On our second day in Istanbul, we went to the Basilica Cistern right next to the Hagia Sofia. It's really cool down there, and really cool. There are lots of fish, as you can see. There are also beautiful lights they put in and some really cool carvings.
Pictures were prohibited but, people were just snapping away so I figured I'd take a few shots, too.
We went to Hagia Sofia next. The line was long long long and we had to get to the airport, so we paid extra to get some tickets from a Turkish scalper, but I'm glad we did. It was cool to see. One of the first Christian churches ever built. It was built by Constantinople, who's mom had converted to Christianity.
The stone work was really beautiful. To make it Islamic, they added big camel skin circles with weird lettering up on the ceilings.
It was really gorgeous, though.
That night we made it to Rome. It was a shorter flight, but we were still pretty tired, so all we did was go to dinner and then walk over to the Vatican. The boys were pleased that we got to drive right past St. Peter's.
Dinner was really yummy and we found some amazing gelato, too!
Here we are at the Vatican.
It was hard to get any shots, but a few of my attempts came out okay.
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