Our new life in Türkiye is very different from what we were used to in the UK and Bulgaria. 🇹🇷
We’re still learning how things work here, adapting to a completely different way of life, and discovering that not everything is as straightforward as we expected.
From everyday family life and getting things done to exploring our new surroundings, we’re taking it one step at a time and figuring out what this new chapter really looks like for our family.
Life abroad doesn’t always go to plan… but that’s all part of the adventure. ❤️
Have you ever moved to another country and had to learn a completely different way of doing things?
00:00 Life So Far After Moving To Turkey 🇹🇷 00:43 Looking At Cars In Turkey 01:14 Should We Buy A Car In Turkey? 01:37 Importing A Car To Türkiye & The Cost 02:00 Our Day On A Super Yacht In Alanya 03:40 Visiting Cleopatra Beach, Alanya 04:09 Exploring Cleopatra Beach & Alanya Castle 04:46 Lunch, Swimming & Family Fun In Turkey 06:29 Swimming In The Mediterranean 07:12 Exploring The Yacht & Spotting A Sea Turtle 08:28 Our Family Yacht Day Comes To An End 08:41 A Stray Dog Arrives At Our Home In Turkey 09:05 Meet Shakira 🐕 09:27 What We Love About Animals In Turkey 10:25 Life With Stray Cats & Dogs In Turkey 11:01 Looking After Animals When You Move To Turkey 11:53 Settling Into Our New Home In Turkey 12:01 Improving The Property & Creating More Parking 12:38 Protecting Columbus From The Turkish Sun 12:39 Life In Turkey: Weather, Forest Fires & Everyday Life 13:29 Fixing A Puncture On Our Car 14:50 Repairing The Tyre 15:32 Plugging The Tyre & Getting Back On The Road 17:32 Family Life & Everyday Moments In Turkey
The video follows a series of lifestyle vignettes in Turkey, covering luxury car interests, a member cruise on a super yacht to Cleopatra Beach, the local culture of caring for stray animals, home property maintenance, and a practical demonstration of repairing a punctured tire.
I'm going to look at something special with my buddy there.
He's going to show me something special behind this door so let's see what it is.
A Range Rover or something sensible for the family.
A Range Rover.
I'm just trying to come and see what kind of cars and how much we can get these cars
for.
A G-Wagon.
I'll be quite honest with you, I've never been in a G-Wagon in my life.
Not sure if I like them but they are like Tonga toys, they're quite cool.
I'm going to find out what it's like importing a car to Turkey.
Very important if you move to Turkey you need to buy a car and if you need to buy a car
you have to pay tax.
The tax is quite high.
Or you can import your car which will cost you more money.
Whether you drive a car like this or you drive a normal car, it doesn't matter.
You're going to pay a lot of tax on it.
You can join us on our Fretti 80 super yacht.
We're going to be going out for a whole day.
We're going to be going out with you guys, our members.
We're going to be cruising, we're going to be swimming, we're going to be going to visit
attractions and also some of the most beautiful beaches in this region of Turkey on our super
yacht right now.
If you want to find out more and win with us, click the button, send a message and get
on this cruise.
Time's running out.
I should have just jumped in really.
Yeah.
Hold.
Out, out, out.
Hold.
I'm proud of Lily.
I should hope to win with us and join us on our cruise.
One minute left.
Right, we've arrived at Cleopatra Beach.
As you can see, cable cars are going up there, up to the castle, which is at the top.
And the water is absolutely crystal clear and beautiful.
Just stopped so we can have some lunch shortly.
And the captain is bringing some food and we're going to be going for a swim.
That's the plan.
Dive in.
I don't want to jump in.
My hair's going to get all wet.
Don't worry about your hair.
Sharks don't mind about hairs.
Are you patting my mouth?
I'm just going to eat.
See how this works.
Is it still wet?
Yeah.
I'm not going to go too far.
Stop off.
The waves are taking you up.
Yeah, no problem.
The wave is proper strong here.
It's all good.
I'm not going far.
Any sharks in there?
Maybe.
That's the latest victim of a shark.
