Turkey part 2

A few days after arrival in Istanbul, I did lots of shopping. The clothes there are really cheap and above all have my size la. Bukan senang nak dpt my size specially in Japan ni. Nice maternity clothes pun byk yg murah2. So angkut la byk2. Sorry la no picture. Mase shopping mmg tinggal camera kat rumah. Hubby bz taking care of Harris and me bz shopping (-_-)V

Then b4 hubby had his Lasik surgery we went for sightseeing around town. Sbb pk2 nnt lepas ni xleh gi mana dah. Xkan nak tinggal dia sorang2 kat rumah. So we all decided to go the famous Blue Mosque and Ayasofya. We took the tram there. Thank good ada aircond. Panas giler hari tu. FYI, panas camne pun kat Istanbul tu derang takkan pasang aircond dlm taxi. Seriously cannot stand the air polution and of course the heat. Mesti bawak kipas tgn kemana saje. No wonder my sis soh beli kipas tgn Jepun kat 100 yen shop byk2 aritu.

Inside an air condition tram to the Blue Mosque

Sampai je kat Blue Mosque. Tourist xbleh msk sbb its praying time. Tp as Muslim bleh jek msk kata nak sembahyang. Lame jugak tunggu pak imam nak dtg. Lame sgt tunggu almost sejam gak la. Sbb tok imam xsampai2. Kami pun decide to go to Ayasofya.

The Blue Mosque or Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish

Inside the Mosque
The tiles

Lame sgt menunggu, sampai tertido pakcik ni.

Nak msk Ayasofya kena bayar 20ytl. Lebih kurang RM40+-. Kalu bab bayar2 tempat bersejarah ni mmg tak kisah sgt mahal murah sbb bukan slalu bleh dpt chance camni. Pejam mate je la mase bayar tu. But here still murah dr kat Europe dulu.

Ayasofya from a far

Masuk jek dlm Ayasofya ni Harris terus terlena maybe sbb gelap dan nyaman. Ayasofya ni used to be the biggest cathedral for a 1000 years during that era. Then when Ottoman was in power he transformed it into a mosque. Then again Mustafa Kamel Atartuk ordered the place to be a museum. Tu la sbbnye tourist kena bayar nak masuk. Kalau mosque anytime bleh msk dan free jek.

Very rare!! U can never see Allah & Virgin Mary + Jesus in one place

Since the place had been transformed so many times. The muslims during Ottoman era just cover Virgin Mary and the crosses with beautiful tiles or wall paintings. The Virgin Mary above came out during restoration of the place. The center of the building where Christian people used to pray was facing Jerussalam, when it became a mosque they built the mihrab facing Mecca. Thats why the mihrab is not at the center of the building.

See, mihrab tak center sbb this place used to be a cathedral.

Naik je tingkat atas konon nak tgk beautiful golden tiles of Jesus ke Emperor and Empress apetah. Camera xdak battery. So golden tiles tu just remain in our memory je la. Then Harris pun bgn dan nak kuar dr stroller. We all pun decide to leave the place and headed to Eye Clinic for hubby Lasik check up b4 operation the next day.