2nd day in Tehran-24/12/2007

I am just bad in updating my own blog down here..with 3 kids tagging along...Well, here were the story of us on the second day in Tehran. At first we went to Golestan Palace which keeps the history of the place where the kings would go on their Coronation Day..damn..it was a such a big palace plus there was a statue of one of the kings made in marble and also there was a room that was made out of glass. In that palace also is a place when I first got to see a real persian carpet. It was beautiful. I will never forget that place. Then, we went to Tehran Old Bazaar. It was the longest bazaar that I' ve ever been through..It was a 10 km strecth full of shops and I can sure you that if was jammed packed with people....from housewares to the carpets..owh...the carpets were like superb and I bought few pieces myself...I've got crazy when choosing I might say...Later, we went to the Imam Khomeini mosque which situated in the middle of the bazaar.Alhamdulillah, I got to solat Dhuhur there. It was a nice experience because mostly the Persian, they are Sunni and from where I brought up as a Shiaah. So it was a total different way. They have a stone in front of them while praying. It says that, we come from earth and we will be back to earth. I think so the theory is like that. It was a tiring day for all us as the weather was so cold and by the time we got back to the hotel the whole of us were hungry and sleepy.