Post from Denise

A video of me making bread in Shiraz! :
Hard to believe that our vacation is winding down. It's been 3 1/2 weeks of non stop activities with Kat's family and sightseeing on our own. The wedding was fabulous, but can't say anymore. Everyone will have to wait until the Berkeley celebration before seeing any pictures of the bride and groom, but I must say the bride was was beautiful and the groom very handsome. Family of the groom looked pretty good too!
Seeing that everyone has already written something for the blog, I guess I should send something too. The only thing left to talk about is the traffic, drivers and pedestrians. Tehran has a population of 17 million people so you can imagine the traffic that would cause seeing that 70% of the population is under 30 years old. There are painted lanes on the street that no one uses. Drivers drive in the middle of the lane or anywhere they can maneuver in. There are round-abouts going counter clockwise but many drivers go the other way. There are one way streets, but no one pays any attention to them. Buses let people off on the freeway and one day while in a taxi our driver missed the exit (on the freeway)stopped and backed up to the correct exit. We all just sat and looked at each other, not saying a word. Crossing the streets are an experience in itself. You just go when you see an opening and pray no one hits you. I have to say the drivers are probably the best I've experienced seeing that I have not seen one accident..............oh, maybe one, Gail was walking across the street not paying any attention and a motorcycle hit her. Not to worry she wasn't hurt, only a black tire mark on her pants. Big D got hella mad and told her "you better pay attention to where you're going".