The Hagia Sophia
June 2nd 2012 Another beautiful day - warm and clear and in the 70s. I started it off by walking down to Sultanahmet, which is a large square right in front of the Blue Mosque. The square was actually built as a Roman race track, and has two huge obelisks. One is actually from Egypt and has a base that shows off King Theodosius (which was cool to me at least because I remember studying it at DU).
Then I walk
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