First impressions of Turkey: horrible bus experience and language barrier

[@axllii]

NEVER EVER bring anything for other people across a border! Even for a friend! There are countless people in jail for smuggling hard drugs, because the "owner" has hidden drugs in whatever they want you to bring.

[@markmuller7962]

Yes and some countries have extremely nasty laws on dru

[@Are_We_Having_Fun_Yet]

Absolutely, smugglers are always looking for a mule.

[@paul6925]

Damn yea! Drugs mule or at he very least their gonna resell them and make a profit off it tax free

[@reddykilowatt]

watch the movie Midnight Express 😮

[@maxheadroom1506]

Sometimes it is not even the owner ir could be somebosy else.

[@richardlong3745]

Alena, in the not-too-distant future you'll be able to look back at this trip as an adventure of personnel endurance in how to deal with adversity when everything is working against you, mostly likely this trip's memories will bring a smile to your face knowing you managed to prevail even when you felt exhausted and overwhelmed in a foreign land. Good going girls nothing can stop you.

[@eddiescott747]

Comment for the algorithm! Also keep up the amazing videos alena!

[@martintaylor8543]

Hi Alena. You are a very smart woman to refuse to help the lady with carrying stuff across the border. Who knows what troubles you may have incurred? I hope your trip back to Georgia is more comfortable.

[@loislane5092]

I had the same bus experience, about 36 years ago. A bus from northern Germany to Istanbul, with a change in Munich, about 24 hours all in all. Terrible, obnoxious, unfriendly bus drivers who always seemed to be in a huge rush, no matter what they were doing. They tore our bags out of our hands and threw them in the storage area as if the bus was two hours late leaving Munich although there were still over 30 minutes to departure time. This was in summer, and of course, just like with you, they refused to turn on the AC the whole way. A few people barely had room to sit because the drivers had loaded the rear seats up with about 100 packages of Pampers (which were apparently very expensive in Turkey). On the trip back, similarly impatient bus drivers forgot to release the brakes on a bagage trailer we were pulling behind the bus, resulting in a fire which partly burned some pasengers' luggage. Of course the bus drivers didn't care.

[@CarlosPCmx]

Hello Alena! It's always a joy when you publish a new video. You bring interesting topics in spite of your suffering. All the best to you!

[@joannunemaker6332]

I am so glad you didn't pass those cigarettes on. You didn't owe her anything and those cigarettes might not have been cigarettes but something illegal. I'm glad you made it to your destination okay. Did not sound like a fun trip.😊❤

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Hello Alena! It is always a great pleasure to watch your videos as they are so well done! First of all I would like to say tha linguistic barriers are truly an important obstacle for tourists, especially in those countries where locals do not speak english but only a few random people can do it! You made the right choice not passing those cigarettes on, as it could have been so dangerous! Anyway even though your initial experience in Turkey is rather negative I hope that the following videos will be more positive and the most important thing is that you, despite this depressing trip, are not depressed anymore. You look so happy! Thanks a lot and take care🪻💕🍀

[@fezabaydur2821]

Welcome to Turkey. I hope you enjoy your stay here. You will find Turkish people warm and friendly

[@js70371]

Hello Alena!! Good to see you again. Commenting for the algorithm!! ☮️❤️🙏

[@michaelwesterland1853]

Hi Alena, good to see you again! You look so good when you're smiling and i think you're getting less depressed! 👍😘

[@michaelwesterland1853]

@OnTe-legram-depressed_russian yours is very likely an auto-inserted spam comment, trying to impersonate the channel operator. Flagged and reported. 👎

[@samuelsim7457]

Well, thank you for your honest appraisal of the Tourist Situation in that area.

[@markb1785]

I love Alena!

[@tazumal7794]

Sorry for your bad trip. I hope the next one is better.

[@ilgattodivenezia]

I hope the next days of your journey in Turkey will be better.

[@bitegoatie]

Sorry you had such a bad bus odyssey. Been there, done that, roasted like you did - but not riding into Turkiye. I feel your pain, all the same. It does stink being in a place where you cannot communicate with anyone other than the odd tourism or hospitality worker, but at least you are in a place that looks nice. All we can do in such cases is to make the best of it, write it off as adventure, as experience, or whatever, depending on how well you get along. Traveling has its difficult moments, and you have hit a couple of them on this trip. Try to have some fun, to find good moments, and, at the end, appreciate your adopted home just that little bit more after your difficult travel moments, Thank you for bringing us along. Show us around a bit, if you can. And keep being you.

