The only Iranian we met who was as tall as Tom was our guide Hossein!
Tina
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/10/2016 6:22 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> We never got used to using Iranian money. When we lived in Iran in the
>> 1970's one dollar equaled 8 rials. Today one dollar equals 30,000 rials.
>> That makes for awkwardly large amounts of bills so prices are often given
>> in tomans, which means you knock one zero off of the rial amount. What
>> Tom
>> would do is hold out a handful of money and let the merchant choose what
>> he
>> needed:
>>
>>
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000r1PIO5ggNp4
>>
>
> What I like about this image is the contrast in heights. Sort of like
> Gandalf in Frodo's hobbit house. :-)
>
> Shirely Moose
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