Abbasi Esfahan

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... of the Islamic regime, anything that is outside sharia law is a punishable offense. It was hard to imagine our host living between two such disparate worlds. I guess Dibai House provided a small oasis in this beautiful old city, like many Iranian's one's home becomes their one bubble of freedom.<br><br>To get to Imam Square we had to walk through the streets of the bazaar, a huge rambling maze where everything under the sun was being sold. There were some lovely courtyards adjoining ...

Belated entry due to lack of time and internet.<br>We've been in Iran a week now and have been to Tabriz, Masouleh and<br>we're now in Isfahan. It's proper nuts here, pretty much nothing is<br>what you'd expect in Iran. Last night we went out for a meal and four<br>of us we're looking for a taxi and a random boy racer pulled up and<br>gave us a breakneck ride home for 30,000rials (3 dollars) he also<br>played us 'my heart will go on' on his stereo, a cover version, not the<br ...

... taxi back to the Imam Square for a spot of tea at Saeed's carpet shop, where he had laid out some kilims on the grass in the square. The night was perfect, with a lovely cool breeze blowing through our scarves.<br> <br> Today, I wandered down to the arched bridges with Luke, Lee, Chris, Sandra, Sarah and Georgia. Unfortunately, Iran had very little rain last winter so the river is no longer flowing, and is just filled by small pools of water. The heat ...

... which claims Esfahan nesf-e jahan - Esfahan is half the world. Robert Byron was also clearly impressed when he ranked "Isfahan among those rarer places like Athens or Rome, which are the common refreshment of humanity." Shah Abbas I made this city what it is, although invasion by Afghanistan hastened a decline which saw the capital city move from here to Shiraz (not a bad choice either) and then to Tehran (what were they thinking ...

... révélateur d'une certaine vérité à propos du bien aimé peuple iranien. J'avais, en attendant, parcouru une bonne partie du nord de la vieille ville ce matin, découvrant quelques fabuleuses mosquées et un sympathique bazar. C'est fabuleux comme la deuxième partie de cette ...

... Persian beauty. The sun was setting as we crossed to the other side of the river. It was so beautiful. It was time then for a walk back across the bridge and to the tea shop under the arches for some chai, sticky sweet substance (no idea what it was, but it packed some sugar I can tell you) and good chat. The evening was just coming alive and there was dinner yet to come....stay tuned...there will be more soon.

... and was moving to Canada next year. He had a bit more of an ego on him though and wanted to sing for me the national anthem in French and Engiish, as well as name every province and territory - - from east to west - - and their capitals, plus the whole history of my country, the political system, and pretty much everything else he could think of. It took a few hours, and I was impressed to say the least. I had to get going though because I can do that in ...

I emerged from my siesta at the hotel into the abated heat of the late afternoon and sauntered toward the Chehel Sotun Palace. Built as a pleasure palace for Shah Abbas II, it is well-known for the beautiful frescoes inside the main hall, some of which are so risque that I'm surprised they weren't painted over under the order of the authorities. The courtly ladies in the frescoes are all fair-skinned and somewhat Oriental looking. The princely young men are also rendered in a ...