Istanbul, Wednesday 23rdJuly

Istanbul is a wonderful city and the Turks great people.  There is so much going on here, and the history spoils you. As someone who loves his history, I feel like a kid in a very big sweet shop.

There one place that is very special however, and that is Hagia Sophia (below)

Built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in AD532, it took only five years to complete.  It is genuinely, truly, gobsmacking.  All of the history of the west and east collides here.  See it before you die!