Are skyscrapers ruining the vibe? Batumi, Georgia vlog, birds, coffee and capybaras

[@josephbucknavage6739]

Nice seeing you again. I spent my whole life working never having enough money to go anywhere. If I did it was only a few hundred miles from home. So when I bought a house it was in an area where many people from the city go on vacation. It's great to see a young person traveling the world and not slaving away just to get by. Thanks for letting us look at places we'd never be able to see because we're all too old and worn down. Say Hi to Natty.

[@Ultra-Violet]

It's never to late 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@timothyleonard1559]

" Walking on eggshells " it means you try not to inadvertently upset another person

[@solconcordia4315]

Georgia is flip-flopping on thin eggshells between the E.U. and the Russian Federation.

[@stacymcmahon453]

Probably represents Georgia trying to live next to Russia.

[@timothyleonard1559]

@stacymcmahon453 I didn't think about that, but I bet you're right!

[@curtvona4891]

I love the way you speak. You do not sound depressed at all.❤

[@dr2okevin]

not in Russia anymore, so less stuff to be depressed I guess.

[@dsmj7389]

True, hopefully she has fun traveling and making videos, and does not put the weight of world-events on her shoulders.

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

@@dr2okevinRussia is one of the greatest places to live in the world 🇷🇺🙌

[@erichaberman3812]

@@Jamie-uk2zh Unless you happen to be a woman, or gay, or both. She's better that she escaped Russia.

[@Glenn_Sweden]

@@Jamie-uk2zh Funny, then why are so many Russians with resources and a good education leaving Russia for "The Evil West"?! Go figure...

[@dan_hitchman007]

Thank you for another great vlog and your thoughts and opinions. Maybe, one day, you won't have to be depressed at all and we will see your warm smile more often. I will continue to hope for that day. May it come soon! ☘🙏

[@pauld2810]

What? A capybara cafe! Perfect!

[@Mar-a-Lago_Ketchup_Cleanup]

Coffee is the nectar of the gods. I love her obsession with coffee.

[@TimothyHailey-w5w]

Congrats on 50K subscribers!

[@dab42bridges80]

Humidity is a deal-breaker for me, I like living in a dry climate with four seasons. That city seems very clean, wish more Western cities were like that. Thanks for the tour.

[@Abbadon3232]

You sound happier than you ever have. No longer depressed Russian? Please post more videos. Keep going.

[@ericoftheotherworld1525]

It’s not typically the pitch in her voice, she has an *about to cry* crackle in her her voice, like when you first wake up.

[@FIRSTLAST-jd5lw]

@@ericoftheotherworld1525 it's funny to see comments about her voice as it's the distinct, unique quality of her voice which keeps me interested in what she's talking about. Almost always cynical in tone but also inquisitive. I like her vibe.

[@pookatim]

So much fun you almost smiled. 😁

[@genepozniak]

I've never seen you look SO undepressed as when you were holding that toy capibara. 😍

[@pawelli4315]

You appear happy and relaxed, hence a great video full really interesting places and objects. Love your comments keep up the good work .

[@asan1050]

Found this> I understood that this sculpture originally was placed near the Raddison hotel, but moved to the present location because of objections by local citizens. Another adaptation made, was that the shoes were replaced by flip flops to blend in more easily with the seaside. The intention of the French artist Lili Fantozzi was to caution decisionmakers like politicians and businessmen about how precarious the world around them is. Since these people often stay in places like the Raddison, they are now loosing out on the message.

[@TT-zd6nr]

In England, 'walking on eggshells' means you have to be careful when speaking to someone who may be very sensitive about some topics, usually political ones.

[@pauldunecat]

The pigeon wasn't looking for food, but sand. Birds don't have molars so they have a pouch called a crop (also call gizzard) where food goes to get pounded mechanically before hitting the stomach. Mama birds feed babies with this and it's called crop milk. Oh and some dinosaurs also had a crop but used much larger rocks instead of sand in their crop. 😂

[@joannunemaker6332]

What a beautiful city. I can't swim either. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed this video. 😊❤

[@kelviskelvis7140]

Great perspective on the whole vibe around you. Keep them coming! Peace!

