on our way to IRAN, Germany - Iran - 4th August 2013
By: ipuenktchen
ey gosh.... our travelling from letter, germany, to tabriz, Iran, took just 24 hours!!!! believe it!!!!!!!!!!!
but it was a great adventure for me as I'm for my very first time in this part of the world!!!!!!!
we got up in letter at ipue's friend's at 6 AM, the last breakfast with *broetchen* for a long time.....
and ipue's friends brought us with all the luggage to hannover main station!!! and it was great to have the help of them at the train, too, to met all the suitcases and bags into the train!!!!!! believe it, we had SEVEN pieces of luggage!!!!!!!!! and it was a bit difficult to manage them with only two elder persons to change into the local train later......
ipue told us, she hate ICE-trains... and really we were again so uncomfortable, as several groups of *football-kids*, going to a holiday camp on sylt island, each group 40 kids, spread everywhere in the train, and no free seat again............. well, we finally arrived at hamburg!
there we had to change only the platform - and we reached the local train to airport at time!!! while sitting in the S-bahn ipue's son2 was calling, if everything was ok!!!!!! ey gosh - what a timing!!! to tell us they are still arrived in tehran, ready to come to the airport, 40 kms outside teh, to pick us up!!!! we were REALLY THRILLED and so happy!!!!!!!! then a last glance at our beloved hamburg here and there... and we arrived at airport station!!!!!! yeaaaaaaaaah!!! here we got a luggage-trolley and everything was easy up from now!!
then we went into the queue at IranAir desk!!! this tooks less than an hour!! and the lady was so kind.. everything was ok, ni we had too much luggage nor to heavy cabin buggage... and so we were free only with the small luggage, and we decided to go on the terrasse of the airport to have a last coffee and alsterwasser and a yummy cake!! we TVs were very impressed of the many airplanes starting and landing.. and one hour later we went to look for our gate to be next to the entry of our plane!!!!
I was so excited and couldn't really built a sentence... oh my god.... my first flight!!!!!!
later ipue told me she took some pills again travel-sickness with her, perhaps I would need them. but very proudly I can let you know, dear mom, I was sooo courageous and didn't need them at all!!!!!!!!!
then we had our flight!! longer than normal, as IRair-planes are fuelling nowadays here & where and we had to go for budapest!!!! what a pity, only to see the airport of this beautiful ancient city, ipue told me, she had been there on her last trip 2 years ago!! and so ipue went at the opened door to take some pics for evidence we had been here!!!!!!!!
but she told me at the same time, for me it would be too dangerous, and she didn't allowed any of us to come with her near the door!!!!! well, that's life....... :-((( after 1 h fuelling we continued our flight and with a bit delay of half an hour we reached hot tehran, 36 degrees still in the evening!!!!!!!
when we came downstairs by escalator we saw dear lili_6789 and yashila_81 behind the glass wall showing posters with *ingrid* and *firouz* written on, as they were from a hotel or a company looking for their unknown stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!! leutz, we died laughing!!!!!!!!!!
yashila_81 came inside to help us!!!!???! then we had to pass our luggage through the screening machine and got free to go out!!
and what a surprise now!! our pilot was a cousin of lili_6789!!!!!!!!
*die welt ist ein dorf* as the germans are saying!! It's a small world!
ok......... we got a large taxi and went 40 kms to tehran!!!!!!!!!yashila had reserved the bus-tickets for the last bus to tabriz at midnight, and believe it, leutz, we reached the bus terminal 20 min to midnight!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Aug 5, 2013, 9:43 pm Last edited Oct 5, 2013, 4:15 am by ipuenktchen
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Tabriz, Iran - 5th August 2013
By: ipuenktchen
the rest was fun, to go by bus to tabriz and arrived there at 8 AM, having a nice breakfast with the tasty BARBERI bread - WHO needs BROETCHEN????????????????
and dear mom, don't worry, it's so nice here!! next I'll tell you more about!!
but now I have to sleep!!! I love you, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!
we all are tired now.... sorryyyyyyyy..
