to experience what the   issues were oh we've got um multiple moving all right we are here watch out here yes all right guys well an official welcome here to  old Istanbul but before we take you any further   it's going to be a quick stop for a sunscreen  break remember I told you in a previous video   if you get the hammam done you got that layer of  skin that is now exposed so it seems like all the   shade spots are taken yeah exactly we gotta go  furry creatures yeah we got all the cats hanging   out in this area oh we got the old wall you're  climbing up on ah the old wall oh oh oh oh look   it's been in there for a while yeah it's like not  like it's like legit you need something I'm good   are you sure yeah you throw this out bro it gets  hot and blue just running yeah it has like normal yeah guys take care of that skin because if you  don't nobody else will can you carry a routine   right now um I guess we got one today yeah exactly  necessary oh you learned the hard way though right   yeah I learned the hard way unfortunately this  was a trial and error process but hey you guys can   learn from my mistakes after the hammam straight  to the sunscreen five things to do in Istanbul   put sunscreen on yeah literally all right  sunscreen's on we are ready to enter in two this   one's the official name is the blue mosque but  it has another name too sultana all right we're   getting to the sultana matia right now that signal  right there is an absolute unit look at that thing   yeah he's the one who gets all the salmon wow  that's a big bird holy crap all right so we've got   a bath here got a fancy top rumour has it's mirror  real gold all right I dare you to drink it oh oh there we go just do a little splash on the face   so here's the entrance of the  sultan ahmed is this assault   yeah this is the blue one okay but like let's go  far first and see like what it looks like you know I guess don't forget to take your shoes off  when you're entering hopefully my shoes   will be there the one piece is  that you got to actually wow can you explain what this is these look like  scrapes I think grapes yeah these are the tombs   that's like the sultan's the gang you  know do you know what sultan Africa was I have no idea look at this architecture massive  dome up top there we got someone's phone going off   over there guys so I wasn't filming this part  but we just spoke to a nice lady outside who   explained to us what those coffins were for and  it was basically there was 19 people that were   killed by the sultan um back when uh this guy had  taken power and so I guess it's like accepted was   accepted back then to be able to just go and kill  them and it's just so it like prevents future wars   so fascinating to see that but quite quite wild  to imagine what that was like back then you know   going and doing all that to their  family members wow but yeah now we are   cruising this way towards the main massive mosque  over here all right so that is the moss we're   gonna go to last we went to actually the tomb side  of the mosque and the main blue mosque over there   is what we're gonna walk over to now this  like whole complex here is so impressive like   everything is designed I mean like to just such a  beautiful extent you got these mosaic tiles right   here and then you have this huge fountain and it's  just lit up with so much energy and excitement   food stands in the distance here just a great  place to stroll around and you know take in this   part of Istanbul old Istanbul and it looks like  even over there we'll probably stop on the way   after we take a right here we've got some food  stalls so we're gonna cruise up this way and see   yeah this is for sure one of the most majestic  mosques I've ever seen before all right and   we're going through the entrance just shows you  know this style of the door and the you can't   really see it but very very old you can see right  over there just a very old wall that surrounds it   but it's aside from it being so old it's  an incredible impeccable condition you can   see there's a remodel actually going on  at this time and we are entering inside   wow they're doing some serious remodels to  this place but look at how big this place is oh the exits this way oh we don't so I  guess we're going to be going this way oh wow since there's so much  construction going on it's hard to   see everything but you can see how  tall the uh the ceiling of the dome is the dome's restoration has been complete so I  guess first step was to restore the dome and   then now they must be doing the lower levels so  there's probably not too much more I'll show you   in here guys because obviously the restoration's  covering up a lot of the things but from what we   can see here it's really beautiful when you  look around and see how well it's designed   so guys we just got over the hagia Sofia right  here and as you can see it is massive so what I'm   being told here is it was once a month I guess  this is a debatable topic so drop your comments   below with your opinions I'm not saying I agree  or disagree this is just what I was just told here   that um it was once a mosque then it was turned  into a church and then now recently in the last   couple months it was reopened as a mosque where  you can go in so you can just see over here look   at how many people I believe this is the line  are waiting to get in so if that's the case   I'm not entirely certain if we'll have the time  to get all the way in but we'll give it a shot that's is that a line apparently oh are you  prepared to wear an hour in the scorching   hot sun or are we going to come back at 8 am  tomorrow yeah it does look like the gate is closed   it's like the tram we were just on right now yeah  exactly said it one more time so your guide for   that like there are a lot of people inside so  we got away when they come out we all can enter. All right the gate has opened so we've got  to make it in before they close the gates yellow boys I was worried we were about to miss the entrance  so what is it that like open it for 30 minutes at   a time and then close it actually they decide  if there's too many people inside just gonna   like close it and then again open it oh okay all  right you can see how much older this structure   is than the other mosque just in the blue mosque  this one here is you can tell it's dating back   so many more hundreds of years later although  it seems like some of its newer architecture   all right so we're entering it as you can see  it is a grand entrance and just being inside   of here like with the amount of stone coverage  it's almost like a natural ac I mean maybe there   is ac in here but I'm pretty sure it's from  the stone but look at how crazy big this is   chandeliers hanging up this way and a  spot to drop the shoes right over here got a slot right there All right and we are entering in look at this this  actually reminds me of a mosque that I was in in   um Cairo Egypt very different from it but it's  got some similarities to it I'd say probably just   the color of the lighting and some of the fixtures  hanging down from here look at how massive this is   it's got to be like 50 plus  meters up to the top of it so as this was a church for a period of  time I guess right up there used to be um   paintings from the church and so since it's been  converted a few times you still see like various   differences that make it a um really unique mosque  to visit so if you see that the boys just pointed   out that that right there is from uh previous  days because of there's not normally mo faces   in mosques you can see right there yeah as you  walk around this place there you can just feel how   massive it is I mean we've been walking around for  a few minutes now and you can see there's multiple   levels that basically surround the entire place  and it is phenomenal guys so we're back out in the   like the lobby area or not the library  but the area when you first walk in   and look at that you can still see the crosses  and it looks like from here it looks like that's a   photo of Jesus or a painting so it's actually very  interesting I'm just like imagining being in here   and like the fact that at least when I'm being  told that it was a mosque then it was turned   into a church and then it was a mosque again but  like you think about that and it's like was there   just like one day where there was like um prayers  going on uh as a mosque and then that was the last   day then the next day it opened up as a church did  it like close down for many years like was there a   war going on that's when a tour guide would come  in handy but in this case where we didn't get one   yeah I'm curious what you guys opinions are  from what you've heard if you're familiar with   the story of this mosque drop the comments  below so all of us that are watching this can   go ahead and get an idea of what the opinions  are because I guess it's controversial there's   a few different theories of of the situation here  but to be able to see all of that and then see it   now as a mosque it's just very interesting wow and  on the way out we have all of that still in here   that is so interesting to see all of this and we  are exiting now all right guys and that is where   we're going to go ahead and end today's video  hope you enjoyed coming with us trying out a   coffee getting us going then having an interesting  experience on the tram ride and making it over   here to old Istanbul where we checked out two  incredibly beautiful mosques and yeah it was   a really fun day exploring hope you guys uh have  enjoyed it and we will see you guys in tomorrow's   video with the boys again yes sir yes sir yes sir  as always guys thanks for watching see you then.

2022-07-07 09:08

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