First time visiting Western Europe & how I went through passport control as a Russian citizen

You are so brave. Courageous and brave. It is very yucky being the only one. So glad you are an experienced traveler now. 🤗😍😍😏

As someone with anxiety and depression issues, I appreciate it when someone like you is so open with such things. It's like, I feel proud of what you're doing and how you're making it through these things ... and then it makes me realise that I can be proud of myself for getting to where I am too! So thank you for sharing all this, your videos make the world better.

It is heartfelt story you tell. Welvome to Europe. We hate only Putin and his allies.

Yeah, I am sorry for you that that is your feelings about the EU. Putin makes it hard being russian in the free world. It's going to be bad for quite a while.

In Seattle WA that bag of stuff you got for $20 would be $40

Ah, welcome to the Netherlands. I’m really surprised by the questioning when you entered the country.

Im sorry, but i cant even imagine why even Georgia accepts ruzzians there. ruzzia invaded there also. Ruzzia needs to get rid of its richard-tator putler and stop bullying its neighbors.

It's great to see Amsterdam/EU through your eyes. I remember my first visits to the Western Europe after my country joined the EU some 20 years ago. I was equally overwhelmed. At the same time, the excitement I felt was so palpable I decided to study in Scotland and later in Amsterdam. I still remember the sense of discovery and adventure I felt but also a sense of loneliness, anxiety, and deep-rooted inferiority. I guess that's only one of the scars that authoritarian regimes leave on people for generations and it's a tragedy that Kremlin is stirring things up again. In any case, good luck in your travels and, if I may say so, welcome to Europe! It suits you. I think you'll fit right in!

Netherlands is great! Great people there, got lots of friends from Netherlands. If you'll travel to Slovenia and need some guidance feel free to ask. Keep up the good work and be positive.

There is to be debated whether Russians should actually be permitted to travel to the Shengen area currently with the way how Russia treats the world.

Nonetheless, I feel you.

Mamma Mia, relax ! Try to go to usa being a « not-risky » European : 1000% worse ! You are considered a terrorist until you leave and i speak about a 3 hours inside airport stop in LA to continue to tahiti ! Even if you seem pretty, NO ONE wants to kidnap you as we would be so afraid of Putin sending some missile on us to recover you of course …. Go to Ukraine to have a look on real Europe country first !
Anyway, you come back to realism fortunately at your video’s end…. And well, you’re a young one, you go to a bar and speak with people to introduce yourself as you speak well English and that’s done, you will be welcomed as it should of course !

You do look like you really need a hug, for like 24 or 48 hours, and someone to just say, it's going to be alright, really, you will be alright, much love x Do you have to go back?

Hi, this is the second of your posts I have found, the first was the Pride one. Russia has thrown away many young and talented people, with it's ridiculousness,, it's peculiar "morality" and shameful imperialism, also threatening to send it's young to die for stupid old men

Why didn’t you stayed with some of your subscribers? 😃 next time just drop a line.

You have tons of comments so dont think you will read that but next time, if you travel to western europe, just go buy stuffs in hard discount supermarket like Lidl, where the quality (most of the time) is the same as brand supermarket where you went, just the choice is a bit restricted and more standard, not very original stuffs. In reward you pay the food from 20 to 30% less...

Your mic looks like a strong witchcraft amulet .😀😀😀😀😯😉😈😈😈😉😀💀💀💀💀💖💖

For the most part western Europe is safe and nobody cares what you do, especially in a very liberal place such as Amsterdam. Enjoy, definitely one if the best places in Europe, just not so much for the food.

In Western Europe you dont need Taxi, you can use public transport from almost all airports just as in the East.

Russians in general need to understand that even if they are against the war in Ukraine - they STILL carry a responsability. There is no such thing as "neutral" "pro" or "con" - they are ALL responsible the same way the Germans were resposible for Nazi Germany all those years ago. In that light Russian tourism is a thorn in my eye. But as long as they stay in Hungary and Slovakia I will not be confronted by the issue.

Greetings from Denmark.

I am so glad you made it here. Welcome. :-)

Natalia, you laugh, but you're already somewhat better travelled than me. I've never been to the Far East, I've never been to the US, I've never been to Georgia, or Montenegro, or the Netherlands. Despite being a EU citizen for twenty years. :-) In any case, welcome to the Schengen area and welcome to the EU and have a good time.

I hope you keep having international travels and adventures. The best way to understand the world is to visit many places.

ask the locals, even on internet! i know a place in amsterdam where you can have a really nice indonesian meal for 5 euros. also, if you are anxious going out, i am sure that for most european cities there are websites on which you can find a buddy to take you out

so refreshing to see your video.

