Taner, one of the front desk staff at our hotel, was loaded with great tips. The one I liked best was when he suggested we check out the Basilica Cistern and look for Medusa.
I’m a huge Greek and Roman mythology fan. Medusa immediately piqued my interest. We got directions to the Cistern, and were shocked to discover we had already passed it several times. We just didn’t know it was there.
All I knew about it was that there was a Medusa face in a column and big fish. I had no idea it was underground or so amazing. Hopefully some of my pictures below captured the grandeur of the “forest of columns.” (That’s how a picture on Wikipedia described them. I liked it. Sums it up perfectly poetically.)
VIDEOS OF OUR JAUNT TO THE BASILICA CISTERN
Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.
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Great pictures it had to have been a blast!
Beautifully haunting – in every sense!! Your photos capture the feeling superbly!!
Great pics! I wonder what kinds of ghostly activity takes place there. It’s really cool!