Tehran Bazaar

Any colour you want, as long as it's black.












A view along the bazaar

Golestan

Golestan Palace (Rose Garden Palace)

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.

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

The Green Palace

The Green Palace.
















Overshoes to be worn to reduce damage to the carpets.















Another ceiling shot.

The Shah's Palace

The Ceramics Museum

The Ceramics Museum in Tehran. Look carefully, Uschi is there.

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.

Tajrish Bazaar, Tehran

Bread Anyone?

The Tajrish Bazaar in the Northern part of Tehran

butterfly by our room

First Daylight View of Tehran

Arrived in Tehran late last night and we are now on the way to Qazvin with a tour which was arranged by our hosts.