a n o t h e r s h o r t s t o r y

so on 05th april i left istanbul at 4 in the morning.
sb i met on the last cs gathering in kadiköy (asian side) had to leave for bursa for work, so he proposed to give me a lift since hes gonna take the car anyway. before that he fetched me and took me to bosporus university, where an amazing view on istanbul was waiting for us. i think if i lived in the dormitory of such a university, id definately go out every night to enjoy the view. ur looking on the bosporus bridge from afar, all these lights and only dimly visible buildings, nothing moves except for the tiny little white-red headlights & the leaves. and the only thing which is keeping you from entering complete, peaceful silence is the distant honking - remembering you that theres still an outside world.
well okay, so much for that. only tried to give u a slight idea =P

alrighty, so i stayed 5 days in bursa.
its a nice city in general, but nothing too special to see when ur a "real" tourist (or at least u wouldnt stay for 5 days then). it was difficult to find a host in bursa at first (bursa is a city full of students and as there was the final exam week coming up many ppl had to study), but then i changed couches 2times, the first change only to the friends of my first host tho. it was a pleasant stay; i went to university twice (and i gotta admit that i was missing some educational institutions a lil bit =P), visited a really small, charming mosque, saw the whirling dervishes! & also went to a german lesson together with my two second hosts! (=

in comparison to istanbul bursa is a really little city (only 2.5mio instead of 16mio =P), so accordingly the city looks slightly different. i arrived at about 7 in the morning, so not many ppl around, it was grey & cloudy and i was just thinking "whaaaaaa tf???!" i got so used to (and also got to like to prob...) the crowded streets, the honking, the density, the hustle...i was scared of & felt a lil bit uncomfortable with the weird green spaces inbetween the buildings...(but in fact they were weird. since there is so much space it seemed like the buildings were built just wherever ppl felt like it..."scattered" is the right term i guess =P)

the bus ride to çanakkale (about 4 1/2h, 30YTL with "kamil koç") was uneventfully, but still i enjoyed it since it was the first time i really had time on my own. and besides, i like bus rides, even the long ones. im small, so i dont have any problems with my legs (or rather my legs dont have any problems) and its relaxing to simply look out of the window & enjoy the view, everythings constantly moving.
so thats it i guess, enjoy the pictures.