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Posted Aug 5, 2013, 10:28 pm Last edited Aug 9, 2013, 2:48 pm by ipuenktchen
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Tabriz, Iran - 10th August 2013
By: ipuenktchen
hi, leutz.... today we had a look around and entered the beautiful park Shahgoli close to ipue's!!! it's really a cosy corner there and the breakfast-picnic with her friends was superb!!!!!
it's a holiday again *eyde fetr*, end of ramazan!! and here we are!!!!!!!! do you remember a postcard from shahgoli?????????
love you, mom!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Aug 10, 2013, 10:23 am Last edited Aug 10, 2013, 11:34 am by ipuenktchen
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Tabriz, Iran - 11th August 2013
By: ipuenktchen
ipue had her game-gathering today and it was so funny to see all the elder women with her daughters or daughter-in-laws died laughing without any end............ mostly they got headaches finally............. tztztztzzzzzz... the playmo-convention tried to join the *halli-galli*... and we had lots of sweets and so on.. a yummy icecream, too!!!
mom, when I'll be back home one day I'll teach you some new games I learned here!!!!!!!!!!
love, F.M.Bear
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Posted Aug 11, 2013, 8:22 pm Last edited Aug 12, 2013, 8:00 am by ipuenktchen
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Tabriz, Iran - 12th August 2013
By: ipuenktchen
mommy - I miss youuuuuuuuu!!!!
the hot weather here in tab is much more comfortable than at our home, mom!!!!
****es herrscht eine relative Luftfeuchtigkeit von 30.1%.****
can you believe it???? that's why when we were on the road from tehran the view around was really autumn-like!!!!!!!!
they had no rain since early spring!
so I'd profite from the great weather and told ipue to bring me outside!! and so she did and she took some awsome pics from me!!! pls enjoy!!!! it's for you, mom!!!!!!!!
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Posted Aug 12, 2013, 8:08 am Last edited Aug 12, 2013, 8:19 am by ipuenktchen
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Tabriz, Iran - 14th August 2013
By: ipuenktchen
ey goshhhhhhh - today I learned a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ladies-gatherings mostly are dangerous for shy little guys like ME!!!!!!!
Ipue knew this and wouldn't take me with her, but............ I pressed her again and again and finally she told me, I will regret..
but we went together - I was in her handbag... and when we entered the salon and I had a very little look out from her bag and saw all the ladies with their large decolletees and minijupes and so on, ey gosh, as Ipue told me, I regret deeply to come here.......
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and this was the b-day-cake for this little guy there, who had his b-day-party today...
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Posted Aug 14, 2013, 6:04 pm Last edited Aug 16, 2013, 8:29 am by ipuenktchen
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unknown, unknown - 6th December 2013
By: turtles
Dear mom
thank you so much for paying the ransom money.
The bee-gang promised to set me free before christmas...
...I'll hope the best.
Love,
Bear
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Posted Dec 23, 2013, 12:08 pm
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TABRIZ, Iran - 19th December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
oyoyoyoyoyoyyyyyyyyyyyyyy - happily arrived back home at ipue's.....
what can I say.......... lucky bear I am!!! I could never imagine I'll see my host ipue and my buddies ZIZZI-Zebra, JORIS the second, POSSY & CROSSY again!!!!!!!!! Ipue told me, I was more than 4 months under the pressure of the b-gang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(((((((((((((((((((((((((((( and about 2 weeks ago my dear mom TURTLES got a call they asked for money.............. to pass me back!!!!?!?!? for sure my mom was ready to pay and also she accepted don't let the cops current... a huge secret - only to see me back home safely and healthy!!!!!!
and so she scraped all her money together to get me freeeeeeeeee!!!!
oh my dear mom - I miss you so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but now I'm patient to continue my trip to middle east, cause I know you are well and you know me, I'm well, too!! and everything came to a happy end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how lucky we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well, and today they blindfold me in the early morning, met me in a car, and we went by car not so far.. and they hustled me out of the car!!!!! :-(((((((((((((( mom, it was sooooooooooooooo cold!!!!!!!!!!