[@graham5799]

Lots of love. Like your videos.

[@gabyd5662]

Hello Alena, you are soo young you can take this and more, imagine someone with stomach problems and backache, love you 💟😘

[@juliusking3419]

I missed you ..good to see you again.❤❤🥰🥰😘😘

[@Wolflarsen46]

Thank you for this interesting review.

[@efran216]

Ha, ha, good times! I feel you. I've had trips where everything seems to go wrong. Let us know how the return trip goes.

[@crazeyjoe]

wishing you having a good adventure in Turkey!

[@dan_hitchman007]

Talk about adventures in living! Sheesh! Thank you for continuing to let us share in your experiences... the good and the bad. Think of it this way: if everything went smoothly, you wouldn't have exciting tales to tell your grand kids. 🙂

[@Sparks-1957]

Good luck in Turkey!

[@Ed_Stuckey]

It's refreshing to see you back to your old self. You were a little too up-beat and even close to smiling in your last video. пока-пока 🙃

[@Trusteft]

Sounds like you had a ton of fun! Better luck next time.

[@nordicson2835]

So sorry , l hope things get better for you.

[@johnthompson6374]

Puppy understood you and sometimes that is all one needs. peace/JT

[@stevegfromnc3482]

Having traveled to and lived in Turkiye I can relate to this. Many Turkish people believe that if a breeze is blowing onto your face, you will get a cold, influenza, or pneumonia. I took a similar bus trip there many years ago, and when I opened a vent to get some circulation on a bus with no AC, the woman sitting across the aisle looked at me like I was trying to murder her baby. You should have a better experience visiting Istanbul or Antalya where there will be more people speaking English or Russian. But you need to fly or endure much longer bus rides to get there.

[@TheShmekler]

It's official, our girl is a Pisces! Nice!

[@ardalla535]

At first I was like, what?! smuggle cigarettes INTO Turkey? Why would that be a thing? Turkey is one the largest producers of tobacco products in the world. Why would that work? Then I googled the price of cigarettes in Turkey, and yes, they are expensive. So it does make sense. I was curious about hospitality in Turkey, so I also googled that. So, here it is: "In Turkey, hospitality is everything. Welcoming someone is a cornerstone of Turkish culture, with Turks believing that visitors should be treated as guests sent by God. Traditionally hospitality has meant welcoming Turkish friends and family, but tourism has changed this." I guess reality is far different.

[@nicomedia62]

Towns like Trabzon and Rize around black sea coast are not popular destinations even by Turks themselves. They are very conservative an xenophobic towards strangers.

[@sarahlongstaff5101]

Or it wasn't tobacco in the cigarettes.

[@ReaperCH90]

I once brought a bottle of liquor over for a busworker from Turkey. This was ok for me, because I really needed that bus to cross the border (I was on foot and the border between Greece and Turkey was cars only) plus with a closed bottle of liquor it's pretty clear there isn't anything illegal hidden.

[@mth4849]

I am sorry to hear about your problems in Trabzon but I'm really not surprised. Long ago I was in a small U.S. intelligence base near Trabzon where we monitored the USSR naval fleet and air bases around the Black Sea. Trabzon back then was a backward, dirty city where the Americans didn't like the Turks and the Turks didn't like the Americans, Armenians, Georgians.. and I don't think they liked themselves very much either. It was a miserable time there. I was sure it had changed since then, but based on your experience maybe it hasn't changed so much. I do believe the Mediterranean coast resorts in Turkey are much better, and more popular with many Russians. Мне нравятся ваши ролики, спасибо.

[@michaeljamison1097]

Not a great experience, but don't give up, you have learned a lot that will help on your next trip.

[@benjaminattwell1430]

So glad you’re doing depressed and cynical videos again!

[@caseylee2394]

Nice to see / hear you. I will watch later 🙂 - "Starbucks drink" 🤔

[@josephbucknavage6739]

World traveling. If it were easy, everyone would do it. That's why we old folks watch videos.

[@dsmj7389]

Hey these young people with their travel logs are awesome. 😄 I hope things work out well for Alina, she is a very lovely soul !

