We’ve had a holiday home in Kusadasi for 13 yrs - we visit twice a year , lovely seaside resort town . Have to agree with the hike in the cost of living in Turkey , considerably more costly than before…. Turkey is the 6th most visited country on the planet… the Aegean coastline is stunning.
About the ice creams - I was in Istanbul in June, and they have the prices posted, where you can see them, on the counter. My friend wanted to take part in the show, she let them play the game, we thought the price was exaggerated (around €7.5), but they indicated the price posted on the counter. In another place I asked a salesperson, when he saw me approaching he started with the show, I said I just wanted to know the price and he indicated the price, it that displayed on the counter.And remember, you're not paying for the ice cream, which is worthless, you're paying for the show
@@ExpatsEverywherePodcast OK, according to your daughter the show is annoying and perhaps frustrating, but for millions of tourists it's comical since they enjoy it
We love to use Wise for petty purchases and as a backup card. It's also really handy to create a variety of wallets with other currencies and such. You could certainly use Chase for its no foreign exchange fees as it's way better than a traditional bank debit card. - Josh
The Bosphorus is not a river. It is a strait which links the black sea to the Marmar sea. Taksim is not a great place. It is actually kind of sketchy particularly at night. I think you may be referring to Nisantasi. It is nice but too cookie cutter for me. On the Asian side, Baghdad Street is a large promenade which looks very European and is lovely to stroll around.
Turkish is actually one of the easiest languages to learn grammatically, with very regular structure, no noun class or grammatical gender distinctions, etc. It is agglutinative, so you just pile up the segments to form a word. Supposed to be one of the easiest for children to learn. Okay, this is all from memory... but it's what I remember from teaching linguistics 20 years ago 😄 Much easier than Portuguese! She says feelingly...
@@ExpatsEverywherePodcast best way to form an opinion about relative cost of livings is there-- not in Eminonu, Karakoy, SG-CBD, Orchard Road. Whampoa & Ang Mo Kio & Isparta, Burdur farmer's markets let you know what local pay.
We’ve had a holiday home in Kusadasi for 13 yrs - we visit twice a year , lovely seaside resort town . Have to agree with the hike in the cost of living in Turkey , considerably more costly than before…. Turkey is the 6th most visited country on the planet… the Aegean coastline is stunning.
We've been to Kusadasi on a cruise! Very cool. Thanks for listening.
About the ice creams - I was in Istanbul in June, and they have the prices posted, where you can see them, on the counter. My friend wanted to take part in the show, she let them play the game, we thought the price was exaggerated (around €7.5), but they indicated the price posted on the counter. In another place I asked a salesperson, when he saw me approaching he started with the show, I said I just wanted to know the price and he indicated the price, it that displayed on the counter.And remember, you're not paying for the ice cream, which is worthless, you're paying for the show
Agreed! The actual ice cream is 2nd rate. LOL And the show is annoying according to our 4 year old.
@@ExpatsEverywherePodcast OK, according to your daughter the show is annoying and perhaps frustrating, but for millions of tourists it's comical since they enjoy it
Why use wise when you can use chase or some other card to rack up points?
We love to use Wise for petty purchases and as a backup card. It's also really handy to create a variety of wallets with other currencies and such. You could certainly use Chase for its no foreign exchange fees as it's way better than a traditional bank debit card. - Josh
@@ExpatsEverywherePodcast Or Capital one Venture X or SavorOne; they have no foreign transactions fees; two of the best cards
The Bosphorus is not a river. It is a strait which links the black sea to the Marmar sea. Taksim is not a great place. It is actually kind of sketchy particularly at night. I think you may be referring to Nisantasi. It is nice but too cookie cutter for me. On the Asian side, Baghdad Street is a large promenade which looks very European and is lovely to stroll around.
Turkish is actually one of the easiest languages to learn grammatically, with very regular structure, no noun class or grammatical gender distinctions, etc. It is agglutinative, so you just pile up the segments to form a word. Supposed to be one of the easiest for children to learn. Okay, this is all from memory... but it's what I remember from teaching linguistics 20 years ago 😄 Much easier than Portuguese! She says feelingly...
Check this out www.berlitz.com/blog/easiest-languages-to-learn-for-english-speakers
did you check fruit & vegetable prices at weekly farmers markets?
Not this go around.
@@ExpatsEverywherePodcast best way to form an opinion about relative cost of livings is there-- not in Eminonu, Karakoy, SG-CBD, Orchard Road. Whampoa & Ang Mo Kio & Isparta, Burdur farmer's markets let you know what local pay.
Expat, what´s that? An immigrant with pedigree? After all you, going to work and pay taxes in a foreigner country, so...
the women do the noses
i am Portuguese and i spent three months in Turkey i saw to many dog and cats in the streets iit smells like crap don't want to go back
Were you in Istanbul?
yes i was in Istanbul