Istanbul Continued

 

After our boat ride it was time to get some lunch.  We stopped at a restaurant close to our hotel.  The food was delicious. We both had shish-kabobs.  We actually ordered a little too much food due to a lack of communication.  English is not predominate in the city nor is their English translation on menus.  This is probably where a good translation app would have come in handy.  Our bad!  We made a stop at the hotel for me to change my clothes.  I wanted to get into a longer dress in order to make it easier to go into the Hagia Sophia Mosque. Before heading out, we went to the rooftop of the hotel to take some pictures.  So pretty!  I wish we had more time to sit up there and enjoy the few. Looking at our watches we realized that the Baazar was closing soon, so we quickly walked up to the Baazar to get a quick peek.  Honestly, one could spend hours there if you were interested in some serious shopping.  Then it was time to head over to the Mosque.  I have to say that after having been in the Blue Mosque the Hagia Sophia was kind of disappointing.  It wasn't nearly as beautiful. Waiting until evening was really worth it because we were essentially able to just walk in though there still was a crowd inside. Honestly, we could have probably used one more day in Istanbul, but we just didn't have the time available in our schedule to make that happen.