[@solconcordia4315]

​@@dsmj7389 Yeah, it's a natural cross-generational alliance between old folks and the young regarding "the world experience." The young ones are curious about the world. Well, old folks are, too, but have had some disheartening experiences before so good or bad experiences reported by the young ones nowadays are valuable.

[@scottmarcus6443]

We took a cruise a month ago that stopped for 2 days in Istanbul and 1 day in Kusadasi, and we had extremely good luck using English, not sure if that was typical or we were just lucky. We did get some extremely delicious food in Istanbul. The boat also stopped in Athens and in every single restaurant we went to our servers spoke 100% perfect English.

[@MrFlazz99]

I visited Turkey once - 20 years ago in Istanbul - and that was enough for me. Some people are really decent and some are really out to rip you off - and I met both. If I go away on a holiday, I want to enjoy it - I am paying to be there, after all, not to mention contributing to the local economy. I stayed in the historic quarter (near the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, etc) and I appreciated the sheer depth of history to the area, but EVERYBODY was on-the-make. In one museum, I purchased coffee from a man in traditional clothes with a fabulous silver urn and the coffee was OK, but he tried to rip me off when I paid him - handed him a 10-million-lira note and he gave me change from just 1 million lira. Only when I raised my voice and stood my ground did he admit the fraud - obviously it would not look good for the image of the museum.... Walking to the Blue Mosque - with a good guide book in my hand already - a man insisted that he would 'escort' me at the mosque and then demanded 15 million lira just for standing next to me, despite me saying I had no need of a guide. One evening I had the worst rip-off of all, which I will not detail, but only say that tourists ought to watch out for somebody who says he is "Osman from Cyprus" and he knows a club to visit. I was imprisoned on the premises (a very hot dark room upstairs behind a carpet shop) until I promised to go to a cash machine with one of their employees and pay them A LOT of money. "We know where you are, mister..." was the threat (ie don't go the Police). I got the impression that they did this frequently. The cherry on the cake during my visit was hearing an explosion one night - some (PKK?) people exploded a truck bomb outside the HSBC Bank a kilometre away from my hotel. I heard the noise at 1am and thought somebody had crashed a car just outside the hotel, so thought nothing of it. The TV broadcasted in the morning about this event, but it was in Turkish and I had no idea what they were talking about, or even where it was. Only when the British Consulate contacted my hotel (and my tour operator sent a fax checking on my welfare) did I find out what had happened. Even the hotel staff didn't give me any clues - just handed me the fax ("we have a fax for you...") and forwarded the Consulate's phone call a bit later. As much as I like to travel, I don't want to visit a country like that again. I will stick to Europe instead.

[@fernandoiturburu3718]

The second half of the video is more meaningful than the complains of the first half. But DP is young and leaving her country. So, she just needs a break. Come to the US, you will relax here. It t will be different but still relaxing. (I hope DP realizes one day she has enormous potential to do great things, I know her parents secretly do).

[@mertkaya4138]

Turk here, first of all you are not exactly on the most entertained part of the country so dont trust anyone, if someone sells some clothing on the street dont buy it, its fake turkey has amazing foods but the area you are in doesnt have much to offer on that regard eigther, so maybe you can try menemen for breakfast with some simit and tea or you can also have some kuymak which is a lot like the swiss fondü like melted cheese. the black sea region has an amazing nature so enjoy some sıgthseeing. you can also see sümela manastırı. I would love to meet you one day if you ever visit a more enligtened part of my country :) welcome to turkey, have fun

[@bremexperience]

Türkiye can be a bit overwhelming, but it wasn't a bad experience for me. :) Visited Isanbul, Safranbolu, Ankara, Göreme, Konya, Antalya, Patara, Marmaris, Bodrum. Selçuk(Efes), Pammukale, Izmir, Çanakkale, Tekirdag. Only half of Türkiye but it gave us an overall feeling of both rural and urban areas.

[@Argster101]

What is the most enlightened part of turkey

[@axllii]

@@mertkaya4138 Thanks for sharing! I find information about a country's regional peculiarities to be much more interesting than the general national history (which is often curated to suit some national mythos).

[@the-trusteeship]

Yep, I was living without air conditioning for an over a month. Management finally found a replacement as soon as the weather cooled off. I learned to live with 80 degree heat which is unusual. Normally, I freak out, but I just drank a lot of water, took a lot of showers, did a lot of laundry and slowed down.

