Met up with the group at 9:00 and headed up to Aya Sofia. That place is HUGEmongous! There’s scaffolding in the center so they can work on the dome. It’s 170 feet high. Lots of Christian mosaics covered by plaster and painted over with Muslim art. Going up to the second floor we took [...]
I went to bed at 2:30 am fully expecting to be up and out the door by 7:00 am. Woke up at 4:30 and thought I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep. Woke up at 8:30 and even though the sun was shining brightly outside I thought I’d just lay there another minute. [...]
Dale and I went to Arby’s on the way to the airport and for the first time in about a week I had an appetite (I’ve been fighting an awful cold, I appear to be winning – finally). I think I made up for five days of not eating much. Sad, but at least I [...]
