Wow Mika! I have missed you so much since I wasn’t able to comment while in Lebanon. Just arrived today and enjoyed it shopping, remembered you. I’ve noticed that you still didn’t blog about how to send you a gift and I am indeed very curious - so please try. Your birthday is in a week and it only takes 5 minutes to blog a couple of words! Thanks.
COME TO JORDAN AGAIN. Since you’re in syria, come by car to Jordannnnnnnnn :D.
Did you watch the short PIXAR videos? AMAZING. I was just watching you on Youtube performing in Lebanon - seemed like a much nicer gig than the one at The Dead Sea. Haha, ofcourse you had to put the most effort in your country. . I have another question: When I get older can I be in your band? :D I’m only 13 now and I can play some piano and am willing to learn guitar. Just if you need a young player in the coming years - please be first to tell me. I can also draw and paint. Nothings wrong with having a kid on your band - thats actually cool! LoL.
[ I believe that we're in this together! ]
Lots of love. XoXoXoXoXoXo. <3
[N o o w ii*] <3’s meeekkss!
Celebrating ur b-day already?! LOL!!!
You look sooo happy there :)aww, I can just imagine how much that meant to you (8 yrs is quite a long time).
Thank you for showing us all these wonderful places…it means a lot since I don’t travel cause of finance etc, but I love seeing new countries and it’s my dream to travel to as many places as possible when I start working! So thank you for not only showing the countries, but also for showing shops/hotels etc.
j’aime beaucoup cette vidéo, l’ambiance qui regne dans ces souks.
je connais les souks de Tunis, mais ceux là ont l’air très particuliers.
merci de nous faire partager ce voyage extraordinaire en Syrie, pays que peu d’entre nous ont dû visiter.
j’imagine l’émotion que tu as ressenti de te rendre dans le même endroit qu’il y a huit ans…
et ces glaces m’ont l’air très originales.
Dommage qu’on n’aie pas accès aux odeurs et au goût car ça devait être quelque chose.
hâte de voir la suite.
a bientôt et encore merci pour tout.
Déborah.
Oh you didnt tell us the flavour.. Was it mesteka with fuzdok? Now Im sure you dont understand what I wrote lol
P.S I was so happy when I knew youre going to Lebanon and Jordan cause I thought you’d come to Egypt too but it didnt happen
You know what Grace Kelly was No.1 in the radio in the top 100 for 2007!!
Hope you’ll come soon
Pistacho ice-cream is very nice, but for us to believe you when you say that it’s the best in the world, maybe you should do a competition so that the winner gets to go there with you and try it out themselves?
Wow, that souk looks a lot like Cairo’s… so many people!
And I believe the ice cream is delicious… but maybe not the best in the world… Have you had gelato in Rome? at either Giolitti or San Crispino. I think that just might be the best ice cream in the world! But I’ll reserve final judgement until I get to Damascus and try this place..
I love the athmosphere in this video. But now I need to eat a chocolate ice cream….Pfiou sympa l’image, devant son pc avec le gros pot de glace…déjà moins top l’ambiance
I’m not able to watch the video yet, since I’m at work, but will definitely do that later today! Will also leave another comment by then just to annoy you with it
On peut presque deviner le goût rien qu’en regardant les étoiles que ça met dans tes yeux !!
Ca me rappelle Le Glacier Belge de mon enfance à Antibles !! (et ça me donne un terrible envie d’y retourner !!! )
Comment ça a l’air bon !
Tu te régales Mika et ça fait plaisir à voir.
Merci de nous faire voyager avec toi…
à défaut de pouvoir y être.
Affectueux bisous, Marie
J’ai l’impression qu’après un mois de juillet bien rempli (par les spectacles), tu profites bien de tes vacances…. Vacances avec à la fois détente et culture… Amuse toi bien et repose toi bien aussi!
Bisous.
Tu m’as mis un doute maintenant!
Tout le temps je dis que les meilleurs glaces du monde se trouve au bord du lac léman dans un petit magasin tout mignon mais là du coup je retire se que j’ai dis..
Quoique il faudrait que j’y goute!
Bisouxxx
Hi!!!
love ur blogs!
but actually Damascus is one of the Oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world but not the oldest Byblos (lebanon) is
Anyway ur blogs are so fun and cant wait to c more of ur trip to the Middle East.
mmmmmmmmmmmm nice ice cream i can see it was very enjoyable, mika hurry and upload the second part i love watching your blogs.Your amazing and i think it great that you let us your fans watch your personal blogs.lots of love your biggest fan janetXxxxxX
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM……….. j’en salive devant mon écran !!!
ca fait plaisir de voir que tu as bien profité de tes quelques jours de vacances, j’attend avec impatience la suite de tes aventures, ca me donne un peu l’impression de partir en vacances moi aussi !
Bonne journée a tous
WOW nearly every day a Vlog, you are too good to us. But we enjoy it very much to travel with you. Maybe your stomach bug came from this icecream ?
Have a nice day
Sabine
your pistachio ice cream looks so yummy what a nostalgic feeling to visit that ice cream bar years later, and time seems to have stood still at this place.
btw lovely shopping arcade.
Merci pour cette vidéo qui est vraiment belle.
Tes vidéos me font penser à une émission où un homme nous montre ses voyages à travers le monde(sauf que lui cherche à dormir chez des gens!).
Merci de nous faire partager tes petites “aventures”
A good ice-cream shop can make you feel twelve years old again… A marvellous feeling.
I highly recommend Missy Moo’s in Dubbo, Australia, more for the cows all over the place than the ice-cream!
And let me say thanks MIKA, for the first time in my life, I’m actually beginning to learn how to dress my age (being 18, NOT 40 as my previous dress sense implies) purely from the inspiration of your Big Girls - curves are fricking awesome! (Strongly recommend you and Kate Ceberano do a duet - I want to be that woman when I grow up!)
Rhôôô c’est pas sympa de nous faire envie avec ta glace lol. En Italie aussi elles sont très bonnes les glaces lol.
En tout cas, cette place a une très belle architecture. Merci de nous en faire profiter à nous aussi.
J’attends avec impatience la suite…
Merci Mika de nous faire partager tous les bons moments de tes vacances!!!! J’ai l’impression d’être avec toi et ça fait du bien.
Ta glace a vraiment l’air bonne mais je ne sais pas si elle est meilleure que celle que je mange sur la Croisette à Cannes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I miss you
Love love me
Big kiss with all my love
Anne-Laure
Hi! thanks for sharing with us this amazing videos and others things, it’s interesting and funny, I have learned so much with this blog, thanks!… that ice cream is seen delicious, of which it is?… continue enjoying your trip,
God bless you!
Oups… je n’avais pas compris que tu avais été là-bas il y a de ça 8 ans… souvenirs souvenirs… effectivement, cette glace doit avoir un goût particulier.
This makes me all warm and fuzzy inside So, you were about 17 when you were last in that shop?! I mean if you think about the significance of change between now and then,its quite amazing. Look at where you were and where you are. Its strange to me that you were once my age! Not that you’re old lol, just so sucessful at almost 25 now.
Never change, never lose that “childish innocense” as they say. Keep living the way you do. I believe you don’t take anything for granted. The details make you happy, they make you smile. The little occurences that bring back memories light up your face. And as a result light up OURS.
I know its just dessert, but really this video documents much more than that.
When I look to the future, I see myself going back to places that hold memories of sweetness, the kind of rapture that only comes from ice cream
Oh, it looks delicious :O You give me ice cream cravings (I’m a maniac for ice cream).
It’s not ridiculous, I would also travel over eight hours to eat that ice cream with you
Yesterday I wanted ice cream so much but we didn’t have any at home and I didn’t want to go out to buy some so I made my own ice cream. It’s really good actually. I’d never tried that recipe before and it’s so easy. Just mix (2 dl) whipped cream, (1 can) condenced milk and (2 dl) “normal” milk and then you just ad the flavour you want it to have and put it in the freezer. Yummie!
C’est vrai que sa a l’air bon!!! Bon la vidéo est en anglais (normal :p ), donc j’ai pas tout compris mais bon pour le plaisir te te voir régaler!!!
bis Fred
hey mika
that ice cream looks delicious
i wish i was there tasting it with you
going there for ice cream is so NOT ridiculous, i think its great
ahh man, now i have an ice cream craving ;D
hope you are well
by the way, i LOVE your hat <3
all my love
hertfordshire’s number 1 fan
alice
xxxx
YOU MAKE ICE CREAM HOT HOT HOT LOL ;D
Salut Mika,
Merci pour la balade ! j’ai cru comprendre qu’il était question de glace !
Malheureusement, je n’ai pas tout compris mais j’ai retenu que tu avais gardé la nostalgie d’une bonne glace mangée quand tu avais 8 ans ?
Je trouve que tout ce qui vient de notre enfance a et aura toujours une saveur particulière.
J’espère que tu n’as pas été déçu 17 ans après.
Bisous.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaah do you have any idea how jealous you make me? Driving eight hours for something you crave sounds like something I would do, lol. I hope you’re enjoying your stay!
