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" ;-)