Album One - Istanbul

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
dates from 1616

Blue Mosque

Trish inside the Blue Mosque.
Note that shoes are not worn
(they're in the bag she's carrying).

Cats are everywhere in Turkey

Fresh water cistern in Istanbul
with 1001 pillars and carp-like
fish swimming in the water

Medusa head at the base
of a column in the cistern
recycled from an unknown monument

The market.

More of the market.

Aya Sophia Church
Built in 548 by Justinian.

The Aya Sophia was the
largest enclosed space on
Earth for over a millennium.

Istanbul U.
Riot police with machine guns
hang out around here on Fridays,
their favorite day for a demonstration.

Housing a short distance
from the tourist area.