I don’t like ice cream……..but I have to admit, as ice cream goes, it does look pretty yummy! It is great to find a place that one has been to before…………..well done! x
what was the flavour of your ice cream?
Is it like in North Africa? Rose, Orange blossom, Jasmin, Lemon…
Anyway it seems delicious!
could you involved people with you when they agree, like Yasmine in the previous post?
We are watching you, but we don’t even know who’s holding the camera and who’s editing those posts…
They are a huge part of this vlogs, so could you introduce them? please!!
obviously when it’s not too private…
weird request?? sorry if I am overasking…
Thanks to everybody who works with and for you Mika, and to you too, making us travelling this way…it’s very generous.
I sure wish it was weather for ice cream here in Edinburgh!!
alas not today:-(
What flavour was it?
I like mint the best but i reckon that was maybe pistachio?
Cool Mika
Vicky xx
oh je viens de traduire certains commentaires anglais et je crois que je suis à côté de la plaque. Bon, ce n’est pas bien grave. Je persiste et signe en disant que l’on a toujours la nostalgie des bonnes choses.
Cool that you found the ice cream shop back! The greenish things on your ice cream look a bit odd I’m wondering what taste it was.
Thank you so much for the vlog’s, I love them so much and I learn so many new things from you.
Mikaaa, why do you keep censoring me, LOL! I am gonna start feeling discriminated against soon, haha!
I was going to say that it’s lovely to see all these places where many of us haven’t been, through your vlogs, so please keep posting them. Or even if it’s just footage without you in it, that you have taken while travelling, etc…That would be really cool.
Heck, even things like the european countries “viewed through your lens” I would love to see!
I’m kinda silly that way :o)
Anyway, I hope that your holiday is not ruined by all the blogging; Please don’t feel that this is a chore, and if you must take more time between blog and blog, that is better than you getting totally fed up with the thing, isn’t it?
You evil thing, Mika
Now I want Ice cream too! XD
I guess it was something great to get back somewhere you’ve been before, quite long ago!
Plus, don’t let the camera get stuck off you. Lol, i love it.
THIS WHOLE BLOG THING IS AWESOME! it’s really like everyone knew you personally and hangs out here to share stuff.
Found quite a few other blogs saying Bakdash was indeed the best icecream in the world.
Try this vid to re-live the pistachios: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8up1-lLr8
Love these travel blogs Mika, you are actually opening our eyes and our minds as we see what fun you are having in places that many of us only read about in the papers…with troubles and sadness.
c vrai que c génial de retrouver des endroits que l’on a connus par le passé
partout où je vais je me mets toujours au défi de retrouver ces endroits , ces parfums, parfois des personnages voire un chien, un arbre, une fontaine…de regoûter à ces saveurs ça fait très….Madeleine de Proust
Aaah ça serait le fameux Bakdash : une glace enrobée de pistaches!! Mon dieu ça a l’air vraiment délicieux!!Je trouve que c’est limite cruel de nous faire cette petite dégustation alors qu’on est comme des débiles entrain de saliver!!!
Sinon pour le lieu (Le Souk al Hamidiya?): c’est juste féerique on a l’impression d’être hors du temps…Merci pour ces belles images on a pas les senteurs mais c’est tout comme!!
You will probably delete this one as well I guess *sigh* (no, really, it’s ok, and in fact I ask that you DO NOT POST this, as it has turned out more like a letter or pm to you than a public comment) but I just wanted to say this to you…
After reading some comments, and observing things in general, I think that if you were to post a video of yourself sitting in McDonald’s and claiming that the McFlurry is the best ice cream EVER, people would start commenting how SUPERAMAZING it is, the BEST THING EVERRRR, and how they love it so much as well, etc, etc…
Such is the power that you have aquired; You’ve become like the piper of Hammelin :o)
Do you know that tale?
Not sure of the name in english actually, in spanish it’s “el flautista de Hamelin”.
Anyway I am not saying this in a “not nice way”, I just felt like making the point.
On a different note: Did you read on Mika myspace that I got married on 27 Jul, and we made our entrance to the reception to the “Love Today” track?
It was amazing, and everyone loved it.
So thank you for the song!!
And my brother also played us a video that he made, which you can view here if you’re interested:
He makes short films and such, he’s quite creative.
He actually got an award for a little animation he made “El vendedor de globos” which is also on that vimeo page, and I think you’d enjoy.
He also used to write and sing songs with his guitar, and draw, etc…
Now I think that he just focuses on his films and his job (web design) which takes up all his time. Such is modern life huh? :o)
hi mika! pistachio ice cream!! one of my favorites! lucky you… im not eating ice cream until i lose few pounds!!!!!!!! (big girls may be beautiful, though its important to feel confident too).
lastima que sigo sin entendr de que hablas ya que no se ingles,,,
por suerte la pagina se traduce!
que lindo sobrero,,,
queda super sexi,,
un beso grande
hé MIKA !
elle est sympa cette vidéo !
vraiment…tu as beaucoup de chance…tu as et le paysage super original et tres beau pour en prendre pleins les yeux puis tu as aussi des superbes glaces pour te régaler ! n’est pas magnifique ?! profites en bien et merci de nous faire partager ton aventure grace a ce blog…
PS:pouvez vous faire ce que vous avez dis dans l’article “where in the world”?je suis la gagnante et je n’ai pas eu de vos nouvelles….
bisous bisous ! carolinevade@hotmail.com
kikou !! elles ont l’air bonne les glace lol tu doit te régaler !! mais le probleme c’est que personne sait si tu sais lir le francais se serai bete si on marque pour rien lol
c’est encore moi !
pour ceux qui sont allé(e)s au concert de MIKA a NIMES le 21/07/08! voici un petit récapitulatif de la soirée tout en vidéos !
en tout cas je tiens te remercier mika ainsi que tout ton groupe pour ce magnifique concert!
je ne me suis jamais autant régalée que pendant cette soirée, c’est indescriptible !merci merci merci ! http://mikanimes2107.skyrock.com/
salut!
moi,je connais plutot les souks tunisiens,j’y suis encore allee en juin,et l’ambiance est extraordinaire!
as-tu negocie le prix de ta glace?a pardon,peut-etre que l’on ne negocie pas dans les souks de Damas ;)ou bien ne negocie-ton pas le prix d’un glace tout simplement lol
bises et a tres bientot!
moi,j’aimerai bien voir une video du village du festival PALEO,en Suisse,la aussi c’etait presque un souk!!!
heu you travelled 8 hours for an ice cream ? hope you did some sightseeing …
the souk sounds great i love those arabic atmosphere ..i’ve been to morroco and it’s great too ..
heu i can’t let you say that those ice cream are the most delicious in the world …
have you ever tasted the ” fraiseraie de pornic” yes it’s in france near nantes …and now also a shop in nantes when they made delicious icecreams…
and i can tell you that you can find many taste and they are just amazing …come and taste them one day …
J’adore l’ambiance des souks,ça me rappelle celles de Tunisie et d’Egypte.
Ca devait être spécial pour toi de revenir dans cet endroit après huit ans.
Tu as vraiment passer des vacances dépaysantes.Merci de nous les faire partager.
Oh my gosh you make me dream with all your blogs,thanks:)
This ice cream shop looks very big!
my flat is on the third floor,and on the first one there is an ice cream shop,the ice cream there is realy good,yummy
it’s full of people everywhere…is it always like that? When I go to the ice cream shop, if it’s crowded I’m afraid to drop the ice cream by accident haha
I didn’t understand what’s your ice cream flavor, but those things on it look like cucumber to me
Or Pistachio
I’m so happy for you to have those ‘8 years ago’ memories. Specially after saying in in a documentary that you don’t have a feeling of belonging
Hope you enjoyed the ice cream and everythig you tried!! (I’ve been told that lebanese families enjoy the meals like we italian families. Or even more)
Thank for the video! I love the atmosphere of the souks, (blending of odours, of precious things, meeting with people who can speak about their traditions)….and your ice-cream! My god!
But I know too one delicious ice-cream maker in Le Tréport in France…It’s when you want!
hiya!! i hope u are gonna put videos of when u were in lebanon too..
i just had 4 amazing weeks there (the highlight was your concert!) and got back yesterday, but i wish i’d had time to visit syria as well, it looks so interesting. and the icecream looks similar to the one we have in leb with the pistachios
xxx
8 heures pour revenir chez ce glacier… cela devait vraiment te tenir a coeur ..
Il faut dire que ce souk a l’air vraiment magique, chargé d’histoire, de parfums et d’odeurs.
C’est bien dommage que l’on ne puisse pas avoir les parfums et le gout via les vidéos, mais visiblement ces glaces ont l’air excellentes. (Le meilleur moyen d’en juger serait de pouvoir y gouter … mais je ne pense pas pouvoir trouver le glacier moi même ; tu m’accompagnes ? )
Omg! I’m salvating here. Sounds like its amazing.
Seems like such a lovely place. I’m going to have to make a new list of places i have to go.
My travel list is quite long so i’ll have to pick that up sooner or later or just start squeezn things into my schedule whenever there is free time.
awww mika! you looked so happy! im glad you found it! yummm now i want some ice cream!!! hahaha
well im glad to hear from you again!!! cant wait for more!
