Summary of our trip...

We went to Turkey, Bursa for several different reasons, we went as a family and along with my parents and brother to go to my uncles wedding, it was so amazing to see family who I hadn't seen for ages, we went to Oylat a spa town located in the Uludag mountain range for a couple of days to reap the benefits of the thermal waters which is ranked 2nd in the world. Oylat has a legend associated with its healing waters, once upon a time, the daughter of a Byzantine ruler of the region was struck by a mysterious illness. Unable to cure her, her doctors sent her into the forest to take the waters as a last resort. Believing that her case was hopeless, they told her to ''Öl yat'', or simply accept her fate and ''lie down and die''. But the girl was miraculously cured and soon returned to the palace. The spring became renowned for its healing powers, and was renamed Oylat.

Oylat Thermal Springs are recommended for rheumatic pains, arthritis, kidney disorders, skin diseases, gynecological diseases, poliomyelitis, neuralgias, neuritis, sciatica, neuralgia, mental fatigue and rheumatoid arthritis and is a great healer for asthmatics.

The waters were amazing, and we all left feeling fresher and more lively, we went into the waters about 4x a day, and it just makes you nap all day long, defintiely a relaxing break. We took Esra in too, but stayed closer to the door so the steam didn't overpower her, and I think it's helped clear her chest quite a bit and hopefully totally cleared out her bronchilitis. My skin totally feels amazing and I hardly wore any makeup on our trip. Result but what a waste of packing space! :)

After we returned from Oylat, we just went out with friends and did a whole lot of eating extremely yummy food!

The view from my grandads house

Me & my grandad (mums side - this is who Esra gets her bue eys from)

Me on the mutluluk koprusu (Happy Bridge) in Oylat.

No Makeup and oily hair after my massage! :)

Mmmm the food was yummy, here's the starters my dads freinds wife prepared for us! Thank you Sunduz abla!



And now here are a few snapshots of some of my favourite food from our trip, I felt like a right tourist whipping out my camera at restaurants but hey ho!

Kemal Pasha (sweet)

Iskender

Sutlu Kadayif (sweet)

Borek

Inegol Koftesi

Kofte

Mmmm, sorry if I made you hungry!

I also purchased a couple of makeup items, beads and jewellery that I will have to include in some other kind of post, speak soon! x X x