We are in Northwestern Iran right now.
We arrived in Qazvin and the after we went to Masuleh, which according to the LP
is one of the highlights of Iran, but it is actually a very disappointing village in the mountains,
please DO NOT GO there if have the choice.
The day after we visited Qazvin with a very nice Iranian architecture student that as usual we met on the street. He took us around and we had very enjoyable time together, speaking about arts and Iranian politics.
We left Qazvin and went to Soltanyeh, a huge mausoleum with the third largest dome in the world, unfortunately it was under restauration...The driver that took us there was with a friend that apparently knew everything about western phylosophy and arts, he knew Dante, Protagoras, Derrida, Pasolini and so on...
We then arrived in Zanjan, a very ugly city, but at least with the wonderful Takth e Soleyman ruins nearby. At night when we were having dinner we incredibly met the second Iranian in the same day who knew Dante (actually we fell very ignorant...), and even quoted some verses in Italian to us...
As told, Takht e Soleyman is really really beautiful, with an amazing vulcanic lake amidst the ruins, if you have the chance this a truly not to be missed place!
Tomorrow we leave for Tabriz and then we will continue to Teheran, where we will be hosted by an Iranian family (merci Dena, merci Mazyar!!!!:-))...
To top it off, here in Zanjan we are sleeping in the same hotel as the coach of the Iranian national rugby team, who is from New Zealand, a pretty nice fellow who telling us that rugby has not been banned for 5 or 6 years. They also made big efforts to convince the Iranian government that rugby had nothing to do with US traditional sports...So Iranian rugby players are really beginners but promising as he was telling us.
Now we have to face the main problem of the day: finding something acceptlable to eat for dinner...And it won t be an easy task...(Yes, Iranian cuisine- at least the restaurant one- cannot be defined as delicious... )
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Nice to read yr story. Wish I can fly there right now.
Your last para......hee...hee...well, it's the 1st time I hear such remark about Iranian cuisine. Good luck.
Anita
That makes the two of us, Anita. I think I am going to take Lorenzo to my favorite Perisan restaurant here in San Diego to teach him how/what to order :)
Lookigng forward to it Farrokh! Of course I should say that my travel-mate is a vegetarian, and that does not make things easy :-)
Lookigng forward to it Farrokh! Of course I should say that my travel-mate is a vegetarian, and that does not make things easy :-)
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This is Hamed , The Architecture Student you met in Qazvin , i'm really happy that you enjoy the time we spend together like me . your story is very good ( both Lorenzo and Giulia )! good luck
thank you! we are really happy to hear from you! how is the renovation work going on in the house in Yazd?
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