[Leica] IMGS: Farm Stay

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And I like the Syraz/Shiraz grape very much (when turned into wine), so it is
good that the people in the Rhône 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>:
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>     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
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>     On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>     wrote:
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>     > Nice landscapes and people. The place strikes me as potentially good
>     > wine
>     > country. Of course, the Islamists would not allow this.
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Nathan
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>     > > On 20 Jun 2016, at 16:18, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     > > 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
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>     > > 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
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