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İstanbul, Turkey
I was up early this morning, naturally but I think it was also in my head to get up and beat the mountains of crowds to go inside The Hagia Sophia, upstairs for a good seat at breakfast with the view of the bay and other side of Istanbul before heading out for a long walk. The Hagia Sophia was empty - perfect! It was spectacular in there, interesting to see what it would be like as they never took the murals off the wall from it being a church just plastered over...