Just got back from Bursa. The city felt like one huge bazaar. You literally have to walk past rows of clothing vendors just to exit the local cable car (!). Of course there were souvenir shops too. But clothes?

Maybe they're just catering to their specific visitors. There are tons of tourist groups here—lots of women in headscarves. They move through the sights in massive crowds. And by the way, they mostly speak Turkish. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to see that.

Inside the mosques, there are ablution fountains. Right there in the prayer hall. I'd never seen that before, but apparently it's pretty common here.

I actually liked a little village nearby way more than Bursa—Cumalıkızık. Wikipedia says it's "untouched by tourism," but clearly that article hasn't been updated in a while. The main streets are basically drowning in souvenir shops. Still, it was fun wandering around the cobblestone streets.