and adventures

This needs a short story,

I am working on a project and in need of inner tubes, (the bright color one I use

From the dollar store.) I had been looking, no luck, and then I remembered I had taken a photo from Rustem Pasa Camii down to the market below and hanging in a stall was a tube.

So I went there yesterday.

The man would not sell the tube I need 3 anyway.

I left walking out of the market a way I had not taken prior

I saw some toys inside what I thought was a Han

I walked in

It was a former hamam

So how wonderful I can show you what the ceiling looks like, as you cannot take a photo in the bath…

In the bath you are laying on the warm marble below the ceiling it is like looking to the sky.

and yes in the bath in the mist in is more special.

And I purchase 3 blue neon made in china inner tubes…

the weeks are running together

My days are filled with some of those everyday things in life

As well as teaching and the surprise adventure.

The tulips are still in bloom, quiet a long season

And lovely.

These are at the square near to the spice market in front of Yeni Camii

These guys I bump into a lot waiting for the bus, sadly I have also seen the results, massacred tress.

Tea is always better on the other side of the fence, having tea with a faculty at Mimar Sinan art school . Prime real estate right on the Bosphorus

Getting milk with a friend, her new baby drinks only goat’s milk.

When she asked if I wanted to come along I did not think I would actually confront a goat in Istanbul…

gule gule bursa

Oh yes the reason I came to Bursa, to speak at the architecture university

The trip back to Istanbul on the ferry, my flowers, a gift from the students,

Saying good-bye to Bursa.

Tractors

For jimbo and john

You would love it.

This man rolled the tractor down hill to start

Backed up, picked up his bucket then went back down the hill.

Innovation at its best.

Cumalikzik more

Mt Uludag in the distance famous for skiing

Ladies from a village near Ankara( about 4 hr away) on a “field trip” sponsored by the government

They seem to be checking out the competition in the lace market.

And yes the restaurant where I had 3 glasses of raspberry juice

Bursa

I traveled to Bursa by fast ferry

Wonderful form of transportation that runs on German time (so the say here) hence quite efficient.

My day in Bursa was spent mostly in the historic village of Cumalikizik

Located beneath Mt. Uludag and near the city of Bursa. The town was established by Ottoman Turks in 14th century to provide logistic just before the conquer Bursa from Byzantine. The town has preserved not only its architecture but also the traditional lifestyle. The village of Cumalikizik is one of the best examples of early Ottoman civilization.

Cumalikzik is famous for raspberries and its natural raspberry juice. Which I had many glasses of for lunch!

Tourist

The season has begun

And Japanese seem to be the majority at the moment

Though I hear by late May Europeans will flood the streets.