[@Alan-t1w2u]

Yeah, a few things to watch out for in Türkiye. I was in Istanbul many years ago, and got by with English ok. I had a dodgy taxi driver who tried to drop me off at his mate's hotel instead of the one I asked for. The reception guy wanted to hold onto my credit card until the end of my stay, but I said no, I need it to get food. Just have to be firm with them. Also nearly died of heat arriving in a small old plane like an old bus inside, to Odessa, and they turned the aircon off (middle of summer), and wanted to check passports to let people out, because it was in the middle of the tarmac, no proper terminal. Someone yelled about the heat, so they suddenly let us all out. I know what you're talking about.

[@johnbannon7239]

your the best

[@xinceras-6542]

It sounds like Georgia has it's own version of Greyhound.

[@oretomic6009]

As a Russian evading sanctions I recommend you visiting Serbia! You will have a great experience over here, and there are many fellow countrymen here!

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

1:42 sweet water cup bro lol

[@michaelsullivan1262]

I was wondering if you could use s translator app. speak or type into it to show locals the translation.

[@DopiDoppelb]

What a bad luck. I hope the return is better.

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

Your adventure will be a funny story one day!

[@SunjuhTribal]

0:06 did you do your captions it says trap but you clearly say trab

[@ernesto6666]

Hi: I'm glad you went through this horrific experience of finding yourself "shutdown" in an environment that, contrary to expectations put forth by the official propaganda for tourism in Turkey, is far from being hospitable and tourist friendly - unless you speak the language of the locals. I said "glad" because now you should be able to understand us, the foreigners who get the same treatment in RF or Belarus as you've got in Turkey. I'm talking about those foreigners who bother to visit RF or Belarus and who happen not to know Russian. I visited Belarus 2 years ago and the 2 women who, inside Minsk National Airport, were manning the desk called INFORMATION, lashed out at me, retorting, in Russian language, that "No, we are not supposed to speak English, ok?" My question to them was this: Why don't you speak English, since your job duties involve interaction with customers who may not speak Russian? And this airport "incident" was only one among a few others alike. Otherwise my 10-day sojourn in Belarus was as tedious and depressing as your brief stay in Trabzon because of this open hostility on the part of the local population towards foreigners. I felt "trapped'/"shutdown", and being denied the personal dignity that I had enjoyed outside Belarus. You may get an ounce of respect from the locals in Belarus (and it is also most certainly the case in Russia) only if you babble something (something more, preferably) in Russian language. Or if you pick a 4- or a 5-star hotel for accommodation - a place where the only person you could have a small talk with must be the receptionist. Anyway, this openly vexing attitude towards foreigners dates back to Stalinist times, and I don't foresee any room for change in the near or distant future.

[@Ian-lx1iz]

Sorry you had such a lousy trick, Alina. Hope things are a lot better for you now.

[@letterbox203]

Hi Alena. Thank heavens for Starbucks. I am very sorry for your difficult experience in Türkiye 🇹🇷. It sounded like a nightmare. I’m glad you made it through safely when so much had gone wrong. What an unfriendly place for foreigners. I’ll expect the very worst should I ever go and I’ll try to bring a translator app that doesn’t need internet and an extra set of backup power, a fan🪭, and plenty of liras. And I will expect to fight taxi drivers and the worst treatment from bus drivers. It all seemed very exhausting and I am SO sorry for your terrible experience. You guys don’t deserve it!

[@julius43461]

How don't they deserve it? You don't go to a foreign country without knowing that you can communicate there, either by learning some language or by researching how prevalent is English.

[@letterbox203]

@@julius43461 I see where you're coming from, but it's not always feasible for someone to learn a new language before arriving in a foreign country. They face numerous challenges, and it takes time and effort to adapt. I extend my support.

[@julius43461]

@@letterbox203 Sure, but I don't think she was forced to go there. Or did she had to leave Georgia to pull of visa trick? Idk but it wouldn't take much research to learn that Trabzon is not the most developed and touristy area.

[@凯思]

@@julius43461No one deserves to be treated like Alena and the other bus passengers were. Do you enjoy blaming victims for being treated unkindly?

[@PrinceOfPefkochori]

Have you thought about going to Serbia? One of the best places I have ever been to in whole Europe. And its open for Russians

[@kendowling9240]

Take a flight to Ireland. You will love it .

