Sundrenched Melodies*

While visiting Istanbul one summer, our hosts shared a beautiful and popular locals’ beach spot. We took a three hour hydroplane ferry boat that took us into the middle of the sea of Marmara. Wow! What a contrast it was between the traditions of Istanbul to people sunbathing like everywhere else in the world.

While my eyes were taking in the blue sea and all the happy people, it was accompanied by a melody of many languages. My ears were seeking English or French, which I never heard.