Holiday Inn Bursa

David and I parted in rain that had started just after we broke camp. It continued until I reached Havza at about 11am. I ducked into a lokanta for an Iskembe soup followed by Kuru Fasulye (Baked Beans) with a mountain of bread. It costs about 7TL. <br><br>The rain had stopped when I left and I climbed steadily up to 900m before sailing down into Kavak for another meal. This time I had Paça soup ...

... farcit d Ayrgamboys emprenem l estoica travessa turca. (...) Es trist el Mar negre; d una tristor d aquelles que encongirien el cor si se ls hi pogues treure el so. El cel s ha encapotat per primer cop des de Bari ( Italia) i fins i tot els verds son grisos. D enssa que es toca costa, abans de Samsun, que surt la ganya del mon inhospit. Aquesta es una costa bruta, abarracada de tendes xalet a la platja, amb ...

... the building in which the Mudanya Conference took place in October of 1922. That conference was the first recognition of western powers of the new Turkish Republic, won in a war of independence under the leadership of Kemal Ataturk.<br><br> Then it was on to Zeytinba&#287;i, or Triliye, as it is also known. There we pretty much also just walked around. Zeytinba&#287;i is a small town and known for olive oil production (and olive oil related products). We walked to a ...

... 1 <br><br>In Am**ica, the dying of bees <br><br>NYTimes, 27 February 2007 <br><br> In 24 states throughout the country, beekeep**s have gone through similar shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production of num**ous crops, including California almonds, one of the nation's most profitable.... The bee losses are ranging from 30 to 60 p**cent on the West Coast, with some beekeep**s on the East ...

On this day I decided to use the house washing machine to do some laundry.<br><br>The control knob on the washing machine is broken; it can't turn the controls. I bought some "super glue" and glued the broken piece back. It broke again when I tried it. So much for "super glue." Nevertheless, I glued the piece back on.<br><br>Nevermind, I could use the vise-grip pliers to run the control, and just put the knob on to read the station in the cycle. I started a ...

... industrial boiling applications.)<br><br><br><br><br><br>< br>This fellow, Erkan, and I could pretty freely talk, and he, of course, could pretty fully explain me to all the others. His father-in-law was born and raised in the village I had passed through, and was something of a mountain man. He had blue eyes, as did his lovely daughter, and his parents were from Salonika (Thessalonika, Greece). I noticed their blue eyes were as Kemal Ataturk ...

... s late afternoon I went on to much more prosaic thoughts. I took off the toilet seat, sawed and planed with my knife, and made the physical corrections so that the seat is not loose, the top does not come down against my back, and the little hose does not poke my butt.<br><br>Then I went up to the cafe and was shown by Hamdi to my front row reserved seat, to watch, in sadness--when Germany scored--happiness--when Turkey scored; but finally dejection as Turkey fell in a semi-final match to Germany, 3-2.

... visited. Signs around (an empty stage, unattended tv cameras) showed that I had missed the main event.<br><br>I took a dolmus back to the area in which my (another, even better, 25YTL) hotel is. And then, while standing out in a park there was a roar, and about eight jet planes flew past close over head, streaming red and white smoke. It was obviously the Turkish Air Force acrobatic squad. So I headed back to the waterfront, as earlier I had passed a sort of reviewing ...

... explain the exhibits and practice her english, but i still got the gist of what was going on. I dont think itd have been too bad living in 1896 Ottaman lifestyle - they had bathrooms, beds, ********, heating, sofas - all v comfy looking in fact. Not bad, not bad at all. Plus the Ordu one had a v nice back garden with get this - a barbie - Ottaman style of course - there too. I wonder whats the turkish phrase for "Throw some shrimps on the barbie Brucie" Could it be ...

... bread eaten at the Ataturk Alani park set back in the throng of the city. Although TZ itself is never going to win any beauty contests it was great to be in a busy vibrant city for a few days. Although only about a third of the size of Sanilurfa (the biggest city Ive been in so far) its light years ahead in terms of pulse and buzz. Ýt even has a cinema!! So after bfast it was time to put TÝPO to work after his day off. His mission - should he choose to ...