Tabriz
Lovely city in the top left hand corner of Iran. Bloody cold though. While the city only has a couple of "must sees" it is a very friendly place for an introduction to Iran.
Highlights:- breakfasts of yoghurt and honey in a shop in the bazaar. Sounds simple but when eating this sitting in a busy little shop where no-one speaks english but they all smile at you and want to make sure you like Iran, well it's just lovely. One morning I asked for Chay (tea) and the young boy just shook his head and said Na - the place only seemed to serve warm milk - but his boss/father admonished the kid for not helping me and a cuppa quickly turned up in front of me from the shop next door. bless.
- Watching an 8 year old girl totally lose it when being put on an escalator for the first time in her life. The family must have been regional because the little girls where in the full chadoor, and at that age that is not common. So they've got 2 girls (8 and about 10), mum, dad and grandma and they are trying to get grandma and youngest daughter onto escalator to go down (the up escalator wasn't working so they had to use it as stairs) - grandma is holding onto dad with all her might with hers eyes tightly shut, the older daughter is having a ball and the little one is just screaming and crying. They all stopped at the bottom - causing a mass pile up - and there was no way the little one was going to be able to get off the escalator - so i grabbed her under the arms and carried her off to her parents. I am not sure whether she was more scared of me (prob never seen a whitey before) or the escalator.
Decent cups of coffee: 0
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