Hey ho!
Very nice vid!
But I must disagree: the most delicious ice cream in the world you can find in Düsseldorf/Germany!
The store is called ´Unbehaun`!!
It has only five different sorts of ice cream, but they are… delicious : P
Wauw it looks really cool over there! You look so happy :), so cute haha. And the ice cream looks delicious. mjum, now i wanna ice cream too! ;D waah. But i’ve to go ..
YO MIKA–
YOU scream,
I scream,
WE ALL scream for
I C E
C R E A M–
Food of the Gods!
THANX MIKA-
Still lovin’ the
PORK
PIE
as well:
You look
“too cool for school” in it!
I sent you
JONI MITCHELL singing ’bout it!
(I guess you never got to touch her dress.)
oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh my bettygoat!!!!!!!!! i have to try that ice cream !!!!! lov ur face at the end u looked sssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!
7 more days untill ur b day!!!!!(my b day is 18 th 2 ,but not the same month)
hey, sometimes i think you graduated from some business school ’cause you’re good at advertising
few more videos like this one and you can open a “Travel with Mika” agency *kidding*
i love gelato - you really got me envy you
hummm de la glace j’en aurais bien mangé une aussi (eh oui encore une gourmande) . Tu a l’air très heureux et je ne dois pas etre la seule à qui ça fait plaisir de te voir ainsi. plein de bisouxxx
can someone plz tell me how u guys comment on mika’s blog as soon as he writes it??? coz he wrote it at 1.38, and the 1st person commented 1 min afterwards!!!!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful town with us. I think the souks of Damaskus are very impressive. You can feel the history there. I really love that. To use the voice and the guitar of Mark as background music made the vid really magically. It makes me smile to hear you speak about the best ice cream shop in the world. It looks awesome. Please Mika, tell us what taste is it? Just to be curious:)))
awwwwwwww
soo sweet!!!
don`t laugh but i reeaallly want ice-cream!! NOW lol
i`m hungry.. i couldn`t have breakfast today and even i`m sick i want ice cream! hahaha
is realy adorable you came back there after all that time and thta your life changed that much
those things that seemed very simple but you never forget…
Hey!
I went somewhere, where they had the most flavours ice cream of Europe, They even had ‘popcorn-icecream’!
I’ve tasted anis, whipped cream, m&m’s, bounty and something else, with a really odd name.
It tasted really good!
Yummmmm.., that looks really really nice! - Usually i don’t like ice cream, but that’s really looking delicious! - &bytheway, i like your hat very much!
On this vid you are airing a lot of inner peace and your eyes sparkling with joy by standing in front of the old ice-cream shop – it’s like you are meeting an old friend by whom you felt good, but you lost sight of him! And now – you meet him again!
This is a really beautiful atmosphere.
You should write a song about this ice-shop, yes! –
yesterday you have written a song called „Lollipop“, now we are waiting for your „ICE-CREAM-SONG” ♫♪♫
MERCI a toi de nous faire partager tout ses moments magiques…
PS: Tu peux venir à la maison quand tu veux je te ferais des “spaghettis boulettes” avec en dessert une bonne glace faite maison!!! lol (on peut toujours réver…)
HI MIKA!!!
YESTERDAY WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BLOG ONE TIME AND YOU DIDN´T POST ANYTHING!!!(WE WANTED TO SAY HAPPY CHILD´S DAY CUZ IT WAS HERE…LOL!)
WHAT A LOVELY POST!!! WE LIKE YOUR PERSONALITY YOU AREN´T A HAUGHTY STAR.THAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL! WHAT A WINDY DAY HERE!!! JUST WHEN WE WERE TO SENT A COMMENT THERE WAS A BLACKOUT!!! :S
THAT ICE CREAM LOOKS STRANGE!!!
BUT WE TRUST THAT YOU SAY YUMMY!!!
IT LOOKS LIKE A CULTURE VERY DIFFERENT OF THE ONE WE HAVE.
BUT THE ICE CREAM HAS NO LIMITS!!!
THANKS AGAIN BY POST THIS MOMENT!!!
BYE BYE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE “TO BE CONTINUED”!!!HAHAHA
BYE BYE!!!
PS: YOU LOOK SO GOOD AS A SIMPLE TOURIST…THAT SYRIANS DID NOT KNOW WHO WAS AT THEIR SIDE!!! ♥
UNA FRASE ARGENTINA : DIOS LE DA PAN AL QUE NO TIENE DIENTES!!!!HAHAHA bye!
Never been to Syria but onr year ago I saw an amazing documentary, on Travel channel, about Syria and Damascus and the rest and that fabulous, 1001 and nights bazaar, the souk. and could never forget that family, the Bakdash and the fabulous ice-cream I hope to taste it one day (they beat it to make it elastic). La tienne a beaucoup de pistache, il me semble, j’en rafolle.
MICAAAAAAA!!!! Can’t believe we were in Damascus at the same time (the same year at least). Maybe we even passed each other in the street, why didn’t you say anything??? It’s Fate, I tell you… Hahahaha.
Thank you for bringing back such yummy memories, Bakdash hmmmmmm…. It’s true, it hasn’t changed a bit, although the souk has, it’s more beautiful without all those tiny shops by the walls. One thing, please, I really want to know: is the guy selling the fawlk still there, at the entrance near Merje? I always thought that man had a story, maybe I’ll write it someday.
And that pistaccio ice cream, the best in the world no doubt, so glad we agree in such an important matter! What were you eating just before your ice cream came? Baklawa? Sesame biscuits? Yummieeeeee!!
This vlog is the best thing I could find in my coming home after a looooong day at the dig, wouldn’t be happier if you had made it on Madrid. But look at me now, I’m wanting one of those right now!!!
THANK YOU once again, this time you really made it man! Damascus is one of my places on Earth, always wanted to live there for a longer while, it’s such a special city, isn’t it?
First…I want to thank you for showing these to us…it’s so nice of you…I don’t think there is another artist out there doing this! so Thank you! (which makes me soooooo proud of being your fan)
second…that place was so crowded…didn’t anybody recognise you?
third…that ICE-CREAM…you’ve killed me with that…I’m on a diet…and the last thing I needed was to see you enjoying that delicious ice-cream…with pistachio…:(…but it’s ok I forgive you!
As ‘promised’ here’s ‘the other comment’ I was to write…
The nostalgia.. that must have been kind of ‘weird’ to be entering an ice cream shop that hasn’t changed at all over 8 years!! Wow… and that shopping mall (or whatever the correct word is) looks really beautiful. Makes me realise how many a beautiful place planet earth owns.. Also makes me eager to travel much more than I do now. If only I had the time and money on my hands.. (the irony)
The Italian bloggers are right about their ‘Gelato’ I must admit. It’s probably the best there is in the world and I strongly suggest you try the ‘Stracciatella’ one! You won’t be sorry.. I even bet you can’t get enough of it once you start eating.
Oh l’ambiance semble féerique !!!
ça donne vraiment envie de decouvrir cet endroit !Visiblement une bonne adresse pour egalement manger une bonne glace
Merci, hâte de voir la suite
I KNOW you love icecream, you could eat tons of it, it’s sooooo delicious! But Miiikaaa!!! What about your love handles???
Sorry I must go, I need to eat an enormous icecream right now!!!
Axx
Oh, that looks AMAZING! I’m such a fiend for ice cream, and that made me hungry! Lol! You lucky boy, so far Damascus is a place I’ve only dreamed of going… But someday! I hope you had a lot of fun, and again, that ice cream looked absolutely delightful.
I actually read your long message and I feel the same way about things.. Probably because we are one of the ‘older’ bloggers here. It doesn’t matter what Mika says, all of his words become some sort of mythe (sorry if I spelled that wrong). However I do think it’s an ‘age-thing’. There’s probably a lot of teenagers posting here and that’s OK. But I do catch your drift, Sara. Thought I was ‘alone’ in that thought
Anyway, I also checked out your brother’s video and wow! what can I say? It’s BEAUTIFUL and eventhough I do not know any of you, I was touched! It contains a beautiful message and holds a lot of truth in there.. Good luck together and enjoy every minute of your marriage with Ryan.
To everyone else: I am sorry if this begins to look like a forum instead of a blog, but just felt like pointing it out..
carlotaa :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
Amzing!!!
I wish I could get an icecream like that
Waiting for more
xoxo
Mana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
Mika, what’s that on your ice cream at the end? It looks like some sort of un-roasted nuts.
Thanks for sharing! “To be continued” - how intriguing!! xx
Blue Eyes :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
Yum yum - looks like pistachio
Your face is a picture just before you say “I have found the ice cream shop that I was in 8 years ago” (talk about kid in a sweet shop lol !!)
neeve272 :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
thank u for this…..it all looks amazing!!!!!!!! Sooo have to try that ice cream some time
Hope you’re keeping well
xxx
Mehrnoosh :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
Luzaka :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
Yey!!! Part 2
I love it! It must be great to go back to a place you’ve been before 8 years ago!
