Leaving Tehran

Waiting for Flight to Shiraz

Some Iranian Friends on the Shuttle to the plane

Iran Air was better than most US Flights…They fed us on a flight that was just 1 hour!

Landing in Shiraz, we flew over the Great Salt “Pink” Lake

Leaving the Airport

Shiraz

The Gardens and Tomb in the Zand Complex

Street in Shiraz

in Shiraz…BTW Fatemeh’s gloves are because she doesn’t want to get more tan…For some reason, many in Iran want to have lighter skin…They have beautiful olive color and as like many of us, they want something different

Zand Castle

Zand castle…Fatemeh says it’s Iran’s version of the “leaning Tower” (-:

Aquafina…Coke & Pepsi products everywhere

Another food filled lunch

Plenty of fresh Veggies

Inside Mosque

Made some new friends while stopping for an Ice Cream Break…These girls were on an outing with their English Class…I’m glad i seemed to match their color scheme…

Ice Cream & Smoothie place

Girls from the local school…studying English

More School Girls

Gotta Love these faces

This is the Girl’s English Teacher…She’s eating the most fabulous dessert…It’s Saffron Ice Cream between two waffles!!!

Many books are not legal to be sold in Iran…so some people sell these books on the street…

Zand Mosque

Inside

Inside

Check out the wood

Zand Complex

Close up of Wood Art…This craft is dying out since the young are not interested in learning the art of this kind of woodwork

Stained Glass inside

Inside a very old hamam

Street Signs

Shiraz near Zand Complex

cleric

Even Canon has stores here

Shiraz

Can’t get away from Production…They were shooting something here

Shiraz

Street scenes

More Shiraz

Shiraz

Relaxing in the park

Everything is sold

Fatemeh giving us a taste

More relaxing in the park

Street scene…everyone has a mobile phone

Perfect transport

Bazaar

Spices

I loved the saying: “Humanity with Friends. Tolerance with Enemies”

More bazaar

Check out these spice displays

Faces in the bazaar

On the way back to the hotel

Nature

Waiting for the elevator

A Lovely Dinner…

People at the booth next to us

The Restaurant

Entertainment at the restaurant

Making bread

Baking the bread in the clay oven

The finished Bread

Walking to the Koran Gate…Notice all the picnicking families off to the right near the wall

Walking to Koran Gate…Lovely cool evening

Families enjoying the night

Koran Gate

Koran Gate