Serpentine column, 479 BC Ottoman-style wooden house 20110427_77 20110427_78 Reclining Medusa head Upside-down Medusa head Cistern Cafe mopping 20110427_85 Gate 1 20110427_88 The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul twang! glorious tat Kemal rug shop lights more lights shoppers' paradise outside the Grand Bazaar 20110427_98 20110427_99 20110427_100 Egyptian obelisk Young Prince intricate Pillar soaring over-fished? solitude exquisite stencilling glory blue blue windows behind the star half-dome window muslim man lifts the spirits Blue Mosque marble columns with ornately pierced capitals Bronze door Portal of the Emperor the Sultan's loge the Sultan's loge Byzantine brickwork looking towards the apse