Today the weather is gloomy
again, but unlike yesterday the sun doesn't want to show. Rain-proofed, we head
to the Sultanahmet Sq. with our favorite tram. On the square, where once the
Constantinople hippodrome was situated, there are two obelisks erected (I
always wonder if it is obelisk or Obelix, at least Asterix is
always around to remind me which one is correct). The first of them, the
Egyptian obelisk, built in 15th c. BC in Luxor, looks like its official opening
ceremony was just yesterday and not 3,500 years ago. The second one, the
obelisk/column of Constantine or the Walled obelisk, looks much older, but in
fact is 200-300 years newer, it just haven't been using enough day lotion with
Q10 for wrinkles/cracks. Between the two giants, there is a small metal column,
the Serpent column, which has turned green with envy because of its low height.
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