Ibis Eskisehir - Open 12 Mar 07

... open sky and the other one for winter when the region is bitter cold.

When we leave the plain towards the Ankara region the landscape turns into a more hilly one with lots of agriculture activities.

Potatli is a small town that we selected by distance and we stay in the first hotel that we find. We have then not seen anyone else and we have eaten is a small restaurant. The sidewalks are up early and we go to bed

... that we were poor youths on a transworld trip, he hooked us up with free, but unusually doughy, ice cream. As the sun set, and old man appeared and gestured that it was a further 5 lira to stay the night. As we'd spent everything we had left, we started to pack up reluctantly, but he kindly gestured that we could stay and sleep.

... park, giving many hours to its
maintenance and upgrading until a careless smoker caused a fire that
destroyed his wooden house. We were surprised no other people were
in the park, even though it was Saturday. Apparently, tourism has
really taken a plunge since 9-11, which is really unfortunate, as it
is a beautiful area with man opportunities for hiking, biking, and
water sports.

Judy had expressed an interest in visiting the Hamam, or ...

Left Mudurnu at about 10am expecting some huge uphill climb. It never came. Maybe my legs are getting stronger or my friends who suggested that it was 20km uphill and 20km downhill have never actually travelled along this road. I had a long lunch by a river and even had time for a sleep. I awoke to see a fisherman stopped in his tracks admiring the bike. Not many cyclists round here then. I was met in ...

... teaches English, and has a small business selling educational publications. I had informed him of my arrival time, and by his offer expected him to meet me a the bus station. But, he was not there.

I got off the bus, put on my jacket, and was prepared to go on into the city and find a hotel. Then, a few steps on Tamir called me on my cell phone. He had been detained on business, and gave me instructions to the city center tram stop at which he was awaiting me.
Eskisehir, Eskisehir, Turkey oldrover

... I can't play I act as an offensive coordinator. Two days after Christmas, it was time to go and check out Eskishier. It would be about a 6 hour bus ride with 40 Turkish speaking teammates. It began much as I expected it to: rowdy laughter, beer drinking, and jokes I could not understand. Little by little, I began to grow accustomed to hearing the tones of their speech and recognizing what was supposed to ...

... actually DID care was the fırst tıme we ended up at a place wıthout any Englısh news. thıs was a lıttle dısappoıntıng as we had gone to a great deal of trouble to vote from turkey. but such ıs lıfe. So we ended up watchıng the news about the US Presıdentıal electıons ın turkısh. now I WAS ımpressed how much coverage there was about the electıon. Most statıons mentıoned ıt frequently and some were coverıng ıt ...

... had fastened to the pole in a mighty knot.  An oracle then declared that the person who discovered how to untie the knot would become the lord of Asia.  For centuries nobody was able to achieve this impossible task, until finally Alexander the Great, during his mission to conquer the world, simply took out his sword and with a great blow sliced right through the Gordian Knot...Fulfilling the oracle's prophecy, Alexander became the lord of Asia and the ruler of the world.

... a second visit, this time at the time of the festival, honoring Ertuğrul, father of the first Ottoman sultan, Osman, I was taken by a couple of Bursa residents, Z. and her husband N. I had become acquainted with Z. early in my stay in Bursa when she answered my appeal for help in locating a house to rent. I posted that notice on a travelers' social network to which we both belong.

Friday, September 14 was to be the first day of a three-day festival, this year I ...

... saltar fins aqui. Aqui la gent es perd terra endins, i els pobles se separen fıns a perdre s la pista. Quilometres d hectarees solcades pel rasclet, pentinades al peu de les muntanyes pelades i rocoses, o de terra seca, esllanguides en llargues rectes que acaben lluny, amb la linia de la neu d hivern marcada com la dels mitjons d un alemany despres de les vacances a la platja. Quilometres de paisatges negres, retallats en corbes ...