Bursa and Cumalikizik

This weekend we are on a trip to see some more of Turkey. Today we took a day trip to a small town (Cumalikizik, yes, that is how you spell it - but don't ask me how to pronounce it) and saw what a old Ottoman style village might look like. It has been protected, and so the architecture is all in the vernacular style. I spent some time in a great small courtyard sipping Fanta and sketching the inside to outside relationships.

Bursa, on the other hand, is not that different from Istanbul. It certainly has its own character, but over all it is still very modern feeling. The Hans, and Mosques are a little understated compared to those of Istanbul. Yesterday we spent a few hours looking at Yesil. It was a fantastic mosque on top of a hill, with a dramatic entry progression. The interior spaces ranged from a warm glow, to a very somber light quality. Tomorrow morning we will head back for our final days in Istanbul.