And you’ve filmed the guy with the Kharoub?lol
Oh there is part 3??
Cant wait!
Thanx Mika:)
N o o w ii LOVES meeekkss :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
Wow Mika! I have missed you so much since I wasn’t able to comment while in Lebanon. Just arrived today and enjoyed it shopping, remembered you. I’ve noticed that you still didn’t blog about how to send you a gift and I am indeed very curious - so please try. Your birthday is in a week and it only takes 5 minutes to blog a couple of words!
Thanks.
COME TO JORDAN AGAIN.
Since you’re in syria, come by car to Jordannnnnnnnn :D.
Did you watch the short PIXAR videos? AMAZING. I was just watching you on Youtube performing in Lebanon - seemed like a much nicer gig than the one at The Dead Sea. Haha, ofcourse you had to put the most effort in your country.
. I have another question: When I get older can I be in your band? 
:D I’m only 13 now and I can play some piano and am willing to learn guitar. Just if you need a young player in the coming years - please be first to tell me. I can also draw and paint. Nothings wrong with having a kid on your band - thats actually cool! LoL. 
[ I believe that we're in this together! ]
Lots of love. XoXoXoXoXoXo. <3
[N o o w ii*] <3’s meeekkss!
Christine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
I’d travel 8 hours for ice cream too! Thanks for taking us to Bakdash Mika. I love these travel blogs.
Kavi :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
Celebrating ur b-day already?! LOL!!!
You look sooo happy there :)aww, I can just imagine how much that meant to you (8 yrs is quite a long time).
Thank you for showing us all these wonderful places…it means a lot since I don’t travel cause of finance etc, but I love seeing new countries and it’s my dream to travel to as many places as possible when I start working! So thank you for not only showing the countries, but also for showing shops/hotels etc.
Deb :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
j’aime beaucoup cette vidéo, l’ambiance qui regne dans ces souks.
je connais les souks de Tunis, mais ceux là ont l’air très particuliers.
merci de nous faire partager ce voyage extraordinaire en Syrie, pays que peu d’entre nous ont dû visiter.
j’imagine l’émotion que tu as ressenti de te rendre dans le même endroit qu’il y a huit ans…
et ces glaces m’ont l’air très originales.
Dommage qu’on n’aie pas accès aux odeurs et au goût car ça devait être quelque chose.
hâte de voir la suite.
a bientôt et encore merci pour tout.
Déborah.
Luzaka :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Oh you didnt tell us the flavour.. Was it mesteka with fuzdok? Now Im sure you dont understand what I wrote lol
P.S I was so happy when I knew youre going to Lebanon and Jordan cause I thought you’d come to Egypt too but it didnt happen
You know what Grace Kelly was No.1 in the radio in the top 100 for 2007!!
Hope you’ll come soon
Take Care And hurry up with part 3:)
Pandora :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Thank you Mika, for letting us see so much of the world with you.
Cintia_jenny :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww this video was so sweet!!! I hope you enjoyed your ice cream.
Helene :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!!! it’s seams so délicious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have nice holiday …..
Kiss
Helene
Alexandra :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
I would travel more than eight hours for an ice cream, even not the best ! So I do understand what you mean !
ANd by the way, I think you’re the coolest tourist guide ever.
Alexxx from Toulouse
sariflor :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
P.S.
Pistacho ice-cream is very nice, but for us to believe you when you say that it’s the best in the world, maybe you should do a competition so that the winner gets to go there with you and try it out themselves?
How cool would that be? (excuse the pun)
:oP
xx
Sara
Calou :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
Just Waouh !
dcdeb :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
Wow, that souk looks a lot like Cairo’s… so many people!
And I believe the ice cream is delicious… but maybe not the best in the world… Have you had gelato in Rome? at either Giolitti or San Crispino. I think that just might be the best ice cream in the world! But I’ll reserve final judgement until I get to Damascus and try this place..
xxx
Vanessa :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:55 pm
Wow 8 hours to get there !
This video made me very hungry btw !
ana.banana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
this video makes me want to travel the world and enjoy everything ..even the smallest and delicious things like ice creams !
want one nowwwww
xxx
ana
DANI56 :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
OH! I’m glad that you’ve eaten the best ice cream in the world! By any chance come to taste the Italian ice cream …. it’s delicious!
Thanks for the video and have fun, wherever you are!
with endless love
daniela
ruxi :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
i’m….speechless… yumm!
26Alexandra :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
I love the athmosphere in this video. But now I need to eat a chocolate ice cream….Pfiou sympa l’image, devant son pc avec le gros pot de glace…déjà moins top l’ambiance
Thanks again and Bisous,
Alex.
Margaret :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
I’m not able to watch the video yet, since I’m at work, but will definitely do that later today! Will also leave another comment by then just to annoy you with it
Mxxx
CanWeJustSaySarah :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
On peut presque deviner le goût rien qu’en regardant les étoiles que ça met dans tes yeux !!
(et ça me donne un terrible envie d’y retourner !!! )
Ca me rappelle Le Glacier Belge de mon enfance à Antibles !!
Mikim :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:00 pm
Comment ça a l’air bon !
Tu te régales Mika et ça fait plaisir à voir.
Merci de nous faire voyager avec toi…
à défaut de pouvoir y être.
Affectueux bisous, Marie
Alice-in-wonderland =] :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
Yum Ice cream xD
Ohh Mika…Now i want ice cream!
i’ma gonna go and raid my fridge while my patents are out xD
Ssh..dont tell them!
Lots Of LoveLove
Alice. xXx
just me :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!WHAT A WONDERFULL PLACE!!!!LOVE IT!!!!!ME ENCANTARIA ESTAR ALLI……..
THANX MIKA
LOVE
BESOS DESDE ARGENTINA
HASTA LUEGO
OL
Nadia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
Hey Mika:)
Am the first one who posts this comment:)
Love the video
Btw I was the one who saw u in Riviera… who took a pic of u
Take care byee:)
Sylvana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
Nice Mika :)..haha..icecream, I eat Italian ice..that’s nice too :)..Love the video :D..
Your birthday is already there :D..
Kiss Syl
Alice-in-wonderland =] :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
Parents*
Sorry.x
LoveLove
Alice.x
Justine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Indeed! it looks very good! you are a lucky guy!
mine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
J’ai l’impression qu’après un mois de juillet bien rempli (par les spectacles), tu profites bien de tes vacances…. Vacances avec à la fois détente et culture… Amuse toi bien et repose toi bien aussi!
Bisous.
Joli chapeau!!!!!
Amandine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
MIAM! j’adore les glace!
Fanny :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:05 pm
wouaa !! elle avait l’air super bonne your ice cream
I want 
sa doit être génial le “souk” !!
et bien .. bonne appetit un peu en retard xD
Bisoux <3
Amandine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Tu m’as mis un doute maintenant!
Tout le temps je dis que les meilleurs glaces du monde se trouve au bord du lac léman dans un petit magasin tout mignon mais là du coup je retire se que j’ai dis..
Quoique il faudrait que j’y goute!
Bisouxxx
Eteri :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Hello,Mika
How are you?
Hope you’re fine.
Mmmm….Ice cream in Moscow very tasty too
hehe…
Have a nice hollidays!
Eteri
x x x
Melie :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
Wouaw…cette vidéo donne des frissons tellement elle est émouvante !
Merci de partager tout cela avec nous Mika !
C’est tellement dépaysant, l’ambiance qui y règne est un peu magique !
Vivement la suite…;)
Violet :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
It’s just… wonderful! I have no words! Thank you so much for sharing all this with us!!!
xoxo
Aline :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
Hi!!!
love ur blogs!
but actually Damascus is one of the Oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world but not the oldest Byblos (lebanon) is
Anyway ur blogs are so fun and cant wait to c more of ur trip to the Middle East.
LadyGodiva :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
Yum, well i’m jealous.
If i’m ever in Syria, i’m make sure to try some of that.
Seems legendary…wish I had something like that around here…. =P
*~Lauralai~*
janet :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
mmmmmmmmmmmm nice ice cream i can see it was very enjoyable, mika hurry and upload the second part i love watching your blogs.Your amazing and i think it great that you let us your fans watch your personal blogs.lots of love your biggest fan janetXxxxxX
Kate :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
This makes me smile! Part 2?
cécile :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:14 pm
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM……….. j’en salive devant mon écran !!!
ca fait plaisir de voir que tu as bien profité de tes quelques jours de vacances, j’attend avec impatience la suite de tes aventures, ca me donne un peu l’impression de partir en vacances moi aussi !
Bonne journée a tous
Space :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
May I have some too? :>
Eileen :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
Ice Cream is Yummy!
Cris Motta :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
I’m happy that all the wait to get some more of this ice cream again was worth it! 8 years is a long time, but it just made it more precious.
Thanks always for sharing your life with your fans!
Cris…
Brazil/Marseille
Sabine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
WOW nearly every day a Vlog, you are too good to us. But we enjoy it very much to travel with you. Maybe your stomach bug came from this icecream ?
Have a nice day
Sabine
sachinco :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
This is just like an Arabic language programme broadcasted in japan early in the morning.
