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The Blue Mosque

A Bird's Eye View and a Mosque or Two

July 2nd 2014
Woolly says – Having already checked out the Turkish buffet breakfast and helped the kitchen in reducing the quantity of boiled eggs I hurried back upstairs to make sure the girls were up and moving. Thankfully even daughter Zoe was shuffling about and as I hustled them down to the reception desk we made it just in time for our tour of the day. Our coach delivered us safely to our first destinat ... read more
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4th July 2014

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

BLUE=MAGNIFICENT
Stunning pic of the Blue Mosque Jo...best one I've seen of this magnificent mosque
5th July 2014

traveltalesofawoollymammoth
Jo Roberts

High Praise from a Master craftsman
Thank you Dancing Dave, was pretty chuffed with this one to.

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