and beautiful mosaics at Chora Church...
In such a small space crammed with lots of people was such an uplifting sense of faith, beauty and enlightenment.
We also took a boat trip on the Bhospohorus in the glorious sunshine....
Mosque & an island tower that featured in a James Bond film...
Palaces and Bridges....
Mansions & Ginormous flags in the wind...
and then we visited the Hagia Sophia which was once a Greek Orthodox Church & an Imperial Mosque and is now a Museum, compete with lots of scaffolding....
Intricate mosaics....
and painted walls & domes....
Beautiful streams of light...
I loved the scaffolding so foreboding with chinks of light dancing off it, it was like a huge sculpture imposing on this huge sacred space (and it looked like it had been there ages)....
and a view of the Blue Mosque from a small top window.
1 last day of adventures to follow!
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