Our first day in Istanbul: raining all day :( We visited the Dolmabahçe palace.
European 19th century
the Bosphorus, grey here
hammam-ceiling in the Dolmabahçe palace
the marble walls in the hammam
funny shaped windows
another hammam-ceiling
a lamp
in front of a big mirrow near the entrance
view on the Bosphorus
the back side of the Dolmabahçe Palace
it was a little cold that day
half a smile
there were a lot of Arabic tourists in Istanbul too.
the Aya Sophia
closer
it became a mosque, so they amde a place for washing
maybe some kind of office belonging to the mosque. In front a byzantine column
a lot of spolia, so this ne, with a Greek inscription
