Another place I’d like to visit again and spend a bit more time at, Istanbul is the cool place.
Category: Turkey
Hagia Sophia
Before visiting Hagia Sophia I had no idea that it is not a practicing Mosque anymore. So before going there we stopped at our hotel and I changed my shorts to pants. You can’t wear shorts in Mosque. It was the middle of summer, around 95F and high humidity, needless to say wearing pants was not super comfortable. I was super annoyed to see all other tourists going through ticket office and none wearing pants. Doing some research prior to visit would avoid this, but I rarely do a lot of research as I don’t like to have a lot of different expectations about places I visit.
Note for next visit to Hagia Sophia – you don’t have to wear clothes that would be required to have in normal Mosque.
The inside was impressive. See it for your self. I shared another photo while back, The View of the Heavens.
Sunrise
Right now it is around 75-80F, in about three hours it will be above 100F. Perfect day to spend some time in nice cool water.
Of course, I’m not anywhere near there. Bummer.
Friday Mystery Photo
I want to share some lovely graffiti with you today and see if anyone have seen it. Truly, if I saw it before but didn’t take this photo I would never remember it and would not know where it was. You’d probably need to be into the graffiti to know it all or you are living or frequently visit this city and this specific street to know where it is.
This city has been on the news recently. I’m sure a lot of places have been on the news, but I think this is a good enough lead for you guys.
Saturday Update: Ankur Sharma identified the country and artandkitchen finished it with the city. Thanks guys for stopping by!
It is in Istanbul Turkey.
Friday Mystery Photo
I did not manage to visit the top of this tower, can’t recall the exact reason, maybe it was already closed, maybe they did not allow tripods, maybe the line was too long, or maybe they wanted too much of my money to go up there. If any of you had a chance to make it to the top I’m sure you had some awesome views, but of what city?
Saturday Update: We have very nice weather in the Carolinas, blue skies and right around 75F, hopefully you have the same! Thanks all for stopping by, many of you know this place well, as you named it. Yes, it is Galata Tower and the city you will see is Istanbul. I’m sure it is very nice view. You got it right: Zoey, Madhu, phoxis and pymphotograph.
