Beautiful Isfahan
29. März 2018 in Iran ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
We strolled around Isfahan today. We started off at the main Nagsh-e Jahan Square. It’s huge, about 500 meters in length. Enough place for all sorts of fountains, gardens, and a polo court whereWeiterlesen
Ready to leave Isfahan
29. März 2018 in Iran ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Today was our last day in Isfahan. We spent the morning doing Yoga (Anna) and then heading to the main mosque in Naghshe Jahan square (the third and last mosque in Isfahan for us, in case youWeiterlesen
Transfer to Yazd via desert town Na'in
30. März 2018 in Iran ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Today was a rather uneventful day. We started off with our two Catalan friends and took the bus to Na’in, a supposedly nice and interesting desert town with sights like an old mosque, castle ruins,Weiterlesen
Walking around in Yazd's heat
31. März 2018 in Iran ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The German-Austrian-Catalan tourist group got going again :-) With the 6 of us, you have to know that it makes it hard to cross any kind of public space without having one of us being stopped andWeiterlesen
Water museum and Iranian sport sessions
1. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We started our last day in Yazd at a relaxed pace. We saw most of the major sights yesterday and planned to use today to read and soak in some of Yazd’s atmosphere from one of the many rooftopWeiterlesen
Persepolis!
2. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Today’s attraction: Persepolis! We hired a driver to take us across the Iranian plains from Yazd to Persepolis.
Along the route, there are actually a number of archaeological sites that more orWeiterlesen
Express but extensive visit to Shiraz
3. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We left Persepolis in the late morning and treated ourselves to a taxi ride to Shiraz (~1 hour and 8 Euro :-)). Upon arrival we checked in and got going to explore the city as we had now planned toWeiterlesen
Hiking in the Zagros mountains
5. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ 🌫 15 °C
After a brief morning visit to the pink mosque, we got in two cars and drove off the the southwest of Shiraz for our hike including spending the night in the village or with nomads.
We reached theWeiterlesen
Flight from Shiraz to Tabriz
5. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
We spent a leisurely afternoon in Shiraz, drinking coffee in the square opposite the main mosque and bazar. After saying farewell to our travel companions we made our way to the airport.
We took theWeiterlesen
Lazy day in Tabriz :-)
6. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We did not anticipate much action on this Friday in Tabriz but were positively surprised that the UNESCO World Heritage Bazaar was up and running. After roaming through it, we made our way to theWeiterlesen
Today was Anna's birthday!
7. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today was Anna’s birthday! To celebrate it - and to make the most of our last few days in Iran - we embarked on a big tour (by car with a driver). About 550km 🛣 and 4 highlights:
- The mountainWeiterlesen
Visiting Qazvin
9. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Originally, our plans for today were different: we intended to go hiking in the supposedly beautiful hotspot of the Alamut valley. We decided differently - here is why and what we did instead :-)
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Reunion with or Iranian friends
10. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today was a great day :-)
We travelled from Qazvin to Karaj to reunite with Ali and his family here. We met him, his daughter and his wife in Natanz in our first week in Iran.
Ali actually lives inWeiterlesen
Caspian Sea getaway
11. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We drove “to the north” today, to spend a day (and the night) at Leyla’s apartment there. For Tehranis, going to the north is really a weekend getaway at the Caspian Sea. Still, the drive isWeiterlesen
Last day in Iran
12. April 2018 in Iran ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today was our last day in Iran. Apart from meeting a friend in the city, we had only one sightseeing target for the day: the Azadi Tower. Built in 1971 it is very much part of Tehran’s skyline asWeiterlesen
Reunion with Anna's family in Neheim
16. April 2018 in Deutschland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We arrived tiredly but safely in Düsseldorf on Friday, 13.04.2018 and immediately started to meet family and friends. We started with an afternoon and evening with Ingmar and Swetlana in Hilden andWeiterlesen
Getting back to Munich
17. April 2018 in Deutschland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We joined Anna’s brother Robert to the train station and all went to our respective homes. After some ~6 hours of quiet train travel we arrived back in our flat, exchanged keys with our subtenantsWeiterlesen











































































































































































Reisender
sind das alles Mosaiken ? oder Kacheln wie in Portugal
Reisendermächtig beeindruckend
Reisender
Das ist von Moschee zu Moschee unterschiedlich. Bei dieser sind es mehrheitlich Kacheln weil der Shah die Moschee schnell (=noch während seiner Lebzeit) fertig bauen lassen wollte.