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| Don't let the outside of the Hagia Sophia fool you... |
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| It was really quite beautiful inside!! Marble everywhere! |
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| This was an echo-ey alcove! |
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| The painting on the ceilings was amazing! |
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| Gorgeous! |
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| Entering into the main sanctuary. |
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| They were doing some restoration work, but it was still breathtaking! |
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| Danni and I were even amazed. It was cool... for a boring place! |
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| I wanted to jump to see if I could touch the chandelier. I didn't. |
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| More beauty on the second floor. |
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| Incredible! |
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| A pretty girl with pretty stained glass... |
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| A view all the way to the top. |
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| You can see the need for restoration in this picture. And the marble floors have cracked ... the plates make noise when you walk on them. |
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| Apparently, no place is too sacred for Danni's craziness... |
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| Taking a rest. |
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| Cool tiles were inlaid in the walls... |
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| This is the tunnel that led to the upper floors... |
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| This was the Sultan's library. |
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| Posing on a little 'stage' |
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| People used to wash their feet here... |
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| Window shopping... |
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| Taking a rest! |
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| Sillies! |
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| Most of the marble on the second floor was cracked. |
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| I just stared and stared.... |
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| This bell used to be in the bell tower... |
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| We couldn't read these letters... but it was cool to look at! |
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| A ginormous sepulchre |
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| The giant black door at the entrance... (we exited from there... it was still awesome!) |
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| Statue Z! |
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| A view from in front of the Hagia Sophia -- that's the Blue Mosque behind us. |
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| The Blue Mosque was impressive on the outside, but the Hagia Sophia blew it out of the water once we got inside! |
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