[@TheElmar53]

Glad to see you again, Alina! 👍

[@realgene-tg7td]

how did u improve your english? any tips?

[@colmonhs]

stay safe

[@mortenrl1946]

Hello! I'm from Denmark, but I lived in Turkey for a year with a friend. The Turkish will be the first to tell you, there are many problems there, infrastructure isn't great, and there is a cultural identity crisis at the moment between europeanized/traditional minded muslim Turks. It's a very chaotic place where everybody tries to look out for themselves and their people first. Strangers are rarely treated well. If you have friends there, by all means go, they'll treat you like family. But don't go in blind or alone, is my advice.

[@Badmax123]

Sorry for your travel problems. You belong in America. All the problems you described don't happen here. I hope you can someday make it to the west, you would do so well in the United States.

[@davidmoser3535]

not if Trump wins

[@sarahlongstaff5101]

Yet. They may not happen in the US yet. But they will. If Trump wins.

[@reddykilowatt]

yes in America you just have to worry about being shot

[@mth4849]

Travel problems happen everywhere... just some are more frequent and worse than others.

[@ulisirius9027]

Public transport in USA??? No problems??? Go for a walk at night? No problems???USA???😂☝️😜😈🤣 Watch: Travelling on a BRAND-NEW Russian Train: IVOLGA 4.0 Russel on Ivolga

[@VicariousAdventurer]

The aquarium is really odd - "The world’s first aquarium created inside a road tunnel has opened in Trabzon in northeastern Turkey."

[@solconcordia4315]

Maybe it's an environmentally friendly and energy-bill-cutting location. Road tunnels are usually inside some large thermal mass such as a mountain 🏔️ or under water. The mass helps keep the temperature fluctuations small so the 🐠 🐟 🦐 🦀 in an aquarium need less artificial heating or cooling to survive comfortably.

[@svatoplukkusala1060]

Payment for toilets is common in EU as well. In US it's free of charge.

[@maxheadroom1506]

Who are you travelling with?

[@harrydecker8731]

Sorry you had such a bad trip. Happens to all of us if you travel enough. As we say in America, "Chalk it up to experience."

[@curtvona4891]

It would suck to be in a country where you can not converse with the citizens. Wishing you safe travels. ❤

[@genepozniak]

Good choice not to help with smuggling in Turkey, especially if you've seen the 1978 movie, Midnight Express. 😬 50% inflation must be great, too. 🙄

[@josephtesoriero5165]

After seeing Midnight Express 30 years ago,😀 I will never travel to Turkey.

[@davidmoser3535]

@@josephtesoriero5165 Ya gotta look out for those prison guards, they like to give that prison love

[@JohnDarwin7]

Sending Love 🌹🖖

[@cerulean999]

Trabzon has changed a l;ot since I was there in the U.S. Air Force in 1968. Travel up to the cliff top above the city!

[@bremexperience]

I'm back from Türkiye. I was there for a month in octobre. I confirm the language barrier. In Istanbul and in really touristic places, yes, you can find people with english knowledge, but in remote areas, and even in Ankara, nope. There were a lot of russians, especially in Antalya. Surprising.

[@paul6925]

I’m so tempted to visit turkey because the inflation and exchange rate makes it very cheap for certain things. But this really isn’t selling it for me 😂 I guess Istanbul would be more tourist friendly

[@Marco-xy7nd]

_Midnight Express_ '70s movie. Not a great idea to carry stuff 😕 across Turkish borders.

[@Nancy-mi3xe]

The desk clerk should speak rudimentary English. Or have a computer website to look it up.

[@SunjuhTribal]

8:59 you looked amazing

[@SunjuhTribal]

Alena is that you that liked my comment

[@JohnHolmes-h9v]

13:30 have you tried to use Google Translate? This might sound obvious but you could talk to the app in whatever language and it will respond in the language you choose. Turkish is an available language I just checked my phone....

[@Johnny.Fedora]

You need a stable internet connection for that.

[@stevegfromnc3482]

You can download languages while you have a connection to avoid the need for the internet later.

[@Johnny.Fedora]

@@stevegfromnc3482 "Offline mode only offers text translation between downloaded languages. However, features like voice translation, real-time conversation translation, and image text recognition won't work without an internet connection."

