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osprey_archer ([personal profile] osprey_archer) wrote2011-07-31 10:00 pm
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A cat may look at a king

More photos from my Epic Travels. This may continue till Christmastime.

This one is from the Hagia Sophia, which first was a great cathedral (commissioned in the sixth century by the dread emperor Justinian), became a mosque after the fall of Constantinople, and at last became a museum after Ataturk's rise to power. (Here's a tip: if you ever wonder why something is as it is in Turkey, Ataturk is always a good answer.)



The cat, unimpressed by all this history, is having a nap at the foot of the minbar, far below the golden Byzantine mosaics.

And another, from the cistern beneath the city.



This would be the best set for a chase scene ever. The water splashing as our hero wades through - fish brushing against his legs (or water snakes, maybe; no, don't think about it) - is someone following him, or is that only an echo he hears? He's just carried out a daring heist from the Topkapi Palace, not so very far away, and who knows what will happen if he's caught...

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