With my daughter to Iran - a trip report

Last month I was in Iran for a week, and researched most of the trip in a week - and got much help in searching the Iran threads on Thorntree. So I hope my little trip report can be of inspiration.

http://www.futtrup.name/iran/Iran2008.html</a>

Here is the introduction:

Yes, women has to wear a scarf and no, you cannot enjoy a glass of Shiraz red wine in Shiraz. That is about the prejudices and bad things I can confirm.
Iran has tons of beautiful cultural treasures, the friendliest people and openness wherever you come. The second Mohammed crisis doesn’t seem to be present – at least not as a problem for us when we answer ’Denmark’ to the ’whereareyoufrom’ question – and the typical reply is: ’Welcome!’ Our two small children (Johanne 2½ and Anders 4) opened many doors, caused people to turn their heads to us, but no physical contact like what we have experienced in other countries.
Why Iran? In ’94 I had bought the 1st Lonely Planet Iran guide and studied it carefully, but waited a long time for a visa, and opted for another country to visit at that time. I had also found a booklet about Persepolis (from the Shah era) that I have looked in many times and dreamt of visiting. Now, suddenly in May, the day-care went on strike, and we now had an option to either spend our summer vacation in our garden – or buy a ticket to somewhere. So the same evening as the strike started, I found out (to my surprise, admittedly) that you could now get visa on arrival, so the next day, I double checked with the Iranian embassy and booked the tickets for the following week.
It seems that most of my family and friends have their knowledge of Iran from either ’Not without my daughter’ or from Ahmadinedjad, but thankfully we also have several friends who have already been to Iran who have recommended it very much.

Enjoy

Erik Futtrup

thank you for nice report. Now I won't sleep till middle of august, when i go to Iran.

wonderful report, thanks so much

Thanks for the info!