20110427_99 20110427_100 20110427_101 20110427_102 Badly framed photo double flying buttress 20110428_03 The Cappadocian Fathers The Anastasis: Christ dragging Adam and Eve out of… the ravages of time (900 years) Christ in judgement 20110428_11 odd arm Christ Pantocrator surrounded by 24 ancestors spotty man gold mosaic central roundel The Virgin and Child, surrounded by angels The Virgin and Child, surrounded by her ancestors the outer narthex The Dormition of the Virgin an undecorated dome mosaic fragment outside the Grand Bazaar shoppers' paradise more lights lights rug shop Kemal glorious tat twang! The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul 20110427_88 Gate 1 20110427_85 mopping Cistern Cafe Upside-down Medusa head Reclining Medusa head 20110427_78 20110427_77 Ottoman-style wooden house Serpentine column, 479 BC Balcony Egyptian obelisk