Turkiye 2023: The Blue Mosque
As we were leaving Grand Bazaar we were hoping that both Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia would be not be too crowded and that lines would be manageable. However, as we were nearing both mosques we were dismayed to see the kilometric queue on Hagia Sophia. It started in front of the mosque and wound up around the other side of the square, almost near the Blue Mosque. Again, the sun is still very high and it's so hot. Deflated after seeing the line and we began weighing our options. Should we stay in line and use extreme patience or wake up early tomorrow with the hope that there would be no line in the early morning hours? We decided to go with the latter option. That being settled we walked towards the Blue Mosque, which does not have a visible line outside, although there were so many people when we reach near the gate/entrance. The entrance to the mosque itself did not have just one line, we found out, but like a mob going inside - Covid alert. I almost got separated with my h