Please do not sit here

That’s me. Sitting on the steps of the Blue Mosque. You probably think I did this on purpose. I didn’t. The thing is, when you come outside of the Blue Mosque, you have to put your shoes on. And there’s only this tiny little area with two small benches where you can sit. And they were jammed. So I walked in my stocking feet down a few steps of the mosque and sat down. And as I finished, Sidar, who was at the bottom of the steps told me to look up so he could take my picture. Which he did.

“Must you always break the rules?” he said with a grin, showing me the picture on the back of my camera.

I guess so. Even when I don’t mean to.