REUNION

great pictures and nice story

i hope everything turns out great...  love...

Dear Mr Javid

This is very romantic, and I thought you'd be sharing more than the words of her mother, but I understand.

You are a good storyteller - happy travels.

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IRAN FIRST

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Very profound J.J...

Good for you, revisiting your memories and dream/s...

I had a similar experience with a Hungarian girl from Budapest back in summer of 2001. We met in California and 10 days after she left and right after 9/11 (long funny story...), with a lot of difficulties, I chased her all the way in Budapest! before my departure, one very gray october day in Moscow Ter (Square), I was sitting on a bench alone thinking about her..., I swore it was the most melancholic moment in my life (next to leaving Iran 28 years ago...) I met her once again in 2003 and still e-mail each other from time to time... Her name is Gabriela and we loved each other very deeply, but it was one of those impossible love stories, perhaps something like yours! Thank you for sharing your memory and experience with us... Your photos and story lines were quite poetic and brought back my own memories...(Maybe, I should blog my little story with some old photos of that time!)

Thank you again...

Love and Peace

JJJ her mother could pronouce "Jahanshah"?!

Everything is sacred.

JJ

You are one very interesting guy. I wish I had a sophisticated life like you but no, I have to play everyting by the book.

KHOOB MAA ROW DAST ENDAKHTI!!

you were almost going to put an end to those who had previously questioned your ........ in S.F.

that was a good one!

Midlife crisis? Hope not!

Passerby

You are a good story teller JJ. I would
never have the courage to drop on an old flame's doorstep without
prior invitation and consent.

PS Next time, please compress your pictures
for painless web viewing.

I got it

It's about the mushrooms.

jj

DON JUAN  khosh behalet hamisheh dar gardesh.

looking back through budapest  with the help of your camera was a good feel.

At 50 ( or close to it) I would not offer you  the advice ,also I will not be the first to pop that question.

sara che sara, good luck.       Maziar

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Well, both of you are still friends and everything seems to be amicable. That is great!

NOT being superstitious it is your destiny

You are not dreaming but just following your own destiny, without knowing it. Maybe this story helps. I visit my relatives, in Iran, once a year and in particular for wanting my father to see his grandchildren at least once a year. Last summer I booked the tickets well in advanced (not sure why) for this last noruze and contrary to my family's wishes I decided to stay for 3 weeks and not the usual 2 weeks. My only excuse was going all the way to Tehran why not stay for 3 weeks. Every other time we stayed for about 2 weeks. Guess what happened on 3rd week. My father suddenly passed away on the middle of 3rd week. This was his and our destiny to meet for the last time.

oh not finished yet. As you know it is not a common practise to ring close relatives who are living abroad and give them the bad news on the first few days. The airlines problems happened just a few days after his death. It would not be possible to get myself to Tehran not even 7 days after his death. If I was luck probaby by 10th day. All this adds up to the destiny too.

Revisiting dreams...

and creating new ones is Essential to our being here on this planet.  Never let go of your dreams Jahanshah. And if she is still the one, don't let her go again.  Life IS Too Short.

it was hard to open and view these pictures due to their large

file size. They are anywhere between 180,000 byte to 250,000 bytes and it takes a long time for them to open. I have noticed the same problem with other pictures as well. So they need to be saved for web in smaller sizes (30K or so). 

Very nice

Beautiful pictures and intriging story.

Budapest seems to remain still a poor but very antique city.

Thanks for sharing.

You big teaser!!!

Where is the beef?  :)