[@richardrawson9430]

I liked your video. A good solution to humid weather is a sudden drastic increase in humidity, like wading into the Sea until the water is just above the waist, and then immersing yourself. Makes the whole world feel better. ❤ from the evil West.

[@shortaybrown]

Don’t give up on swimming, you can do it.

[@markb1785]

I love Alena! Natasha too🙂

[@iwtfpduta]

I agree, let's start with coffee 👌👌

[@spacemanonearth]

Nice video and was great to get to see all these places. Those desserts looked quite good. Seems very relaxing there, hope you had a great time. If you do go to Turkey, consider visiting the Hagga Sophia Temple, and make a short video. Thanks

[@lyntonadams6896]

We were wondering what you were doing! Missed your videos...I'm glad to see you again!

[@dennisfitzgerald8486]

Stay safe young lady

[@greg5775]

Hi Alena, Nice to see you. Hope you are well.

[@johnmiller7231]

I am always impressed by your English, It is better than any other Russian KZbinr

[@johnkersten9184]

Great insights, you got me excited to visit Georgia 🇬🇪 . I could teach you to swim in one day.

[@blue-fj9ky]

I really like your personality!

[@ourfinesthour6994]

Good to you putting out another video. Those ducks and geese are your friends.

[@pandoralechat780]

Nice tour of the city! Many interesting places to see.The capybaras were cool! 😋😋

[@stevegfromnc3482]

Great video! I am looking forward to your Turkiye videos. I have been to Istanbul and Izmir many times as well as Cappadocia and others, but not the Black Sea region, so it will be especially interesting for me.

[@gabyd5662]

You look great, today you are free 👍🙌

[@sfango007]

Weirdly, when the firework started, I thought "That sounds like a train in the background, driving over a bridge or something like that." 🤪 Loved to hear about the Capibara Café 💜

[@arbackhaus]

Love watching your videos. Glad you're doing well.

[@johnseeley1408]

I love coffee...yum yum yum!

[@asan1050]

I enjoyed the video or vlog, it looks colorful and hot there. Did you go alone? I would like to see more places too, Thank you very much!

[@vclamp]

Two weeks ago I heard about a Capybara Cafe (Tokyo), so my first thought was "We MUST get Alena there"! I am glad you had the experience. ☕ The giant flip flop is sitting on the eggs so that the eggs will hatch out the new baby flip flops! Several years ago I was watching a huge fireworks show celebrating American Independence Day. My neighbor was talking, with tears in her eyes, about how it was the most beautiful thing to have freedom of choice and actions, and the potentials in America. She grew up in central Moscow. That sums up a lot right there.

[@peterrichardson4192]

You don't need to dress up. you have natural beauty. Those sky scrapers look incredible, i did not expect to see skyscrapers in Georgia.

[@JohnDarwin7]

Thank you for the video. 🌹

[@dussin]

Funny that the one who was good at guessing numbers won math lessons

[@forsemperfi6394]

Hi, thanks for this video, good and informative. You have no reason to be depressed, so be happy and follow your way, it is a good one. best regards from Batumi👋❤

[@timvertz3687]

Always enjoy your videos & especially your humor!!! lol! I live on the west coast of the US & you would fit in perfectly with people your age here. My daughter is your age & you sound just like her and her friends. Keep the videos coming, they’re always so fun. :)

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

Fascinating ! Thanks for taking me along....Cheers :-)

[@simontemplar404]

Hi there brainy one. Nice video.

[@dsmj7389]

Nice video !! Sorry you got unlucky with the humidity and sorry your prize was a math lesson. I think Turkey wants to have the world pronounce it TUR-KIA now. That's my best guess, and all you have to do is remember the name of the South Korean car company.

[@rustyford2790]

Great video that looks like a fun place to visit but I don’t like humidity either. Looking forward to your Turkey video have fun making it.

[@TheElmar53]

You seem to be happy - that's good!

[@Clwr_Romeo]

Capybara Cafe I expect nothing less! Great video! I live in Florida, and the humidity makes it so hot that it is way worse than 120 degrees in Kandahar.

