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Istanbul last minute
... your loss I’m going for a second round’... We got done by 3pm, I decided the second half of the day still remains, better head to sultanhamet (the old town) and grasp the gems of Istanbul I walked and walked, and walked, and walked some more, and walked even more. What else was I going to do, a great thing when travelling solo is to move and explore… it not convenient to stop a lot and mingle with people, nor its fun to hang out in any one spot ...
Seein' the sights
... acting history known and offered my services... for a hefty payment. The director respectfully declined. I left a card.
Having established how nice the Süleymaniye Mosque was I jumped on the tram to the Blue Mosque. It was nice too, particularly the deodoriser machines at each end to combat the foot stench of the shoeless masses piling through. They worked... sort of.
It was actually impressive ...
Tête de Turc!
... toujours mes items les plus précieux dans mon petit sac à dos que j'ai toujours en ma possession.
Première impression d'Istanbul? Les gens sont incroyablement gentils, la ville est dynamique, superbe, intéressante, sécuritaire, propre et fonctionne à merveille! Le temps est absolument merveilleux: 22 degrés avec un gros soleil. Puis, il y a des stands de "dôner kebab" partout, le rêve!
Comme si tout n'allait pas déjà assez ...
Metropolitan Mecca
... or the Church of Holy Wisdom - an enormous conundrum of a structure full of history. It was built in 532 AD by Emperor Justinian as the grandest church in the world. As such, there are remnants of impressive mosaics of Mary with child and Jesus Christ. The church was captures by the Ottomans and subsequently converted into a mosque with all the mosaics covered with plaster. As such, you see on a single wall symbols of Christianity and Islam in a paradoxical link ...
The city of minarets, Istanbul
... on earth they built something like this in only 6 years and so long ago. It also had some gorgeous, highly detailed mosaics. I couldn’t help but thinking though, that the Islamic architecture we were seeing here in Istanbul wasn’t quite as impressive as the stuff we had seen in Southern Spain which is not what I would have expected at all.
That afternoon we also visited the Basilica Cistern, a huge underground water holding area used in Roman ...
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