[@Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage]

A ruzzian, complaining about corruption in other countries. Made my day. 😂😂😂😂

[@solconcordia4315]

She's already got the rising-expectation cultural "infection" authoritarian rulers are afraid of. She's freeing her mental block by knowing how things can be (i.e. fully functioning well). I've never ever griped about WiFi password in my youth ! 😂 WiFi didn't even exist.

[@54tisfaction]

"I wanted to see the Aquarium, because of fish, and I'm a Fish..." Wait, wasn't it you that can't swim? 😘 About the Language barrier, I think you should go to the places where Westerners go, like Antaliya and beaches in the south. Not Black Sea places. But that is of course expensive... :)

[@rdendelacruz4332]

Do you still working as a barista?

[@ulisirius9027]

Watch: Horror in der Türkei : Zahnarzt rammt Implantat bis ins Hirn (Normally I dislike this newspaper). It's on the Turkey

[@davidhello4777]

Yes! IT'S A TRAP!

[@ajdrums8075]

Trapzon?

[@derelictconfusion9498]

She'd probably had gone over on her stash of duty free cigarettes and going by the experience I wont be too surprised if you started on the dreaded weed,the legal one at least,hope the rest of Turkey goes smoothly

[@rockeerockey6941]

The turkey is a noble bird 🕊️🐦 Er-dog-an is a crappy bird

[@piccadelly9360]

Google Map to use, will show which bus to take and where 👍👍

[@sarahlongstaff5101]

I'm glad you're using the pronoun "we." I worry about you traveling alone.

[@taasmr4203]

*Do you know that Turkish people are originally from Siberia Tatarstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, and Xinjiang-China?*

[@solconcordia4315]

No, not before reading your statement. Isn't Xinjiang-China really East Turkestan ?

[@taasmr4203]

@@solconcordia4315 hahahaha....you are hilarious. Are you a girl or a guy?

[@TiwarAUT]

A video like your channel name - pretty depressing. 😄

[@jamesk370]

10:42 Next time ask the hotel (front desk, concierge, etc.) to arrange a taxi for you. That is a common request (at least for me when I was in the hotel business), and they most like will have a reliable company to hook you up with.

[@ninjainnameonly-6902]

she did and the hotel desk said they didn't know how.

[@jamesk370]

@ninjainnameonly-6902 That's very unprofessional on their part. I spent 15 years in the hotel business, and that was a common request I would accommodate like that 🫰

[@StoyanBorov]

You are generalising your experiance, but when I was ni Turkey in 2008 half of the staff spoke some English and I lerned some extra 50 turkik words in advance. Do you want to say that in Georgia (excluding American state of) every one is fluent in English and that is the norm?

[@SunjuhTribal]

is your title saying horrible language barrier

[@frankb1]

I actually like Starbucks coffee.

[@davidmoser3535]

AMEN

[@solconcordia4315]

​@@davidmoser3535 Despite its probably being a near-sacrilege to say to the people of the U.S.A., I actually like some McDonald's foods.

[@Johnny.Fedora]

@@solconcordia4315, Starbucks standard coffee (Pike's Place) is not very good, kind of bitter, and usually overcooked unless the store is very busy. I think McDonald's has BETTER coffee -- it's actually very good for a fast food place.

[@chadmoore9336]

Love your smiles.

[@halporter9]

I think there was an empire of Trabzond in like the 14 th century

[@Jaggerbush]

Smuggle smokes! Oh hell no! Enjoy your time there and be safe. Im American - i had that language barrier when i was in St Petersburg. Point!

[@gtaylor2770]

Be very careful, my dear. Please, please be careful in Turkey. Don't do ANYTHING that can put you in the crosshairs of the police. And above all, go west and get out of conservative areas like Trabzon.

[@tylerwilson3172]

So the cigarettes had drugs in them and bus lady didn't want to get caught holding. She probably has a nice little side-hustle in drug trafficking going on. Wow that sounds like a super-shady bus line! I'm sorry your travel experience so far has been so crappy so far =( =( I hope things improve. I've heard wonderful things about Turkey.

[@balbutie]

dont go there

[@Bailey-zn2je]

👍

[@TheYoda23]

I"m be honest that a normal bus trip almost any where lol but glad you survived :3

[@wardtroetschel3362]

I was going to complain to Howard Schultz about the lack of english but it sounds like Starbucks has that covered. 😅

[@tandemcompound2]

Russian starts a war with Turkey over a bus seat.