[@SunjuhTribal]

your cuteness is ecstatic to my mind

[@kylehines3185]

🙋 DEBBIE DOWNER seems to be transforming into a more positive young lady. Great improvement, and keep it up ! 😇👍

[@ulisirius9027]

Great video! Great coffee shops! 🎉😊

[@stephenhatfeld3627]

those pups were lovely!

[@DopiDoppelb]

Nice to see you again and a nice trip to Turkey.

[@robertmaltbie1188]

Fireworks totally remind me of military service, I totally relate to how dogs act. Happy travels.🙏

[@anna2424able]

I also can't swim 😂 glad to see you posting again

[@danielrowley8409]

Geese-They stay in Chicago Parks because it's warm enough all year round. big poops. Wish you well😀

[@zebrazilch7249]

Oh, and be careful not to swim in water where thee are a large number if geese or ducks The bacteria in the water can cause swimmers itch. Not a pleasant experience.

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Very lovely and professional video Depressed Russian. The place is fantastic.Thank you very much and greetings from Italy 🍀💕🪻

[@js70371]

Good to see you again Alena! Hope you’ve been well - hey did they play the “Capybara Song” at the Capybara Cafe? lol 🤷‍♂️😂

[@EnriqueDeQuesada101]

❤❤❤❤ It was great!!

[@Daytona2]

ikwym about temperature & humidity. In the UK we mostly get humid wind from the Atlantic ocean, making it feel damp a lot of the time. It's so much nicer when we get dryer air from Europe, both when it's hotter and colder. Congratulations on 50k 🎉🎈🍾

[@Blackadder75]

I have seen people dry the clothes across the street in Italy and Spain, with their hot weather and narrow streets, but never in Northern Europe. But hanging your washing in the garden was common there too (nowadays almost everybody has a dryer) btw go and learn how to swim! Nothing beats jumping in water after a hot sweaty day

[@flyergowest]

👍

[@trantrum]

I live in Mobile, Alabama where a typical summer day is 95 degrees with 94% humidity. But that only lasts about three months. The rest of the year the weather is great!

[@teambanzai9491]

Safe travels to Türkiye, Alena! ❤

[@zebrazilch7249]

Please learn to swim its easy and is soo relaxing and good for your mental and physical health. Doing do so will change your life.

[@markbernier8947]

Hi Alena !!!! Thanks for showing us Batumi ----- I've been interested in Batumi for a long time but will most likely never visit (age/health) ---- I enjoyed your views and impressions of the city (like, Hi Doggy !!!) in the middle of a sentence ----- And going to Coffee Shops

[@walkerck]

SUP board = Stand UP board

[@johnthompson6374]

You'll never learn to swim without getting wet. Peace/JT

[@peachxblue]

CAPYBARA CAFE??!!!! ❤❤❤ It was meant to be, just for you!

[@jamesgomez9074]

That McDonald's bldg. looked awesome 👍.Cool to see you more enthusiastic!!!

[@Ultra-Violet]

Love your purple hair 💜

[@StephenPhantom]

That's so much like my city, we have a sail boat building like in Dubai, i don't like them either, they are too expensive to live in for me anyway. I have lived here all my life, but i don't like architecture that is too elitist give me brutalism ( style of architecture like in soviet countries ) if we cant have houses for everybody, but yeah, similar place with high humidity that makes you sticky all the time and crave air con, ha ha.and too many rich making the standard of living very hard for us here. Lots of love to you gorgeous Alena, from spring time in Sydney ( Australia ) !!!

[@zylxtv]

Love your videos, post more :)

[@lucianog1114]

in italy we dry clothes out of the windows sometimes even the underwear

[@solconcordia4315]

In Hong Kong, the government estate we lived in had three steel tubes built into the conconcrete for holding bamboo poles for air and sun drying the clothes. It's less environmentally damaging than the typical way of drying clothes here using much electricity.

[@ericgorder1]

I love your accent! ❤❤❤

[@michaelkarczewski9335]

"Love black forest ,can't eat as much , I seen clothes hanging out to dry ,that's what I do instead of dryers ,saves money and energy

[@andgainingspeed]

Looking forward to the visa run to Türkiye. Although the high rise buildings might not be aesthetically pleasing or match the beach vibe, they do put a lot of people a potentially smaller eco-footprint. Which in turn can be profitable.

