Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, they are all getting posted. I've enjoyed browsing, even without your explanations. It looks like the lady from Tehran had plenty to say! :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/10/2016 1:36 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > PESO: > > I'm not sure any of these are getting through but I'm continuing to post > anyway!! We visited an ancient Zoroastrian red mud village in the > mountains near Isfahan. There are only 30 families left there and they are > mostly elderly people. The kids have all left for the cities. We visited > a bakery, met some women on the street and talked to Soghra, an Abyanaki > widow. The women here wear a colorful chador which is their traditional > costume. They speak Middle Persian here which is very different from Farsi > but Hossein managed to translate most of what she had to say. She had come > back to visit but now lives in Tehran. Her only son, a doctor who lived in > Kerman, had died of a heart attack when he was only in his 50's. She comes > back to the village for the quiet and to get away from the city. We really > like this village and would go back any time. I have a lot more photos to > process from there! > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000PrFtiRdZnKo > > And keep going until there aren't any more!! > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > Tina