Day 7: Lets do ALL the things!
The day started early with us heading down to breakfast and then right out to visit the Hagia Sophia. The previous day we had stopped at the front desk to check dressing requirements for visiting mosques since we’d seen conflicting info. The employee behind the desk said that we didn’t need anything special to visit the Blue Mosque, and that K didn’t need to cover her head (false) and we could wear shorts (also false), and that there were no issues with women showing bare shoulders (so much false!). We took his advice with cation and both wore jeans and K made sure she was dressed very modestly (basically avoiding anything with shoulder straps). Continue reading “Istanbul”