(ipue told me, only -18 degrees C!!!!!) imagine, mom!! it was sommer when they kidnapped me, in august...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went by foot, and it was so difficult with all this snow. when I arrived at a fast-food-shop and asked the address, they could help me only to make a paper-hat for me.. not that usefull against the coldness...
later I found a young couple and asked them to bring me to ipue's with their car. I was really tired and nearly FROZEN!!!!!!!?!??!!?
when they rang the door for me, I breathed a sigh of relief - nobody can imagine what I was feeling!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?
much more when Ipue came out and brought me into the cosy and warm house!!!!!!!!!
mom, I'm so thankfull!!!!!!! will never forget this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and when they told me, there are only a few days untill christmas, I got really thrilled!!! mom, what an adventure!!! and sorry, don't worry, I lost some weight, because they don't gave me that much food..... :-((( but it doesn't matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and here are some pics from my happy return home to ipue!!!!!!!!!
and how happy I had been when I heard, Possy & Crossy were coming back home also safely after a large adventure!!
kiss you and miss you, my dearest mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 2:09 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 2:39 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 20th December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
dear mom!
I got up very late, as I was so tired from my walk in the snow and the stress if I could find ipue's home or not.........
after breakfast ipue told me, she'll provide the cake she made just yesterday before my arrival to make a coffee-party for us toyvoyagers!!! wooow, how great, and so we were around the table with so much cookies, and sweets and cake and so on.. and chatting about everything happened since August!!! thx, dear ipue!!!
and here are some pics, dear mom, made by ipue as well as by CROSSY!!!!!
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 5:59 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 6:15 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 21st December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
hi, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we got up very early and went to the airport!! ipue had a guest from her home-town and we went there to pick her up!! back home we had a great breakfast, and later ipue asked us to come with them downtown for sightseeing!!! oh yes, great idea.. as I had seen nothing during the last 4 months.....
so first we went to the blue mosque, and then comes a pic from the khagani's garden with blue mosque in back, later we went to eat some beans, so yummy!! and from there we had a look to the ancient citadel of olden tabriz from about 1.000 years ago, and at last we entered the potter's house, an ancient mansion of qajar era from about 200 years ago!
here are some pics for you, dear mom!! kiss you!!!!!!!
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 6:13 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 6:23 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 21st December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
my dear mom, in the evening ipue announced us another programme, as we were invited for *yalda eve*, the longest night of the year, a traditional holiday in IR!!! and it was also the b-day of ipue's son2!!!
ppl have the habitude to keep the last water melons for this night, and pomegranates and also cotton candy!!
here are some pics for you!! it was a funny eve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 6:29 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 6:34 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 22nd December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
hurry up, buddies!! another sightseeing downtown tabriz, as ipue's guest will leave today in the eve by train for tehran!
mommy, here you can see us in tabriz bazar - here the carpet bazar, the worldwide largest covered bazar and a world heritage site! from there we went to a restaurant to have a yummy meal! then we picked up the backpack of our guest and went to the railway station to be in time there for the train!!!
it was great to see more from ipue's 2nd home town, but why it is sooo cold????
kiss you, mom!!!!!! :-))))))))
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 6:40 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 6:52 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 23rd December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
hello, dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
today is a mourning day... and the ppl have habitude to prepare different dishes for charity depending to their solemn promises, and so we got a yummy dessert today from one of ipue's relatives. made by rice, saffron, water, and later a calligraphy on for decoration made by cinnamon!
kiss you - miss you, dear mom!!!
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 6:57 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 7:00 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 24th December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
in many places of the world ppl are celebrating today christmas eve!!!
and so we did!!! waiting untill it will be dark outside, sitting around the christmas tree and have a yummy meal!!!!!!!!
mommy, I really miss you!!
lots of kisses, your bearli
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Posted Dec 27, 2013, 7:03 pm Last edited Dec 27, 2013, 7:08 pm by ipuenktchen
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TABRIZ, Iran - 29th December 2013
By: ipuenktchen
again -13 °C... - dear mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you don't have so cold weather....................
although today we had a ride downtown with ipue's son2 for bazar!!
I like it!! and here are some pics for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
again sabolamr-mosque, more than 1000 years old!!
and a glance at fruit-bazar - we bought tons of fruits and learned their name!! and also strange things like the vine leaves for famous *dolme* and sweet lemons, chickpeas and pomegranates and so on!!!!
later we went to the wholesale part of bazar and they bought a lot of things and their car looked like they had a shop to sell all these things again.... LOOOOL...
and last but not least on our way home we found an antique shop, the owner *akbar almani* - that means *deutscher akbar*.. *german akbar*.... hehe...
love, baerli
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Posted Dec 29, 2013, 5:55 pm Last edited Dec 29, 2013, 9:52 pm by ipuenktchen
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