This Christmas and New year were a bit emotional for me. It was our mother 90th birthday and the whole family converged to Portugal in order to celebrate the life of the most resilient woman I know. She has been through so much and although she is now confined to a wheel chair, she is […]
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- January 09, 2019
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Why the long absence? Because I have been preparing something very special. A new project that has taken me a long time to conceive and make the right choices. It is a bit like cooking, you think you have the right ingredients but then you start thinking. Do I have too many? Shall I make it […]
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“Why don’t we go to Tochal for lunch ?”, my husband suggested. Temperatures have been soaring in Tehran. Since I arrived two years ago, I don’t remember being this hot. During the day the heat weighs on you and seems to drain all the energy out of your body. You hope the evening will bring […]
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- July 19, 2018
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travel, mountainrange, photography, nature, mountains, travelblogger, Tochal, wild flowers, wild lavender, hiking, cablecars
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