What does ice cream taste like ?
I like cookie and chocolate anyway.
Moushette :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
Miaaaaaaaaaaaaaam !!!!!
And now that u are back in the UK, doesn’t this video make you hungry ???
It makes me hungry, en tout cas !!!!
Moushette
Isabelle :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
Hello,
I just got back from Switzerland and it was AMAZING, and to see this spot you just showed us makes me wanna go there too lol.
THANKS for sharing it and also for all this load that you put out there :D. Very interesting! THANKS!
rosedewitt :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
your pistachio ice cream looks so yummy
what a nostalgic feeling to visit that ice cream bar years later, and time seems to have stood still at this place.
btw lovely shopping arcade.
xoxo rose
Romca :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
Wow,Mika,you´ve got interesting summer :)!
daisylou! :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
Hey the best things in life are worth waiting for! ;o)
You should do the unshaven look more often suits you!
looking forward to the delights of part 3.
love!
d
x
christina83 :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:33 pm
Merci pour cette vidéo qui est vraiment belle.
Tes vidéos me font penser à une émission où un homme nous montre ses voyages à travers le monde(sauf que lui cherche à dormir chez des gens!).
Merci de nous faire partager tes petites “aventures”
(^u^)))> :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
nothing is ridicoulous if you want it !^_’
Georges :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
mika.. can u post some videos of yur trip and visit to Lebanon plz??
marta :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
Mika + ice cream = sweetest video ever.
I’d love to be there because one of the reasons of my travels are ice creams! I love looking for weird and special flavours!
Thanks for the video & keep blogging!
Muchos besos!!
corinne :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
it must be incredible to be able to travel around the world. There is so much culture in the world to experience. I’m extremely jealous.
corinne
Noni :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
A good ice-cream shop can make you feel twelve years old again… A marvellous feeling.
I highly recommend Missy Moo’s in Dubbo, Australia, more for the cows all over the place than the ice-cream!
And let me say thanks MIKA, for the first time in my life, I’m actually beginning to learn how to dress my age (being 18, NOT 40 as my previous dress sense implies) purely from the inspiration of your Big Girls - curves are fricking awesome! (Strongly recommend you and Kate Ceberano do a duet - I want to be that woman when I grow up!)
Linda :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
Haha I believe you when you say that it’s delicious
But it looks a bit odd if you ask me 
Can’t wait !!
Aarch, to be continued !!
Xxx
Linda
Gladys :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
Rhôôô c’est pas sympa de nous faire envie avec ta glace lol. En Italie aussi elles sont très bonnes les glaces lol.
En tout cas, cette place a une très belle architecture. Merci de nous en faire profiter à nous aussi.
J’attends avec impatience la suite…
Bisous à vous tous :o)
Agatha :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
cool!!! should we look foward to an ice cream song in your next album? lol! =)
kalil :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
i want to try that one too… try arcy dairy ice cream from philippines as well , promise its good..
btw, your bday is getting near… tee hee..
kalil
Johan :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Oh j’adore cette vidéo! Emouvante! Les images et la musique vont tellement bien ensemble en plus! J’aimerai tant voyager!
Et la glace à l’air trop bonne! J’ai faim maintenant!!!!!!! LOL
Merci de nous montrer tout ça! On apprend pleins de choses ici!
En attendant la suite de ce voyage je vous souhaite à tous une excellente journée!
BISOUS! YéYé
Anne-Laure (Mystie71) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:47 pm
Merci Mika de nous faire partager tous les bons moments de tes vacances!!!! J’ai l’impression d’être avec toi et ça fait du bien.
Ta glace a vraiment l’air bonne mais je ne sais pas si elle est meilleure que celle que je mange sur la Croisette à Cannes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I miss you
Love love me
Big kiss with all my love
Anne-Laure
Rocio Mayela :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
Hi! thanks for sharing with us this amazing videos and others things, it’s interesting and funny, I have learned so much with this blog, thanks!… that ice cream is seen delicious, of which it is?… continue enjoying your trip,
God bless you!
Love =D
Gladys :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 2:55 pm
Oups… je n’avais pas compris que tu avais été là-bas il y a de ça 8 ans… souvenirs souvenirs… effectivement, cette glace doit avoir un goût particulier.
Bon je file avant de dire d’autres bêtises.
Melanie (BonjourMika1990) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
This makes me all warm and fuzzy inside
So, you were about 17 when you were last in that shop?! I mean if you think about the significance of change between now and then,its quite amazing. Look at where you were and where you are. Its strange to me that you were once my age! Not that you’re old lol, just so sucessful at almost 25 now.
Never change, never lose that “childish innocense” as they say. Keep living the way you do. I believe you don’t take anything for granted. The details make you happy, they make you smile. The little occurences that bring back memories light up your face. And as a result light up OURS.
I know its just dessert, but really this video documents much more than that.
When I look to the future, I see myself going back to places that hold memories of sweetness, the kind of rapture that only comes from ice cream
Love you!
-Mel
Arrotina :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
WOW
beautiful and characteristic city…
The world is so hospitable and familiar … always and everywhere
This is important, because we can found things unexpected but agreeable, like the ice cream!
yes, yes, syrian ice cream looks very good…
but GELATO is better!
Don’t say you don’t like UN GELATO AL LIMONNN,
you’ll tell a fib
I know…
W la vie
(and W il gelato!)
Susi
tauruslady :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
It looks like a cosy atmosphere in that ice-cream shop.
And if you travelled 8 hours for some ice-cream, it must have been worth it!
very cool blog indeed
thanks for sharing!
-Debbie
♥♥♥
Sofia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
Oh, it looks delicious :O You give me ice cream cravings (I’m a maniac for ice cream).
It’s not ridiculous, I would also travel over eight hours to eat that ice cream with you
Yesterday I wanted ice cream so much but we didn’t have any at home and I didn’t want to go out to buy some so I made my own ice cream. It’s really good actually. I’d never tried that recipe before and it’s so easy. Just mix (2 dl) whipped cream, (1 can) condenced milk and (2 dl) “normal” milk and then you just ad the flavour you want it to have and put it in the freezer. Yummie!
Fred (fille) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
C’est vrai que sa a l’air bon!!! Bon la vidéo est en anglais (normal :p ), donc j’ai pas tout compris mais bon pour le plaisir te te voir régaler!!!
bis Fred
alice :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
hey mika
that ice cream looks delicious
i wish i was there tasting it with you
going there for ice cream is so NOT ridiculous, i think its great
ahh man, now i have an ice cream craving ;D
hope you are well
by the way, i LOVE your hat <3
all my love
hertfordshire’s number 1 fan
alice
xxxx
YOU MAKE ICE CREAM HOT HOT HOT LOL ;D
Chiara :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
I’d like to have one of those ice cream……they seem so delicious!
I wait for other videos from that beautiful place =)
A bientot…
bisous
alex. :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
were those pistachio slices on the ice cream?
hmm… that’s not a bad idea.
hadil :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
ha
I have already gone in syria and eaten it ^^
I do not find it here =(
have nice holiday and good continuation mika =)
christine c :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
Salut Mika,
Merci pour la balade ! j’ai cru comprendre qu’il était question de glace !
Malheureusement, je n’ai pas tout compris mais j’ai retenu que tu avais gardé la nostalgie d’une bonne glace mangée quand tu avais 8 ans ?
Je trouve que tout ce qui vient de notre enfance a et aura toujours une saveur particulière.
J’espère que tu n’as pas été déçu 17 ans après.
Bisous.
Milou :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
aaaaaaaaaaaaaah do you have any idea how jealous you make me? Driving eight hours for something you crave sounds like something I would do, lol. I hope you’re enjoying your stay!
Kath :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
I don’t like ice cream……..but I have to admit, as ice cream goes, it does look pretty yummy! It is great to find a place that one has been to before…………..well done! x
Benedicte :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
what was the flavour of your ice cream?
Is it like in North Africa? Rose, Orange blossom, Jasmin, Lemon…
Anyway it seems delicious!
could you involved people with you when they agree, like Yasmine in the previous post?
We are watching you, but we don’t even know who’s holding the camera and who’s editing those posts…
They are a huge part of this vlogs, so could you introduce them? please!!
obviously when it’s not too private…
weird request?? sorry if I am overasking…
Thanks to everybody who works with and for you Mika, and to you too, making us travelling this way…it’s very generous.
bisous à tous
Vicky :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
I sure wish it was weather for ice cream here in Edinburgh!!
alas not today:-(
What flavour was it?
I like mint the best but i reckon that was maybe pistachio?
Cool Mika
Vicky xx
MIKALE :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:21 pm
wow the place is beautiful… and you mika are so huge while you eat the ice kream…i think that it was very good, isn’t it??
AXXX
Lina :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
Ice cream is lovely =]
If you ever go to Norway again, you should check out the ice cream from “Den Gode Smak.”
It’s fantastic.
christine c :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
oh je viens de traduire certains commentaires anglais et je crois que je suis à côté de la plaque. Bon, ce n’est pas bien grave. Je persiste et signe en disant que l’on a toujours la nostalgie des bonnes choses.