[@ericgorder1]

Besides me liking your accent, I like you! ❤❤

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

Long time no see girl. I prefer Batumi compared to Tbilisi.

[@bearants]

before about 7000 to 8000 years ago, black sea was freshwater and much smaller and lower.

[@justhefacts8358]

Hello from Canada 👋

[@wes11bravo]

All the best from a Depressed American. Wes Pittsburgh

[@wheelmanstan]

Countries build these cities and it's like that Field of Dreams movie, "if you build it, they will come". They just hope it brings tourism. China has basically a small version of every famous city..which is insane but kinda interesting. I think people just mostly take wedding photos at them.

[@shadowslayer505]

👋👍

[@robertfebre5355]

🤗☺️😍

[@pnuttheclownh2254]

POKA POKA

[@richardrawson9430]

I think I saw a shadow of the Virgin Mary on one of those eggs.

[@MrFotoka]

The humidity girl.. it is fracking gruesome!

[@tubeWyrme]

Nature walks with Alena .... "what is that bird? Is that a fish? Why are there so many geese."

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Learn to swim asap! Love from Belgium. ❤

[@augustobraidotti6992]

😀

[@SecretSquirrel2023]

great work, I enjoyed the weird gravel beach expanse. Interesting buildings, will they find people to pay the service charge ? and the air conditioning bill ?

[@solconcordia4315]

The "gravel" beach means that Batumi is downhill from mountains with rocks being eroded. It's the Caucasus mountains. The rounded stones resulted from the waves grinding the fallen rocks. The waves' energy came from the wind and storms acting upon the Black Sea. The assortment of "weird" gravel means that there are different types of minerals there. As for whether there will be people who will be able to pay the service charge, the answer is usually yes as long as the security situation is fine. Both Sarajevo and Beirut ("streets paved with gold" "Paris of the Middle East") were nice cities before wars ravaged them. The key to a good place for business development is political stability. Georgia is flip-flopping on the edge of greater powers (the E.U. and the Russian Federation) so it's a bit precarious. To the affluent northern European travelers, however, balmy and humid weather may very well be what they look for (yes, brighter sunshine ☀️ can be an antidepressant which is rarer in northern Europe than in Georgia). My own birthplace, Hong Kong was balmy and humid in 黃梅天 in which walls can sweat ! It was still a great tourist destination. I loved going to the many beautiful beaches over there, despite not knowing how to swim (primarily not knowing how to breathe and float but I knew many forms of peddling styles). Warm air-conditioning condensate can breed Legionnaires' bacteria so maintenance is important. I myself have learnt to manage to achieve comfort without using air-conditioning (dehumidifying and ventilation were used instead) for years now. A Batumi vacation for affluent northern Europeans is probably still considered fairly affordable so the tourism business is viable (as long as Russia isn't invading).

[@michaelkarczewski9335]

"What beautiful beaches " , and so clean compared to Coney Island !

[@ianfox6106]

Turkey birds are named after the country of Turkey because when the first Turkey birds arrived in England people mistakenly thought they came from the country of Turkey. I look forward to your next video.

[@magickis33]

In the USA that would not be a beach, it would be a shoreline. Beach's are covered in sand. Next time just wade out into the sea just above your waist and dunk your head underwater, that will stop the sweat! Swimming is not necessary! Enjoy life ~ Miss Depressed Russian!!!

[@scottmorin357]

Surf boards and haven’t you ever heard of rock fish 🐟. Kinda does look like Dubai.

[@jaimegatseos6121]

Nice video

[@eadric3338]

Russian Girl goes to Batumi and sweats profusely because it is very humid there, and complains for a whole video... jk haha, I also hate humidity. I've never seen this place, and your English is very good. Keep it up!

[@JackWoolsey-w4d]

In America the term is ,” surf “ board.

[@filepz629]

❤️‍🔥ALENA❤️‍🔥

[@paulman2270]

It's called a surf board