Spring Sunday on the Kennedy Waterfront
The Kennedy embankment stretches along the shores of the Bosphorus and Marmara sea from Galatsky bridge almost all the way to Ataturk airport.

This is a great place for walking, and many residents of Istanbul come here for a breath of fresh air.

A tourist wanders here quite rarely and even more unexpectedly and it was nice to meet fellow countrymen here.

Smoke from camp samovars rises here and there among the huge boulders that cover the shoreline.

Я подумал, было, что это любители рыбной ловли балуются чайком (что за рыбалка без водки чая!), но никаких снастей у них не наблюдалось.

Видимо, это просто возможность побыть на природе в условиях огромного мегаполиса.

Влюбленные парочки стремятся подобраться поближе к воде.

В прибрежных камнях, как и на Стамбульских кладбищах, обитает великое множество бродячих кошек.

Благодаря заботе местных жителей кошаки явно не бедствуют - в местах их скоплений всегда в избытке как кошачьего корма, так и неликвидов булочников и кондитеров.

Сегодня автомобильное движение по набережной было перекрыто по случаю веломарофона и на протяжении двух километров я спокойно разгуливал по проезжей части.

Все время дорога была абсолютно пустынна и только у павильона Инчили мне навстречу проехали два велосипедиста.
Ближе к мысу Сарайбурну накатила мрачнная туча.

and it was completely dark.

When I left the hotel in the morning, the sun was perfectly warm in summer, the sky was clear, and I went for a walk without my jacket. It turned out that the spring weather in Istanbul can bring surprises.

But this time it was just a few drops, the cloud poured its charge of water on the Asian part.
