I must confess I usually avoid the Grand Bazar at all costs. It starts with its location, in one of the busiest parts of Tehran. Traffic is usually a mess with the highest number of motorbikes per square meter I’ve seen anywhere. They are everywhere. Some working as cheaper taxis can take two, three or […]
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- June 14, 2018
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market, fashion, travel, Iran, city, photography, urban, blackandwhitephotography, Tehran, shopping, streetphotography, bazar, travelblogger, grandbazar
You should arrive at around 5.30 or 6.00 am if you want to buy the freshest flowers at the Mahallati Flower market I was told. It sounded a bit extreme to me but I thought I should make the effort. Then a friend of mine told me if I wanted to witness the market come […]
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A few projects here and there have kept me busy and away from my blog but I’m back. I’ve missed it! It is June and we are going through the month of Ramadan at the moment here in Iran. Time and time again people have asked me how hard it is, living in Iran during […]
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- June 04, 2018
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travel, Iran, kindness, Isfahan, travelblogger, Ramadan, fasting, dates, Tabriz, travelwritter
January has greeted me with a fast pace. We came back from our Christmas and New Year vacation in Austria and I feel I have boarded an express train which has allowed me very few stops so far. It is more than time for my year in review. Time to slow down the pace, get […]
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- February 05, 2018
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Salzburg, Austria, vienna, Iran, christmasmarkets, tombs, Tehran, Yazd, Persepolis, Shiraz, naqsherustam, persiankings, Saadi, Hafez, Esther, Mordecai, thebookofesther, tabiatbridge, parks, baraghanvillage, Dürnstein, Nordicwalking, Alps, austrianalps, belvedere, myyearinreview, yearreview, mybook, published work, Zoroastrians, tombsaadi, tombHafez, Kashanbazar, gardens, Theworldatlasofstreetfood
Merry Christmas everyone! Frank Sinatra is singing a Merry Christmas on my laptop and I’m feeling emotional and not that merry. I woke up at five this morning, still feeling jet lagged and decided to check my emails. Among many last minute book Christmas recommendations, there was an article written by the author Catherine Berg. […]
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- December 23, 2017
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Portugal, celebrating, Austria, christmastraditions, merrychristmas, christmaseve, christmasday, christmas, WhiteChristmas, happy holidays, family gatherings, family traditions, Christmastree
Where did the light go? I feel I’m always chasing the fading light and it is becoming harder to find it. But first I have been wondering how to explain my long silence. My vacation was a bit later this year but this only explains part of the story. Life has weighed heavily too. Sometimes you are […]
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- December 17, 2017
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Lisbon, Portugal, travel, Austria, Iran, architecture, autumn, winter, Tehran, wintersolstice, shabeyalda, yaldacelebrations, yalda, masoudiehpalace, tagusriver, winterlight, greifenburg, parkeshahr, armenian, sarkiscathedral, happyholidays
I knew I was stranded at the Belvedere. From great heat to sudden rain, what to do? Stay a while longer with Klimt or venture outside and get wet? I had come to one of my favourite museums in Vienna, the Belvedere. Built in the early 18th century, it is the work of the famous […]
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- August 21, 2017
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museum, travel, art, Austria, vienna, travelblog, belvedere, klimt, sculpture, paintings, mueumcollection
I wonder what happened to the “easy way”. When did Nordic Walking in the Alps become more like a mountaineer adventure? We were in Russbach, a small friendly village in the alpine region of Salzburg. We had decided to rent an apartment in the center of the village, hoping to profit from the numerous Nordic […]
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- August 17, 2017
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travel, Austria, osterreich, exercise, nature, landscape, mountains, travelblog, travelblogger, Nordicwalking, Alps, outdoors, trekking, villages, Russbach, nordicwalkingaustria, trekkingaustria, travelblogaustria, salzburgregion, healthyliving, austrianalps
It’s vacation time and we are are in Austria for our summer home leave. Our hope for cooler weather seems to have been just that, wishful thinking. So we decided to get closer to the Danube, hoping for a river breeze at least. We were on our way to Dürnstein, an hour away from Vienna. […]
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- August 07, 2017
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travel, apricots, Austria, travelblog, History, Dürnstein, richardlionheart, RichardI, kingofengland, leopoldofaustria, henryVI, Richardprison, apricoticecream, apricotliquor, saffran, crusades, thirdcrusade, crusaders, saffronloweraustria, Bernhardkaar, travelbblogger, bakeryshmidl
Sometimes it is nice to get away from the hectic traffic of Tehran and look for a change of scenery. And escaping the Tehran heat is always welcoming at this time of year. Temperatures have been quite high and we live mostly with air conditioning. So I thought this would be the perfect occasion to […]
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- July 29, 2017
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travel, summer, Iran, nature, flowers, mountains, travelblog, safavid, baraghanvillage, hosseinieh, baraghanhosseinieh, play, theatre, mosque, baraghanmosque, riverbanks, gallehicecream, icecream, faloodeh, oldesttree, driedfruits, plums, nuts, seeds, sumac, Karaj, chamran, garden, village, shiaislam
