meat in the mosque

here are some pics from today! They are all from Hagia Sophia (except the last one, as noted) enjoy :)

Hagia Sophia from the outside, pretty much huge

everything was marble, the markings were beautiful...makes me rethink Mies....

best shot I could get of the ceiling. I had to set my camera on the ground with a 6 second exposure. The lighting was really dim....and people were def looking at me like a was setting of a bomb or something

the sloped walkway that took me up to the upper gallery...look like Islands of Adventure to anyone else?

massive marble jar. this thing is about 7 feet tall, carved from a single piece of marble

the wishing column. you flatten your hand and put your thumb in the middle, then spin your hand 360 degrees around. pretty cool

pretty cool shot from the upper deck

guilded painting/mosaic of jesus, virgin mary and john the baptist

"excuse me sir, can you get a big picture of everything behind me?" annnnnd he got nothing but the lamp

well at least now I'm sure frat boys are douches not just in auburn, but internationally. this was carved into the marble in the mosque

the blue mosque. I got to go in and sit through a prayer service. reallllly cool