Eveline :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
Hey Mika,
Cool that you found the ice cream shop back! The greenish things on your ice cream look a bit odd
I’m wondering what taste it was.
Thank you so much for the vlog’s, I love them so much and I learn so many new things from you.
I like those stars on the ceiling.
To be continued: can’t wait!
love,
Eveline x
RoXxX :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
Merci, Mika, pour cette magnifique video!
Merci de partager ses moments de ta vie avec nous.
RoXxX (MWS)
p.-s. la glace que tu as mangé avait l’air trop bonne !
sariflor :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
Mikaaa, why do you keep censoring me, LOL! I am gonna start feeling discriminated against soon, haha!
I was going to say that it’s lovely to see all these places where many of us haven’t been, through your vlogs, so please keep posting them. Or even if it’s just footage without you in it, that you have taken while travelling, etc…That would be really cool.
Heck, even things like the european countries “viewed through your lens” I would love to see!
I’m kinda silly that way :o)
Anyway, I hope that your holiday is not ruined by all the blogging; Please don’t feel that this is a chore, and if you must take more time between blog and blog, that is better than you getting totally fed up with the thing, isn’t it?
Take care
xx
Sara
*PandaBear* :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
Cool! so there’s another part coming!? ^^ can’t wait!
Luv those vids, really! :$
Pistache isn’t my fav taste, I like lemon better! xD
Are you wearing that same hat AGAIN?
with a LITTLE BIT OF LOVE,
xx *PandaBear*
Kajsa :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
It’s so fun to see where you’ve been!
It’s so special places! And now I want Ice cream too! *runs to the fridge*
// Kajsa X
Cherry :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
mika don’t u have videos of ur trip to lebanon:S
babspanky :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
Sensitive about the hat, huh? lolol
Chew :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
You evil thing, Mika
Now I want Ice cream too! XD
I guess it was something great to get back somewhere you’ve been before, quite long ago!
Plus, don’t let the camera get stuck off you. Lol, i love it.
THIS WHOLE BLOG THING IS AWESOME! it’s really like everyone knew you personally and hangs out here to share stuff.
oh noes, this comment is a way too long..! D:
xxx
Susanne :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
Oh, I want that ice cream so bad. It sounds even better than the old “ben&jerrys”.
Take care,
Susanne
Miranda :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
Yeah! A new video blog.
I like ice creams so much! I wanna have someone…mmmmmmmmm!
Looking forward to see part 3.
kisses miranda.
P.S. Please please tell us how we can send you a birthday present!!!
Pianogirlsammy :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
amazing looking…now excuse me as I go downstairs and eat some icecream…..
hehe
Thanks for the video, I love them!
peace,love,music!
and love always,
-sAmMy rAe ;D
xX Gabi Xx :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
YOU ARE LIKE ME!!!! I DO ALL FOR ICE SCREAM!! IS MY FAVORITE CANDY!!!!
XX GABI XX
Wendi :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
My favourite ice-cream shop is in St Andrews in Scotland - but if I ever get to Syria I will compare them
Wendy xoxox
Blue Sky :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Found quite a few other blogs saying Bakdash was indeed the best icecream in the world.
Try this vid to re-live the pistachios:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8up1-lLr8
Love these travel blogs Mika, you are actually opening our eyes and our minds as we see what fun you are having in places that many of us only read about in the papers…with troubles and sadness.
Thanks!
Zsina :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
I love these videos. !!!
It’s like ‘Mika around the world (in 80 days)’ thing!!!:D
Ps.:That hat on you….haha…too cute! Indiana Jones ehh?
xx,Zsina
sofiaa :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
hola mika!
I want to eat that ice-cream! ñaam!! jeje!!
como estas¿¿ hope u have a great week!!
:) 
besoss!!
amelie :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
c vrai que c génial de retrouver des endroits que l’on a connus par le passé
partout où je vais je me mets toujours au défi de retrouver ces endroits , ces parfums, parfois des personnages voire un chien, un arbre, une fontaine…de regoûter à ces saveurs ça fait très….Madeleine de Proust
laurence :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Aaah ça serait le fameux Bakdash : une glace enrobée de pistaches!! Mon dieu ça a l’air vraiment délicieux!!Je trouve que c’est limite cruel de nous faire cette petite dégustation alors qu’on est comme des débiles entrain de saliver!!!
Sinon pour le lieu (Le Souk al Hamidiya?): c’est juste féerique on a l’impression d’être hors du temps…Merci pour ces belles images on a pas les senteurs mais c’est tout comme!!
sariflor :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
You will probably delete this one as well I guess *sigh* (no, really, it’s ok, and in fact I ask that you DO NOT POST this, as it has turned out more like a letter or pm to you than a public comment) but I just wanted to say this to you…
After reading some comments, and observing things in general, I think that if you were to post a video of yourself sitting in McDonald’s and claiming that the McFlurry is the best ice cream EVER, people would start commenting how SUPERAMAZING it is, the BEST THING EVERRRR, and how they love it so much as well, etc, etc…
Such is the power that you have aquired; You’ve become like the piper of Hammelin :o)
Do you know that tale?
Not sure of the name in english actually, in spanish it’s “el flautista de Hamelin”.
Anyway I am not saying this in a “not nice way”, I just felt like making the point.
On a different note: Did you read on Mika myspace that I got married on 27 Jul, and we made our entrance to the reception to the “Love Today” track?
It was amazing, and everyone loved it.
So thank you for the song!!
And my brother also played us a video that he made, which you can view here if you’re interested:
http://www.vimeo.com/1421533
He makes short films and such, he’s quite creative.
He actually got an award for a little animation he made “El vendedor de globos” which is also on that vimeo page, and I think you’d enjoy.
He also used to write and sing songs with his guitar, and draw, etc…
Now I think that he just focuses on his films and his job (web design) which takes up all his time. Such is modern life huh? :o)
His site, with tons of his things, is this:
http://www.ignasigiro.com
Ok, sorry for the long message but I felt like telling you this. I will now stop spamming you!!! Apologies in advance for the long message :oP
Take care Mikster.
xxx
Lots of (non romantic or sexual) love
Sara.
andrea_from_chile! :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
hi mika! pistachio ice cream!! one of my favorites! lucky you… im not eating ice cream until i lose few pounds!!!!!!!! (big girls may be beautiful, though its important to feel confident too).
anyway, i loved the place!
xoxo
juliana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
rico,,,,
lastima que sigo sin entendr de que hablas ya que no se ingles,,,
por suerte la pagina se traduce!
que lindo sobrero,,,
queda super sexi,,
un beso grande
Alejandra :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 3:59 pm
Mika, now you’ve made the ice cream shop Bakdash famous worldwide, I would definitely go if I visit that souk in Damascus.
babspanky :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:00 pm
Sari should know it is Hamelin in English.
Anyway, I say hurrah for Mc Flurry! Give me a McFlurry over a Ben and Jerry’s anyday!
juliana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
rico,,
lastima que no puedo entender lo que dices,,
sigo sin saber ingles,,
jeje
lindo sombrero,,
un beso grande
Alix :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
OUHLALA, le gourmand LOL
Je me moque pas, j’adore la glace
Enfin, celle-ci je n’ai jamais dû la gouter, il faudra que j’essaye
MIAM! LOL
caroline :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
hé MIKA !
elle est sympa cette vidéo !
vraiment…tu as beaucoup de chance…tu as et le paysage super original et tres beau pour en prendre pleins les yeux puis tu as aussi des superbes glaces pour te régaler ! n’est pas magnifique ?! profites en bien et merci de nous faire partager ton aventure grace a ce blog…
PS:pouvez vous faire ce que vous avez dis dans l’article “where in the world”?je suis la gagnante et je n’ai pas eu de vos nouvelles….
bisous bisous !
carolinevade@hotmail.com
iadoremika :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
Mmm, yummy! That icecream looks really tasty:) The icecream shop looks like such a lovely place.
Thanks for sharing Mika =]
karine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
kikou !! elles ont l’air bonne les glace lol tu doit te régaler !! mais le probleme c’est que personne sait si tu sais lir le francais se serai bete si on marque pour rien lol
Karen pour Mika france :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
Il faudrait faire un concours tous ensemble pour élire la meilleure glace du monde! Mais il est vrai que la tienne à l’air plutôt bonne!
caroline :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
c’est encore moi !
pour ceux qui sont allé(e)s au concert de MIKA a NIMES le 21/07/08! voici un petit récapitulatif de la soirée tout en vidéos !
en tout cas je tiens te remercier mika ainsi que tout ton groupe pour ce magnifique concert!
je ne me suis jamais autant régalée que pendant cette soirée, c’est indescriptible !merci merci merci !
http://mikanimes2107.skyrock.com/
karine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
j’ai trop envi que tu sorte ton 2eme album !! lol je mi jèterais dessus =)
fanny FOUCHONNERET :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
salut!
moi,je connais plutot les souks tunisiens,j’y suis encore allee en juin,et l’ambiance est extraordinaire!
as-tu negocie le prix de ta glace?a pardon,peut-etre que l’on ne negocie pas dans les souks de Damas ;)ou bien ne negocie-ton pas le prix d’un glace tout simplement lol
bises et a tres bientot!
moi,j’aimerai bien voir une video du village du festival PALEO,en Suisse,la aussi c’etait presque un souk!!!
xX Gabi Xx :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
YOU REALLY LOVE SIRYA!
