a mosque one
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hiya, sophia!

this one was a cathedral for awhile, then there was a war and it was a mosque for awhile, then there was a war and then it was something else, and now it's a museum. but still sort of a mosque.


big building.


look closely for the faint outline of crosses underneath the patterns.

i think i find the endless patterns in mosques very calming.


and a silver pole.



somebody's been playing with that lock, i tell you.


marble pokemon. gotta catch 'em all.


more sacred interior design porn


bored cat. and now the full ugliness of the lens on my camera is clear. there was something on it my entire trip, and it gets worse as i get to egypt. you'll see.


i guess they missed a spot


hotttt byzantine dome upskirt. dig those scaffolding stockings.


*wank wank*

oh, they missed another spot.

actually they put a mirror on the way out to remind you to look up.




across the park is the blue mosque, which was built partially to compete with the holiest mosques around the world and also the haghia sophia itself. it's blue.


uh, inside.





camera sucks, etc


i don't know about you, but i'm seeing five or six ominous faces in each glance


blue


hottt dome upskirt


:D


delayed-too-long mission: learn to read arabic


important phallus



to be continued, i promise.