Best night ever

The past two days were the so pretty it was ridiculous. Yesterday I went over to the Asian side and spent all day hanging out with a teammate. It was sunny and in the high 50's. We went and ate some delicious Turkish food and he showed us around that part of town. Today it was high 50's again and Seth and I went to shoot some basketball at a local park. The court was not really nice but it was so nice to be out in the sun and be able to be out in the sun in shorts and a t-shirt. Tonight was one of the best nights I have had since I have been here. Two of my roommates, Matt and Seth, and two friends of ours, Emily and Stephanie, and myself went up to Kilyos tonight to hang out and drink some tea. Kilyos is on the very northern edge of the city right on the Black Sea. Seth new about this little cafe right on the beach. The first awesome part was that we took the back way and drove through the woods to get there. It was incredible to be out of the city and not hear anything. The next really awesome thing was that it was still in the high 40's tonight and we could walk around and be comfortable. We went down to tea place and hung out for a little bit and then we went and walked one the beach. It was really cool to look out at the Black Sea and hear the waves. It was also awesome to see stars for the first time in two months. As I stood there on the beach looking at the stars I was hit this incredible sense of the enormity of creation. It was awesome to look up at the stars and know that these were the same stars that I looked at at night thousands of miles away. All in all it was incredibly to be refreshing to be there tonight with friends. The scenery and the time with friends was great. I used to like the silence, now I love it.