Removing your shoes is just one of the dress code requirements when entering mosques, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, popularly known as the Blue Mosque, being no exception. And I'm not going to lie, standing in a beautiful 400-year-old structure in your socks is a pretty awesome feeling. However, standing in said architectural marvel with a hole in your sock is a really embarrassing feeling (Sorry, Mom!). Of all the days to not notice a hole in your sock...

Blue Mosque/Istanbul, Turkey/2.25.12