Green Bursa

Bursa has the nickname 'yesil Bursa' which means green Bursa. This year it has rained so you can see the green.

This photo was taken only a short distance from the centre of Bursa, on the road to Orhaneli.

Monument to Karagöz

This monument is opposite the Karagöz museum. You can see the beautiful spring tulips by the side of the monument. Tulip is a very popular flower in Turkey.

Spring Flowers

I think these flowers are very pretty and unusual. They were growing by the sea in Mudanya.

Mudanya seafront

Mudanya is on the edge of the Marmara sea and about 20 minutes from the centre of Bursa. The seafront is a nice place for a walk when the weather is good.

Unfortunately the sea is quite polluted because many boats pass on their way between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.

Erik

"in spring time this is a famous fruit that turkish people likes..called erik...normally you eat with some salt on it..it is hard but not sweet ...like lemon let's say...it is very expensive 5 ytl is 2euros and 50 centimesper kilo  because these are the first eriks of the year..i haven't seen them in Europe i mean i saw the sweet and mature one's but i saw them in some arabic hot countries like Jordan ...

i adore them but no no i musn't buy ..i must wait also the firsts ones are not so delicious.."

Tomatoes

Tomatoes and cucumber from the open air market in the centre of town.

Spring Decorations

Spring is here! And they decorated the shopping centre to celebrate.

Not so old building

As we showed a lot of old buildings, I would like to show a modern one as well! I took this yesterday, while the sun was still shining.

Fountain

"today the weather is perfect ....after so many rainy days finally the sun did it's job..it workssss ..it is warmmmmmmm...so you can see a little parts of the sun through the water..."

Kervansaray Hotel

This is a view over Bursa looking towards the East. It has grown a lot in the last 10 years.

It's a bit of a grey day, even though spring should be here by now.

In the foreground is the Kervansaray hotel, now owner of the hamam (I know we still have to take a photo inside!).

Gift Street

Hediye means gift, or present in Turkish.