Thursday, May 31, 2007

A Lazy Afternoon


The Museum of Contemporary Art.












What we had for lunch.



















A walk in the park
Thursday, we went to the Golestan. But it is shut on Thursdays! So we went to the much mentioned Carpet Museum instead.
At 1100 we sent Christl back to the residence with the driver and Uschi and I went to the Contemporary Art Museum, just along the square from the Carpet Museum.We had a look at the paintings on display which seemed to be mostly student works from 2006/7. There were a large number titled “Part of a Poem – Rumi”. I assume it was a set assignment. A bit disappointing, while the student work was OK, the Museum seemed to hold many works by many well known world artists, none of which were on display.
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The Carpet Museum


A carpet on display











The main entrance to the carpet museum












One of the oldest carpets in the museum, 700 (?) years old
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

The Ceramics Museum

The Ceramics Museum in Tehran. Look carefully, Uschi is there.
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Monday, May 28, 2007

National Museum, Tehran

The National Museum of Tehran (Iran e Bastan).
A necklace, more than 2000 years old.


















Relief carving from the Treasury at Persepolis.
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Sunday, May 27, 2007

I am a millionaire

3,600,000 Rials (Give or take a few).
I am at last a millionaire!!!
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Tajrish Bazaar, Tehran


Bread Anyone?

The Tajrish Bazaar in the Northern part of Tehran

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Friday, May 25, 2007

Highs and Lows

All in one day!

3000m (10,000 feet) above sea level.
Alborz Mountains













3 Hours later...

60m (200 feet) below sea level.
Caspian Sea

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butterfly by our room

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