In Istanbul, one of the best things to see is obviously the mosques. Each one is very different yet similar. Most of our first few days were spent looking at these mosques and learning about their histories. From all the mosques we went to, I think the Ayasophia was the best looking one and most historical of them all. With wanting to be the biggest to all the gold in it, Ayasophia really caught my eye. The history behind it and walking through, especially to get to the upstairs was really chilling to think that people have been doing that for hundreds of years before even I was there. It was just a great place to be and to me the most enjoyable.
The only downside, just like any churches or other places of worship, once you see a few, you've basically seen them all and that's just what it felt like. They were all still cool to see and pretty nice to look at how each one was different but they all had the same feel and layout for the most part.
All in all, I very much enjoyed sightseeing but I wish we could have seen other things of historical significance rather then just mosques.
-Dylan
Really glad to see you posted pictures of that amazing mosaics Dylan, what a beautiful mosque that was. As to sites, I agree that we saw a lot of mosques and could have added some other sites.
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