XX GABI XX
*dreamer* :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
ICE ICE BABY !!!
-sugar-sweet-
charlottie x :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
it looks amazing it’s so intresting to see different countries, thankyou
Charlotte xxxx
Emily (addicted2Mika) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Yummy! I love ice cream also! That looked like an interesting flavour, Can’t wait for part 2 hehe!!
<3 love,
addicted2Mika
valou :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
heu you travelled 8 hours for an ice cream ? hope you did some sightseeing …
the souk sounds great i love those arabic atmosphere ..i’ve been to morroco and it’s great too ..
heu i can’t let you say that those ice cream are the most delicious in the world …
have you ever tasted the ” fraiseraie de pornic” yes it’s in france near nantes …and now also a shop in nantes when they made delicious icecreams…
and i can tell you that you can find many taste and they are just amazing …come and taste them one day …
Carol :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
J’adore l’ambiance des souks,ça me rappelle celles de Tunisie et d’Egypte.
Ca devait être spécial pour toi de revenir dans cet endroit après huit ans.
Tu as vraiment passer des vacances dépaysantes.Merci de nous les faire partager.
xxx
Choupa MWS
rosetta :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Oh my gosh you make me dream with all your blogs,thanks:)
This ice cream shop looks very big!
my flat is on the third floor,and on the first one there is an ice cream shop,the ice cream there is realy good,yummy
NinaM :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
Can i have a bite?
nina
Rowena :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
That looked fabo.
Thanks for sharing - I had to go and eat a peach !
Clemnce :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
=’( I can’t watch yours videos cause in turkey, youtube est bloqué … =’(
Can U put some pics of U and of your trips pleaseee =D
xxx =)
{come in Turkeeey =D} [mon "franglais" est BAD]
Romi :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Mika…what a particular place!
it’s full of people everywhere…is it always like that? When I go to the ice cream shop, if it’s crowded I’m afraid to drop the ice cream by accident
haha
I didn’t understand what’s your ice cream flavor, but those things on it look like cucumber to me
Or Pistachio
I’m so happy for you to have those ‘8 years ago’ memories. Specially after saying in in a documentary that you don’t have a feeling of belonging
Hope you enjoyed the ice cream and everythig you tried!! (I’ve been told that lebanese families enjoy the meals like we italian families. Or even more)
te quiero mucho
Romi
prettyflo :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
Thank for the video! I love the atmosphere of the souks, (blending of odours, of precious things, meeting with people who can speak about their traditions)….and your ice-cream! My god!
But I know too one delicious ice-cream maker in Le Tréport in France…It’s when you want!
sev06 :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
sa valait vraiment le coup d’atendre aussi longtemps
c’est vraiment beau et on peut sentir l’ambiance à travers la vidéo,
c’est génial
deedee :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
hiya!! i hope u are gonna put videos of when u were in lebanon too..
i just had 4 amazing weeks there (the highlight was your concert!) and got back yesterday, but i wish i’d had time to visit syria as well, it looks so interesting. and the icecream looks similar to the one we have in leb with the pistachios
xxx
Vie... :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
8 heures pour revenir chez ce glacier… cela devait vraiment te tenir a coeur ..
Il faut dire que ce souk a l’air vraiment magique, chargé d’histoire, de parfums et d’odeurs.
C’est bien dommage que l’on ne puisse pas avoir les parfums et le gout via les vidéos, mais visiblement ces glaces ont l’air excellentes. (Le meilleur moyen d’en juger serait de pouvoir y gouter … mais je ne pense pas pouvoir trouver le glacier moi même ; tu m’accompagnes ?
)
To be continued …..
Cynthia Mulat :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
Omg! I’m salvating here. Sounds like its amazing.
Seems like such a lovely place. I’m going to have to make a new list of places i have to go.
My travel list is quite long so i’ll have to pick that up sooner or later or just start squeezn things into my schedule whenever there is free time.
Love the video!
xxx
C
Devi :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
awww mika! you looked so happy! im glad you found it! yummm now i want some ice cream!!! hahaha
well im glad to hear from you again!!! cant wait for more!
Mia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
What’s the flavour, ashta?????
liz :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
*YUM!!*
Damascus, i wanna go there sometime.. Seems amazing. What a beautiful Heritage.
Nessá :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
Hey ho!
Very nice vid!
But I must disagree: the most delicious ice cream in the world you can find in Düsseldorf/Germany!
The store is called ´Unbehaun`!!
It has only five different sorts of ice cream, but they are… delicious : P
bye
Nessá
ana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
mmm…
you could be perfect for a TV program in a travelling channel XD
Samia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
YUMMYYY !!!
La glace que tu manges à l’air délicieuse, huuum.
Et puis l’endroit semble agreable
Merci encore une fois de partager
ces petites merveilleux qui sont ces blogs, nous avons l’impression d’avoir voyagé avec toi ^^
xxxx
(La musique en fond est magnifique *__*)
Samia - MWS
Britt :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
Wauw it looks really cool over there! You look so happy :), so cute haha. And the ice cream looks delicious.
mjum, now i wanna ice cream too! ;D waah. But i’ve to go ..
byee
xxxxx
Miss lollipop :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
Yes please can u post some videos of your trip and visit to Lebanon!!!If I repeat what georges said maybe you will do it!Bizous -xoxo-
Lucrezia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Wow!! You are very nice ^__^
Waiting for more
amO* :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
mmm HELADO!
I love it! (L)
wating the second part ^_^
Martine :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
Yo Mika,
As you are into art, check out the Belgian illustrator Ever Meulen at http://lambiek.net/artists/m/meulen.htm. Probably you’ll like his work!
Bye for now.
Nina :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
I almost felt that I am traveling myself. Thank you for sharing details like this! And you looked fabulous, as always.
Alice Stewart :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
YO MIKA–
YOU scream,
I scream,
WE ALL scream for
I C E
C R E A M–
Food of the Gods!
THANX MIKA-
Still lovin’ the
PORK
PIE
as well:
You look
“too cool for school” in it!
I sent you
JONI MITCHELL singing ’bout it!
(I guess you never got to touch her dress.)
guess :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
was just saying to go for a cake,n friend 4 icecream… yum
Ida Sakura :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh my bettygoat!!!!!!!!! i have to try that ice cream !!!!! lov ur face at the end u looked sssssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!
7 more days untill ur b day!!!!!(my b day is 18 th 2 ,but not the same month)
plz come to texas in the usa!!!!
-Ida
Anastasia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
hey, sometimes i think you graduated from some business school ’cause you’re good at advertising
*kidding*
few more videos like this one and you can open a “Travel with Mika” agency
i love gelato - you really got me envy you
audrey :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
hummm de la glace j’en aurais bien mangé une aussi (eh oui encore une gourmande) . Tu a l’air très heureux et je ne dois pas etre la seule à qui ça fait plaisir de te voir ainsi. plein de bisouxxx
Agatha :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
can someone plz tell me how u guys comment on mika’s blog as soon as he writes it??? coz he wrote it at 1.38, and the 1st person commented 1 min afterwards!!!!
Ana1202 :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
I’ll write that place in the list of places I have to visit.
caroline :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
mmmmm boussa yum!!
Hope you had fun shopping xx
Ela :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
Thank you for sharing this wonderful town with us. I think the souks of Damaskus are very impressive. You can feel the history there. I really love that. To use the voice and the guitar of Mark as background music made the vid really magically. It makes me smile to hear you speak about the best ice cream shop in the world. It looks awesome. Please Mika, tell us what taste is it? Just to be curious:)))
Love love
Ela
marlau_20zr :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
awwwwwwww
soo sweet!!!
don`t laugh but i reeaallly want ice-cream!! NOW lol
i`m hungry.. i couldn`t have breakfast today and even i`m sick i want ice cream! hahaha
is realy adorable you came back there after all that time and thta your life changed that much
those things that seemed very simple but you never forget…
love from argentina!
Stephanie :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
Hey!
I went somewhere, where they had the most flavours ice cream of Europe, They even had ‘popcorn-icecream’!
I’ve tasted anis, whipped cream, m&m’s, bounty and something else, with a really odd name.
It tasted really good!
So delicious (You are, Mika :$!)
xStephaniex
*btw, sorry for my bad english*
Veronika :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
Ice creaaaammm!
I supose it was vannilla taste?
Ty fot sharing again
xxxx
lots of love
veer.
Rivella :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
Yummmmm.., that looks really really nice! - Usually i don’t like ice cream, but that’s really looking delicious! - &bytheway, i like your hat very much!
lotsoflove,
M.
Davina :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
Thanks…
Now I want Ice Cream -.-
Haha
xxx
**ulrike :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
Hello Mika!
