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a small coffee shop overlooking a gorgeous Şile, was the perfect starting point for yet
lake. After an authentic Turkish feast, my another scrumptious meal, the essential
family and I were treated to an invigorating after-dinner Turkish tea, and a boat cruise
tour around their village. Through the trees accompanied by an entourage of ducks who
and by the river, the smell of fresh leaves appreciated the snacks we gave them so
and bark, the sound of frogs and birds, the much, that they decided to stay with us until
sight of the sun shining through the tree we docked at the end. Can you hear them
branches... a day filled with utter happiness. quacking in the pictures? Can you imagine
their body movements whenever we threw
In the photos, can you smell the food on the snacks their direction?
table or hear the bees buzzing around the
daisies? Don’t the tall trees and the nearby I ended my journey with a glass of Turkish
water seem so still and peaceful? tea by the marvelous Ağva seaside, with
the wind blowing through the trees, birds
Another attempt to escape into the tranquil- chirping, and waves crashing on the rocks.
ity of nature led me to take a two-hour road What better feeling than letting the sound of
trip to the districts of Şile & Ağva. There, mother nature prevail, moments captured in
Sakligöl, referred to as the hidden lake of photographic keepsakes.
