Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Where in the world is that Mexican???
ISTANBUL!!
COLD BEER ! best remedy for jet lag ...
View from our hotel rooftop terrace
Beautiful view of iconic Blue Mosque - from our table on the roof top..
and the last view before rushing down to pop another xanax ... nite nite!
Blue Mosque
Hagia Sofia - built 1000 years BEFORE St. Peter's Basilica in Rome... so, basically the first church ever built ... good ol' Constantinople
The Sultan used to pray inside here ...facing Mecca of course
detail of column inside Hagia Sofia
inscriptions on the marble.. how old are they? - what do they mean?
Hagia Sofia once was a Mosque.. thats when this HUGE discs were hung inside...
more inscriptions.. this one on the floor.. on a corner.. what is this? these are so tiny,
you need to get on your knees to see them... SOOO Davinci Code!
Looking at the Blue Mosque through a window from Hagia Sofia
these tiled figures were plastered over them when H.S was turned into a mosque from being a church.... these were discovered thousands of years later.. and still being cleaned and recovered.
Burial of the Sultans...
Inside the Basilica Sistern .... VERY hard to shoot a photo inside here... but i tried!
"colum of the tear drop" the ONLY column like this - amongst 300 others.. where did it come from?
1 of 2 Medusa heads.. supporting a column..
fast food on the sea of Marmara
View of the "new mosque" of Istanbul.. is only 400 years old..
" The world ... my belief .."
passing tradition on ....
Praying facing Mecca
Women pray in a separated chamber from men..
tea any one?
Spice Bazaar
Gay Tea?? LOL ... see? we are taking over the world!
Details of tiles all over inside Tokapi Palace.
The Istanbul Grand Bazaar!
"The Eye" to protect you from "the evil eye"
Pillow talk anyone?
The flying magic carpets take a much deserved break ... they are just... well...
..."hanging" ;-)
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I hear the call to praaaaayer... No use closing your window!
NICE that you didn't have to CJA--- Those business class Zed fares work out sometimes... And I see you didn't opt for the Sultan Hill. Too bad-- Their hotel staff is GREAT... And easy on the eyes.
Have soooo much fun and make sure to take pics better than mine of the cistern... xoxo
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