by Dennis | January 16, 2015 | Friday’s Fotoğrafı
Friday’s Fotoğrafı, 16 January: Pineapples are sold from a pushcart on a snowy, blustery day in Bursa’s downtown bazaar. As the first big snowstorm of the year hit Bursa, the central bazaar continued to bustle as neither sellers nor shoppers seemed phased by the...
by Dennis | January 15, 2015 | Thoughts and Musings
A little while ago, Terry at Adventures in Ankara graciously invited me to write a guest post on the merits of visiting Bursa. Earlier this week, Adventures in Ankara published this post and I’d like to share it with you here on The Best of Bursa. Bursa: The...
by Dennis | January 12, 2015 | Bursa's Delightful People
“Gel, gel, gel,” Sadet said to my wife, Amy, with an inviting hand motion. “Gel” is the command form of the verb “to come,” and in Turkish culture it’s wise to obey such a command given by an elder. Amy, not sure what she was...
by Dennis | January 9, 2015 | Friday’s Fotoğrafı
Friday’s Fotoğrafı for January 9: The twin domes of Eski Kaplıca Hamamı (Old Hot Spring Bathhouse) rise above the valley in Bursa’s Çekirge neighborhood. Çekirge is famous for its therapeutic hot spring water. The local Horhor Spring feeds mineral-rich, 90ºC water...
by Dennis | January 6, 2015 | Bursa's Neat Places
It was a rainy 7 degrees centigrade when my buddy, Mehmet, called me out of the blue and asked me if I’d like to go with him on a Saturday afternoon drive up Uludağ Road to the mountaintop. “Um, okay,” I said with a slight bit of trepidation, wondering in the back of...
by Dennis | January 2, 2015 | Friday’s Fotoğrafı
In the first Friday’s Fotoğrafı of 2015, the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Orchestra sings (and plays and dances) in the New Year during their Yeni Yıla Merhaba (Hello to the New Year) Concert on December 30 in Osmangazi Hall at Merinos Atatürk Center. The...
