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We were finally in Iran.
Right after we got off the plane were the lines for immigration. Us and our fancy Iranian passports marched right on over to the Iranian passport holders line.
"Um..I ethink the not Iranians go over there" - someone trying to skip us in line (which, by the way, happens ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE)
"Man Iranianam. Passport irani daram. Merci. / I am Iranian. I have an Iranian passport. Thank you" aka basically, I went all Rosetta Stone up on him.
It was finally our turn to go through and it was pretty uneventful. I received a smile, 'hello' and 'welcome' and we were off to catch a taxi for our 4 hour trek to Isfahan.
We went through a registered taxi company through the airport and agreed upon a price of about $100 for this cross-country trip.
I slept an hour or so while Mo stayed up. Our taxi driver was nice. He had some good music he was showing off on his mp3 player.
We finally arrived within Isfahan city limits when Mo called mamanjoon to tell her we'd be there within a hour or so. She got so excited and hung up the phone (presumably to get everything ready).
The taxi driver started to turn a little cranky and frustrated when he wouldn't listen to the directions Mo was giving him and resulting in the driver getting us lost.
Mo said to me, "This is it, Erin. We are going to be there in 30 seconds. Are you ready? I'm going to video this." I had butterflies exactly like I had right before our wedding almost exactly 1 year ago.
Right after we got off the plane were the lines for immigration. Us and our fancy Iranian passports marched right on over to the Iranian passport holders line.
"Um..I ethink the not Iranians go over there" - someone trying to skip us in line (which, by the way, happens ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE)
"Man Iranianam. Passport irani daram. Merci. / I am Iranian. I have an Iranian passport. Thank you" aka basically, I went all Rosetta Stone up on him.
It was finally our turn to go through and it was pretty uneventful. I received a smile, 'hello' and 'welcome' and we were off to catch a taxi for our 4 hour trek to Isfahan.
We went through a registered taxi company through the airport and agreed upon a price of about $100 for this cross-country trip.
I slept an hour or so while Mo stayed up. Our taxi driver was nice. He had some good music he was showing off on his mp3 player.
We finally arrived within Isfahan city limits when Mo called mamanjoon to tell her we'd be there within a hour or so. She got so excited and hung up the phone (presumably to get everything ready).
The taxi driver started to turn a little cranky and frustrated when he wouldn't listen to the directions Mo was giving him and resulting in the driver getting us lost.
Mo said to me, "This is it, Erin. We are going to be there in 30 seconds. Are you ready? I'm going to video this." I had butterflies exactly like I had right before our wedding almost exactly 1 year ago.