The Black Sea- Friday, June 23

The following day we did not have class, as it was a Friday, and so we left at 11 am for the beach. Koc University is not far from the town Kilyos on the Black Sea, in fact you can see the point where the Bosphorus opens into the Black Sea from the campus. The beach was nice; it wasn’t too crowded or anything, and we had very nice weather. It was hot and sunny (as it was for my entire stay in Turkey), and the water was clear and refreshing. The Black Sea was interesting in that it was salty and had waves like the ocean, but like a large lake, it did not seem to have very dramatic tides. From where we were located, we could see ships lined up waiting for their turn to go through the narrow Bosphorus. At first it didn’t seem like they were moving at all, but throughout the day, we noticed that they slowly moved south and then disappeared, replaced by another ship. Folke, his wife, Omatee, and their son, Stefan, came with us to the beach. It was a nice relaxing day of reading and drinking wine on the beach and swimming in the Black Sea. We stayed and had dinner in Kilyos before returning to campus.
Beach on the Black Sea
The girls on the beach
Folke and his son Stefan