Headed to Isfahan to visit haleh and kia and had a blast. It is one of the most beautiful cities in iran that i have seen thus far. the fresh air up at the base of the mountains where they lived was also well needed. spent a day touring the city and learned lots of amazing things. all the ancient buildings had some inciteful trick built into them. also saw a pigeon tower where thousands of years ago they collected pigeon dung for maneur...apparently england wants to copy this now. they killed the predators of the pigeons-rats and snakes by ingenious methods...snakes by pitchers filled with milk that they would get stuck in, and the rats by putting wet flour on the ground that would harden in their stomachs and kill them. also saw the shaking minarets which were impressive. sat out and enjoyed some of the lovely bridges also. saw an old armenian church still in use today which was absolutely beautiful...also saw the piece of hair on exhibit there where a guy wrote on it with diamond. had a memorable moment at the abbasi hotel cafe where i asked for the bill by asking for the "hissab surat."
kia, haleh and i then took the bus to kashan, in between isfahan and tehran. went out and saw the little mountain town of absineh which was somewhat similar to sirince in turkey. you could wander the streets and buy lots of local foods they made...the faludeh was amazing. we also went to see how they made rose water and about 30 other eraghs. had a cute little taxi driver who on the way, offered us tea, cookies, sugar cubes, nuts and fruit. i joked that he had the kebabs in the trunk;) also saw an underground tunnel/cave area where the worshippers of mitra built many, many years ago. walked around and saw some beautiful and huge housed in kashan. we saw one that was so big it was being turned into a hotel and was absolutely gorgeous, with a hamum inside.
all in all, it was a great getaway from the busy, crowded and polluted streets of tehran;)
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