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Another interior shot of the Hagia Sofia
Actually, this is the Hagia Sofia (or Ayasofia) Museum, which was built in about 532 a.d. And spent some of its time as a mosque and some as a church. The dome is huge, and was only surpassed in size when St Peter's was built at the Vatican nearly a thousand years later. Very impressive.
These lovely gardens are just outside the Blue Mosque
This is the Dolmabahçe Mosque, just down the road from our hotel. Later I'll post more photos and a full story, when I'm back home & on a keyboard I can use with more than one finger at a time.
This post should have been before the one below, but they both went from my mobile at the same time, and blogger didn't differentiate.
This is the famous Blue Mosque, seen from inside the courtyard. Again, I'll post more photos, including the blue tiled interior that gives the mosque its name.
Cock-up on the ordering front ... to my benefit :o)
The rest are around the corner
Let's hope they beat Oregon, cos it was really cold!
Ready to party!
Brixham is trying to regain the Guinness World record for the largest number of pirates in one place from some American town, by getting 2000 people to dress up as pirates today, and we were taking part. Here are Julia, Denise & Sue: piratical sisters together!
