Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And I like the Syraz/Shiraz grape very much (when turned into wine), so it is good that the people in the Rh?ne valley in France and the Australians (as well as in some parts of Spain) have taken it up in a big way :-) Cheers, Nathan > > Op 23 juni 2016 om 15:16 schreef Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>: > > > The area around Shiraz was famous for their Syrah grapes and the wine > made > from them. Now they still grow the grapes but they make raisins. > > Tina > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > Nice landscapes and people. The place strikes me as potentially good > > wine > > country. Of course, the Islamists would not allow this. > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > < > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 Jun 2016, at 16:18, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > I finally finished all of the photos from our farm stay between > Yazd > > > and > > > Shiraz: > > > > > > > > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000ETzumJqQvnk > > > > > > and hit next for 110 more photos! You can go through the > bread-making > > > really fast - almost a video! This was a very nice extended family. > > > The > > > patriarch has a large farm, all irrigated with many fruit trees and > > > beef > > > cattle that are zero-grazed. He and his wife have 5 grown kids and > > > many > > > grandkids. Two of the grown kids graduated from the University of > > > Tehran > > > with degrees in tourism and their dream is to run a > caravanserai-type > > hotel > > > for tourists on the farm. Many people travel to this part of Iran > to > > stay > > > with nomads in the desert but there aren't many actual nomads left > so > > Hamid > > > and his sister Yasmin want to re-create the experience of staying > with > > > nomads but on their farm. It was interesting!! All members of the > > family > > > helped with the cooking and entertaining of their only three > visitors > > > - > > > Hossein, Tom and me! > > > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > > > On to Shiraz... > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >