A Year Abroad: Day Four. Istanbul + Bursa + Kusadasi.

Today is our first actual bus trip. It's the longest and heftiest of them all. We travelled from Istanbul, leaving at 7am, to Bursa, crossing over into Asia on the way, and catching a ferry so we didn't take the long way round. From Istanbul to Bursa, the ride took about 3 hours.

Crossing on the ferry

At Bursa, we had an introduction to the local mosque and then were given free time to explore. We could have gone into the mosque, but as Bursa is famous for its silk production, I went to the silk markets! I have never seen so much silk in my entire life and because there was so much of it, it was all so cheap! I then grabbed lunch with some of the guys from the tour.

Travelling to Bursa

Bursa

Silk markets up top

Road tripping

Arriving in Kusadasi

We then jumped back in the bus for the 4 and a bit hours left to Kusadasi, chilling to bridesmaids on the way. When we got there, at about 7:30pm, we had an amazing sunset coming down into the main town. AJ and I got lucky with a room with a view at the front of the hotel. We were supposed to be having a buffet dinner in the restaurant, but there'd been a stuff up and it was actually booked for the following night, so we just grabbed kebabs from a store down the road near the hotel and chilled on the water. A few of the girls then came back to my room before going out to a local club at 9:30pm. Kathleen wasn't feeling the best, so we left around midnight and I crashed into bed!