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CEKIRGE CAD NO 21 Bursa, Bursa, Turkey

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Ramadan in Writing

A travel blog entry by ejbeyer

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... of my students during our long lessons together, and they understand that I'm a foreigner in the middle of a tradition unfamiliar. At the end of the day we all come together and eat and laugh and joke together and morale is high.

In an act to dive into the culture and show some solidarity with my students, I fasted for a day last week and almost died. Well, that's the feeling anyway. I didn't wake up for my morning sahur, so I went a ...

And from hijabs to burqas

A travel blog entry by bebabui

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... mall for silk. Bursa is at the end of the Silk Road and is a very prosperous city. It was also the first Ottoman capital.

Silk scarves are nice but really rather useless, unless you wear head veils or you are a master at accessorising, at which I’m rather hopeless. So we went through the bazaar quickly, promenading with our two elder Aussies and it’s 40 C so we need a cold beer. Not one to be found because we’re too close ...

Nicaea and Bursa

A travel blog entry by larry.phillips

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... Holy Trinity was adopted and later for the creation of the Nicene Creed.

We then drove to Bursa, a city of 2.5 million people famous for its silk trade and agricultural products. We toured a fifteenth century mosque and a silk bazaar before going to the hotel for dinner.

Even though I had slept well I felt very tired today - still catching up I guess

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The charming little Cumalikizik Village

A travel blog entry by momentsintime

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... remember the streets taken previously but rest assured because generally, what goes up, must come down….and with this in mind, I went downhill…..

Going down another pathway, it allowed me to see even more beautiful old wooden homes, some of which smoke from their wood burning fireplace could be seen coming out of their chimneys. The small village had ...

Bazaar and Silk Markets in Bursa

A travel blog entry by momentsintime

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... its silk trade which was set up in the 15th and 16th centuries.

It was 3:30pm by the time we arrived at the Koza Han building where gardens, fountains and benches were right in front of it. This very popular meeting place was quite crowded with locals and visitors resting and enjoying a sunny day.

The Koza Han building was a ...

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