I hope you went to the VanGoh museum. Maybe don't go to Anne Frank museum thus time, my dear.🥺

The PTSD is real. You poor thing...I hope you have help. You'll be ok.

everything is fine

A spy, propagandon? ruzz nazi influencer(brainwasher)

Hi Natasha, I perfectly understand your feelings at the passport control. It was the same for me some years ago in Samara waiting the flight to Helsinki, the person at the control made me so many questions and I was very nervous about that

Dehumanisation of Russians must end, it is evil and wrong.

I wouldn't wanna visit Europe if I have to share my entire itinerary other than my entry & exit from the zone

For 25 years long, I have been travelling to and from bloody Russia and then you are wining about entering a part of the civilized world. You know what is terrifiying? Entering a country that oppresses an endless amount of minorities as well as cultures, just because they think the have the right to. I have travelled to many other countries, always knowing that if I had done my duties (passport, visa and entrance forms filled in in a right way) I would have nothing to worry about, but not Russia ... Even when you have done everything in perfect order, in Russia there is still a significant chance you will be unreasonable engaged in questioning and the powerlust game of those people that think a uniform makes them superior. Once I have even been interrogated for a full hour on Domodedova Airport by the %&^@$ custom police, because the picture on my passport didn't look enough like the picture on my visa. This shows how unreasonable Russia and Russians are ... a nation-wide mental illness due to more than a century propaganda and ignorance. In a civilized country, you know and feel, that when you did everything according to the rules, there is no need to be afraid or nervous.

And Amsterdam is not the Netherlands. Most Dutch at present are ashamed it is our capitol. So get out of Amsterdam and into the real Netherlands. My golden tip: the Open Air museum in my hometown Arnhem. Advice: leave everything Russian in you behind and learn, learn, learn ... Good luck and stop being nervous (because that is something Russian!).

love you Natasha you are true to your self and to your subscribers
take care

I am very surprised by the fear that you still have. I understand that in your parts you are frightened of the European Union (how bad and wrong it is blabla), but getting around by public transport is more or less the same in every corner of the world. :)

and... Welcome to Warsaw

More eye opening slaps or punches will come, guaranteed. But you inevitably will have to go through it, coz you were feeling unhappy in your motherland. Later you may realize what you will be missing

It's like FBI Question not control passport 😳
Generally when you have Visa everything is done I think...

Hope you have fun.

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Welcome to my country! Netherlands is in general really a safe place. Enjoy your trip!

USE AT YOUR RISK. Do not use abusively. 8 September 2024 at 5:06 a.m. MST USA. Greetings, we had some time to see what you have been doing. Advice: don't ingest marijuana, causes paranoia. We've been concerned regarding the world, suggesting 16 world regions the same size and the same operating money. Russia is so big, needing to be half, or if Russia and Europe agree to be one nation, then USA, Canada and Mexico as one nation. Includes Africa, China, South America, Australia and Antarctica, India. The USA uses $4 trillion from taxes yearly, and then each of 16 regions also accessed to that amount. Young individuals are advised to not be zealous until attaining the age of 50 years. Individuals aged 50 years or more are advised to not be zealous while presumptively wrong, or influenced of wrong conditions. The USA is having elections soon, but voting is not effective. The voters let the politicians get $178,000 yearly, while the voters get $14,000 yearly. It is a stupid system, repressive, with some groups influenced stupidly of rhetoric ideology alluding patriotism, while harassing persecuting others.

Hi from Germany! You are very welcome as a Russian person, many of us are aware, that many of you guys want just live free and peaceful like us other Europeans. Lot of respect for your courage!

I'm so happy that you feel better after the initial anxiety ❤I completely understand you, especially travelling alone the first hours/days are an adjustment period. Can't wait to hear more about your journey and your reflections on Western Europe!

You shameful you don't speak your lanuage?

With your Schengen visa and getting back to Georgia, do you have to leave from the same place that you entered the Schengen area?

As a Californian we're honored by your Pasadena shirt. You've done an amazing job making a life for yourself out in the world and I can't wait for more adventures.

I've been following your channel from the beginning. You had your first videos in a Russian dormitory.

Gotcha, you are housed in Sloterdijk :)
I know the place like my pockets. Well, anybody from Amsterdam or surroundings know it, TBH. I am from Hilversum, exactly 20 km southwest from A'Dam, but I work there for decades. I work at the campus of the Amsterdam University, at the other end of the town.