On this vid you are airing a lot of inner peace and your eyes sparkling with joy by standing in front of the old ice-cream shop – it’s like you are meeting an old friend by whom you felt good, but you lost sight of him! And now – you meet him again!
This is a really beautiful atmosphere.
You should write a song about this ice-shop, yes! –
yesterday you have written a song called „Lollipop“, now we are waiting for your „ICE-CREAM-SONG” ♫♪♫
.. don’t take me too seriously …
But still have a sunny-lucky day ☼
and take care
♥♥ ulrike
Bev :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
yummmmy!
all u need is lurve and ice-cream!!
(oh and toys!)
xxxxx
léa :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
j’ai déja mangé a cet endroit
t’as raison, c’est la plus bonne glace du monde !
Dommage qu’il n’y en ai pas a la fraise (ta préférée !)
sarra :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
it is nice !
now you made me hungry ^^
hey , Do you speak Arabic ????????????
Ingie :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
Pity we don’t have taste tv…
But I have to disagree though, in my city, we have the best icecream that human kind ever invented…
Harmonie :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:21 pm
HUMMMMMM!!!
ça a l’air trés bon tout ça!!!
Tu es un vrai petit(non grand…) gourmand toi!!!!
MERCI a toi de nous faire partager tout ses moments magiques…
PS: Tu peux venir à la maison quand tu veux je te ferais des “spaghettis boulettes” avec en dessert une bonne glace faite maison!!! lol (on peut toujours réver…)
Anna Vera :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
HeeEay Mika!
Thanks for posting this vid.
It looks great there!
There’s only one thing:
Could you eat with your mouth closed, please? Just kidding you, sorry :$
Which flavour has that ice-cream?
It looks like pistace or something like that. ^^,
xx & have a nice day!
Love,
Anna Vera
SILVIA DE ARGENTINA y Carly!! :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
HI MIKA!!!
WHAT A WINDY DAY HERE!!! JUST WHEN WE WERE TO SENT A COMMENT THERE WAS A BLACKOUT!!! :S
YESTERDAY WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BLOG ONE TIME AND YOU DIDN´T POST ANYTHING!!!(WE WANTED TO SAY HAPPY CHILD´S DAY CUZ IT WAS HERE…LOL!)
WHAT A LOVELY POST!!! WE LIKE YOUR PERSONALITY YOU AREN´T A HAUGHTY STAR.THAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL!
THAT ICE CREAM LOOKS STRANGE!!!
BUT WE TRUST THAT YOU SAY YUMMY!!!
IT LOOKS LIKE A CULTURE VERY DIFFERENT OF THE ONE WE HAVE.
BUT THE ICE CREAM HAS NO LIMITS!!!
THANKS AGAIN BY POST THIS MOMENT!!!
BYE BYE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE “TO BE CONTINUED”!!!HAHAHA
BYE BYE!!!
PS: YOU LOOK SO GOOD AS A SIMPLE TOURIST…THAT SYRIANS DID NOT KNOW WHO WAS AT THEIR SIDE!!! ♥
UNA FRASE ARGENTINA : DIOS LE DA PAN AL QUE NO TIENE DIENTES!!!!HAHAHA bye!
patricia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
that icecream looks good , but is it even better than italian icecream?
i love italian icecream
dana broche :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
Never been to Syria but onr year ago I saw an amazing documentary, on Travel channel, about Syria and Damascus and the rest and that fabulous, 1001 and nights bazaar, the souk. and could never forget that family, the Bakdash and the fabulous ice-cream I hope to taste it one day (they beat it to make it elastic). La tienne a beaucoup de pistache, il me semble, j’en rafolle.
Thanks for sharing.
Mikas_gal07 :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
Yummy !!!
Thanks mika , loving the blogs !! Your ice cream looks lush !! mmmm *drools*
Love ya !
Caz xx
Findingmywords (Vanessa) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
Mmmn Ice Cream…
That’s amazing how it’s exactly the same from when you were.. 16? Haha
I counted.
Now I want ice cream haha.
Well I HAVE some. HA!
Thanks!
Oh and by the way, the MFCers in California are having a meetup in LA the day before your birthday! So yeah.. I just wanted to let you know haha.
Asun :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
MICAAAAAAA!!!! Can’t believe we were in Damascus at the same time (the same year at least). Maybe we even passed each other in the street, why didn’t you say anything??? It’s Fate, I tell you… Hahahaha.
Thank you for bringing back such yummy memories, Bakdash hmmmmmm…. It’s true, it hasn’t changed a bit, although the souk has, it’s more beautiful without all those tiny shops by the walls. One thing, please, I really want to know: is the guy selling the fawlk still there, at the entrance near Merje? I always thought that man had a story, maybe I’ll write it someday.
And that pistaccio ice cream, the best in the world no doubt, so glad we agree in such an important matter! What were you eating just before your ice cream came? Baklawa? Sesame biscuits? Yummieeeeee!!
This vlog is the best thing I could find in my coming home after a looooong day at the dig, wouldn’t be happier if you had made it on Madrid. But look at me now, I’m wanting one of those right now!!!
THANK YOU once again, this time you really made it man! Damascus is one of my places on Earth, always wanted to live there for a longer while, it’s such a special city, isn’t it?
¡Mil besos!
Asun - اسون
josie :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:43 pm
ice cream looks gr8t lol, by the way i love ur hat!!
love josie xxxxxx
Nath. :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
scrunch scrunch….
thanks to your post, I’ve just discovered that it is quite difficult to write AND eat an ice cream at the same time…
la prochaine fois je mettrai une bavette je crois :-S
Merci d’avoir partagé ce moment, ça fait rêver!! (par contre, mon pullover ne te remercie pas… il est tout taché maintenant
elena :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:49 pm
the richest of this world is chocolate and ice cream! ummmmm i love it!! jajajaja
Bianca :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
HI, Mika!
wow…what a video…where to begin?
First…I want to thank you for showing these to us…it’s so nice of you…I don’t think there is another artist out there doing this! so Thank you!
(which makes me soooooo proud of being your fan) 
second…that place was so crowded…didn’t anybody recognise you?
third…that ICE-CREAM…you’ve killed me with that…I’m on a diet…and the last thing I needed was to see you enjoying that delicious ice-cream…with pistachio…:(…but it’s ok I forgive you!
so I think that’s it…yeah…
A bientot, Meeks!
Bianca
xx
Diana :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
wow,that looks..umm..delicious
thanks for sharing !
can’t wait for more videos
Love,
Diana from Romania
Margaret :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
As ‘promised’ here’s ‘the other comment’ I was to write…
The nostalgia.. that must have been kind of ‘weird’ to be entering an ice cream shop that hasn’t changed at all over 8 years!! Wow… and that shopping mall (or whatever the correct word is) looks really beautiful. Makes me realise how many a beautiful place planet earth owns.. Also makes me eager to travel much more than I do now. If only I had the time and money on my hands.. (the irony)
The Italian bloggers are right about their ‘Gelato’ I must admit. It’s probably the best there is in the world and I strongly suggest you try the ‘Stracciatella’ one!
You won’t be sorry.. I even bet you can’t get enough of it once you start eating.
Mxxx
BICHE :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
Oh l’ambiance semble féerique !!!
ça donne vraiment envie de decouvrir cet endroit !Visiblement une bonne adresse pour egalement manger une bonne glace
Merci, hâte de voir la suite
Axie Dentelle :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
I KNOW you love icecream, you could eat tons of it, it’s sooooo delicious! But Miiikaaa!!! What about your love handles???
Sorry I must go, I need to eat an enormous icecream right now!!!
Axx
bernardita (ARGENTINA) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
mikaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
thanks for the videoo!!!!
i love this place is amazing!
Lolita L'Amour :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
Oh, that looks AMAZING! I’m such a fiend for ice cream, and that made me hungry! Lol! You lucky boy, so far Damascus is a place I’ve only dreamed of going… But someday! I hope you had a lot of fun, and again, that ice cream looked absolutely delightful.
Natalie (England) :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
yummm!
can’t wait for more Mika!
xx Natalie
Margaret :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
To Sara (Sariflor),
I actually read your long message and I feel the same way about things.. Probably because we are one of the ‘older’ bloggers here. It doesn’t matter what Mika says, all of his words become some sort of mythe (sorry if I spelled that wrong). However I do think it’s an ‘age-thing’. There’s probably a lot of teenagers posting here and that’s OK. But I do catch your drift, Sara. Thought I was ‘alone’ in that thought
Anyway, I also checked out your brother’s video and wow! what can I say? It’s BEAUTIFUL and eventhough I do not know any of you, I was touched! It contains a beautiful message and holds a lot of truth in there.. Good luck together and enjoy every minute of your marriage with Ryan.
To everyone else: I am sorry if this begins to look like a forum instead of a blog, but just felt like pointing it out..
XXX
Silke :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
If I ever come to Syria I´ll search for the best icecream in the world.
*runs off to the fridge*
Btw, you always catch me with the songs you`ve put in your videos!
patricia :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
mika , can you please make another trip back to syria and eat more icecream?
i made my design for you too big
hahha no jk i’ll make it smaller (it’s hard making clothes and guessing the size)
i hope you are going to like it