Sunday was an absolutely miserable day in Istanbul, so we decided to revisit Aya Sofya, which unfortunately on that day was damp, cold and darker than usual. We finally had to return to our hotel after my feet lost all sense of feeling :-), but I did manage to get some pictures before that happened. Aya Sofiya is a magnificent structure that was built as a Byzantine church, then coverted into a mosque after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and finally was designated a museum by the modern Republic of Turkey, a monument to both religions. This is an old lamp that was situated in front of a large Muslim marble facade. For those interested, there is a shot of the whole scene here http://www.pbase.com/image/38954801 and several more pictures of freezing Aya Sofya at the end of the same page.