While the Hagia Sofia was first a church, then a mosque, now a national museum, the Blue Mosque is still a working house of worship. Its recorded calls to prayer are quite loud and if you stay nearby they will definitely awaken you at daybreak!
A typical nighttime street scene in Sultanahmet, the old city (sorry about its being on its side, I forgot to edit it before posting, dummie that I am):
The Cisterns, a really neat place. There's an underground cafe there as well:
OK, this was a lousy job of posting pictures! The uploading process takes forever, and I'm trying to do this amidst work stuff (annoying how that gets in the way!), and even though the image above is portrait-style in my photo program, it still comes out landscape here! I'll try more tomorrow.
7 comments:
Dear John,
Thanks for the pictures!! Too bad we can't crash your pad and play a few good ole country tunes!! So ...did you bring your ear plugs re the morning "call to worship"? Gonna give your sweetheart a ring after I've finished this reply.
This "blog" thang is a wonderful way to stay in touch. Hopefully you are not "chilly" all the time....well.......Lent has begun......somber tunes on the organ.......sticking to minor keys till April.......we've had some sun but the cold is gittin' old. Take care and stay well.....Karla
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