Beautiful Isfahan
29 maart 2018, 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 whereMeer informatie
Ready to leave Isfahan
29 maart 2018, 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 youMeer informatie
Transfer to Yazd via desert town Na'in
30 maart 2018, 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,Meer informatie
Walking around in Yazd's heat
31 maart 2018, 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 andMeer informatie
Water museum and Iranian sport sessions
1 april 2018, 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 rooftopMeer informatie
Persepolis!
2 april 2018, 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 orMeer informatie
Express but extensive visit to Shiraz
3 april 2018, 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 toMeer informatie
Hiking in the Zagros mountains
5 april 2018, 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 theMeer informatie
Flight from Shiraz to Tabriz
5 april 2018, 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 theMeer informatie
Lazy day in Tabriz :-)
6 april 2018, 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 theMeer informatie
Today was Anna's birthday!
7 april 2018, 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 mountainMeer informatie
Visiting Qazvin
9 april 2018, 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 :-)
WeMeer informatie
Reunion with or Iranian friends
10 april 2018, 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 inMeer informatie
Caspian Sea getaway
11 april 2018, 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 isMeer informatie
Last day in Iran
12 april 2018, 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 asMeer informatie
Reunion with Anna's family in Neheim
16 april 2018, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 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 andMeer informatie
Getting back to Munich
17 april 2018, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 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 subtenantsMeer informatie











































































































































































Reiziger
sind das alles Mosaiken ? oder Kacheln wie in Portugal
Reizigermächtig beeindruckend
Reiziger
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.