Guys, if you want to be a part of the cruise, then send your details in.
If you missed out on this one, for the next one, hit the button.
You can see me on the camera.
You can see the guys off deck.
You can see our friend there preparing all the meals.
And you can see the engine room.
Nothing exciting, but yeah, it's scary down there.
Right, there's a log-headed turtle right over there.
I'm not sure if you can get it on camera.
Yuck problem.
We're going to go and get something to eat.
Having a nice chill out here.
We're going to go downstairs.
Towards the front.
Come my friend.
A bit rocky.
Let's do it.
This guy is so cool.
Always smiling.
He comes to service on our yacht.
This is exactly what you're going to get when you come on our cruise.
Soon we're going to enjoy this food.
And we're going to sit down with the guys.
And we're going to have a chat.
And yeah, we've got people from Denmark, Germany.
Everywhere.
We have had a blast.
It's been a fantastic day.
We've gone out, we've gone to so many beaches.
Everyone loved it.
Make sure you have a fresh start.
Come and join us.
I came to her house this morning.
She was next to our pool.
I gave her some water and some food.
She's a very nice dog.
We gave her a little wash.
She's got a really nice temperament.
She's very obedient as well.
Shakira.
Very clean dog.
Very healthy looking dog.
This is another thing about Turkey.
The dogs are lovely.
Anyway, I need to get back.
Get back, get back, get back.
Alright.
I'll leave you guys to play with Shakira.
I'm not the world's biggest fan of cats.
There.
And there.
But we do make sure they have food.
It's something you do in Turkey.
If you move to Turkey, you look after the animals.
We had a stray dog here for a couple of days.
We fed her and then she went.
It went and rolled in some grass I bet then.
Or rubbing against the wall or something.
Oh look how dry it is now.
See, it's dried up.
Right, so we have got this porch
over to protect Columbus.
And Columbus is sitting quite nice
on the driveway.
Overall, we need to do some work here
and tidy this up.
We've had a JCB digger.
Basically, this land came out quite a lot of bits.
The guys you saw in one of the last videos,
those builders,
they used a JCB digger and cleared out this big area.
It's created additional parking
so I can actually park it there as well.
And yeah, so
got to do some work.
Tidy up the grapevine.
Repair that area there which is letting a bit of sunlight in.
But only if it's generally cool.
Until you spend 5 minutes here and it feels warm again.
But this protects Columbus from the sun.
Right, so the weather is cooling down a little bit.
It's about 28 or 29 degrees.
It's a lot cooler than it was the previous weeks.
And there's no sign of any forest fires
or anything like that.
So it seems as if we can get back to normal.
Hello Elaine.
Elaine is chilling.
We've got the Flintstone tables and that kind of stuff going on.
And you've got this guy here.
Hello. Say hello.
Right, not saying enough today.
This one is always talking normally.
I'm going to try and take this screw out.
And then if it goes down
or it starts hissing
then I know I'll have to repair.
So it's only one. I think I have.
This next bit
so in case I miss where it is.
There.
Right, so
let's see if this comes out.
If it goes down
Yep.
Right.
That's definitely screwing it.
So thread it through there like this.
Like that. Thread it through.
There we go.
And then I'm going to take the screw out.
If you get this wrong
the worst case is change the wheel.
Which I've got to do anyway.
There you go. Now get this in there.
And I'm doing this while the air is in the tyre.
So you do this.
This cleans the wound.
Do that way as well.
Just make sure it's clean.
So there's no debris.
And now, leave it in there.
I'll get ready with the plug.
So this is the plug right there.
Doesn't matter if it goes down.
Ah, come on.
Yeah.
It's alright.
This is not going as easy as it should be.
Erm.
No?
Yeah.
Just try not to get like dad just did.
Sand on the. I didn't.
Yeah you did. That's you.
No.
Oh my gosh.
That was definitely you.
Now I want to be able to give back
everything I couldn't give before.
There's no one else there
who can stand here by my side.
So don't you dare touch me
or I'll kill you baby.
Because these Yardis Yardis
they just want to drag us down.