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Gilded Cage502 viewsBut the bird of time has flown.
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1957 BMW Isetta501 viewsAlso known as "The Egg."
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Elouise Mattox at the Temple of Athena501 viewsAthena was the Greek goddess of wisdom. Here a modern-day Athena surveys the ruins of her predecessor's Temple.
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Narthex Door501 viewsA bronze door providing entry to the narthex (antechamber). Each door in Aya Sophia seemed to have a different figure.
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Basilica500 viewsA notorious heathen shamelessly strolls by the remains of the 5th-century Christian basilica of Side.
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An Embarrassment of Delicacies499 viewsThe goodies just went on and on. There was no ending to them. There was no way any one person could sample them all.
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A Rapt Audience499 viewsOur tour group, along with other Kaya Side guests, gathers for the onset of the spectacle.
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Camionette and Convertible498 viewsThe one on the right is a 1930 Model A convertible; the one on the left is a 1928 Model A, but it is a "Kamyonet". - which means "truck" in Turkish. In French it would mean "trucklet."
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Trees496 viewsMany of the trees in the palace courtyards have been ravaged by fungi which hollow them out but do not kill them.
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The Empress' Loge496 viewsLocated in the central part of the upper gallery, the Empress' Loge provided a vantage point from which the Empress and court ladies could see everything that was going on below.
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Detail of the Celsus Library495 viewsThe four sets of columns adjacent to the doors of the library were adorned with statues depicting Wisdom, Knowledge, Intelligence and Fortune. This one would presumably be Intelligence.
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Motorcycles494 viewsAntalya was buzzing with late-model two-wheelers. This was the first time I ever saw this flavor of BMW.
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