Film Feb - Sultanahmet Mosque (The Blue Mosque) by day by lbmcshutter

Film Feb - Sultanahmet Mosque (The Blue Mosque) by day

I've shown you the stacked domes, the inside and by night, so thought I should also share a shot by day.
I was there during the summer months and the park between this Mosque and Hagia Sofia was full of people enjoying the sunshine, food vendors with carts. I saw a lot of food vendors selling corn, corn on the cob grilled and boiled.
My favourite were the vendors of pastries called simits - and the cinnamon ones were my favourite. The ones with blackened sesame seeds were also yummy. These guys used to roam the streets carrying there tray of simits on their heads. When I worked in Ankara I used to walk to work, one because the food was so good that i needed the exercise and secondly the traffic was scary. It was probably a 30 min walk each way. I used to pass a number of simit sellers noticing each had a unique call, perhaps to allow people to go out and buy from their favourite seller - some would drag out the word "siiiimm-mmiiiittt" another said "smitt-tteeee-aaaayyy' both starting low and ending on a higher note, but the one that intrigued me made an unappetising gargle "uuurrgghh-ah" - never wanted to buy from him.
poor gargling simit guy...
February 14th, 2012  
It is just as beautiful by day. Nice shot. I was so interested in the simit info that I looked up a recipe and may try to make them.:
http://www.azcookbook.com/turkish-sesame-ring-simit/
February 14th, 2012  
@falcon11 love that you looked up a simit recipe. they really were great
February 14th, 2012  
lovely shot.
February 14th, 2012  
Still an impressive building.
February 14th, 2012  
Beautiful capture. Very complicated and fascinating architecture.
February 14th, 2012  
such a magnificent building, great shot!!
February 14th, 2012  
very impressive building, i like your shot - nice comp and perspective
February 14th, 2012  
gorgeous.. thanks for the history and sharing!
February 14th, 2012  
Beautiful shape to the building :)
February 14th, 2012  
beautiful place!
February 15th, 2012  
I love it! Brings back great memories!
February 15th, 2012  
Gosh those guys had vision to build a place like that. Laughed at the simit sellers' calls... you should do impersonations for party tricks! :)
February 15th, 2012  
@filsie65 funny you should mention it, when I was in Turkey I amused friends and colleagues (both expat and Turkish) wit my impressions of the simit sellers
February 15th, 2012  
@lbmcshutter Ha! I can exactly imagine it!! :)
February 15th, 2012  
Great shot. Love the idea of the gargling simit guy!
February 15th, 2012  
Very, very impressive!...
February 17th, 2012  
this is fabulous
February 19th, 2012  
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