In the morning, Negin, Arash and I went to the Bazar Enghelab, because I wanted to find a Ukulele for Nikoo as a first step to a guitar that she likes a lot. There, we only could find a decoration mini guitar, but one salesman gave a hint to another shop where we should find it.
why not find the last dinner in a bazar in Shiraz?!
Arash went there with me, Negin left to University. They had a lot of high quality (and high price) instruments in that shop and this also applies to the ukuleles they had. So it was no good option for the moment. Arash had the idea to buy the decoration guitar to introduce Nikoo to the feeling and handling of a guitar and later she can learn guitar on a “real” instrument, if she still is interested. So we did.
Next was the meeting with Nazanin in the Iranian travelling center. She had been very kind and supportive regarding getting my ferry ticket to Dubai and she had asked for some pictures of my trip through Iran fitting to the social media internet presence. So we looked at the photos of my trip and chose some.
At noon, Arash had to pick up Nikoo from her school and at home she could try to play a bit on the guitar. The instrument has the right size, but you cannot use every fret, so, let’s see what I can show to Nikoo.
Shohre had cooked lunch for 2 families as in the afternoon we went to the village Siakh Darengoon to visit uncle Darush (one of the 5 children that Arash’s grandpa had with his first wife, while Arash’s mum is one of the 7 children of grandpa’s 2nd wife, who, by the way, was the niece of his 1st wife) – where was I? ah: – together with Arashs brother Mostafa and his wife Zohre (who, by the way is Shore’s sister, and I think this is the reason why Shore’s mum is not only Negin’s aunt but also her grandma – I got a brief introduction by Negin at night and there are some more complexities than those to cope with).
But in the end it was like that:
Two cars with two families went to an uncle for lunch.
hm… I just wonder:
when the brothers Arash and Mostafa married the two sisters Shore and Zohre, what kind of cousins are Nikoo (Arash + Shore) and Surur (Mostafa + Zohre)?
Ok, they played like sisters, look like sisters,
and we had not only lunch but teatime(s) and fruits and cakes…
Darush had been in Germany for several years, and thus speaks German well. He cares not only for a big house and a bigger garden but for a flock of dogs around this place.
when we came, Arash and Mostafa first started letting light in!
it was not possible to start the stereo…
…and, of course, it was not possible to win against Mostafa 😉
We went back to Shiraz and soon after, Arash went with me to his late-evening yoga class. It was my second yoga class, my first had been in Taipei 2015 and I can say that this time I could understand more words the teacher said, but of course not the meaning of the instructions. So I just made a c&p variant of it and with some help of Arash, the teacher and some people around who translated, I could do those exercises.
the white guys in the middle: Arash (kneeling), teacher and I
Again, I saw in this day how fast strength gets lost, although I currently lead a kind of active life.
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