Flowers for Grandma

One of my major problems when I go to trips is my overweight luggage. No matter where I go and for how long, I manage to have gifts for my friends - not paying attention to the size and the weight. I have this idea that if I think one of my friends would [...]

Simple is beautiful

In this serigraph, Picasso has simplified a big bull down to few curves. Much like what we, the physicists, do in our dealing with problems!
 
 

 

May I have some tea please*!

I am standing under the piercing sun along with a dozen of people waiting for Mrs. Maleki to arrive. I sign my name on a paper that is attached to her door and lean on a tree. She appears on the other side of the street, very well dressed, with nicely dyed hair, perfect manicure, [...]

Sleeping with a stranger

After a long and exhausting trip, I finally got back to Paris. The flight itself is not too long, about 5 and a half hours, but the whole trip usually takes almost 10-12 hours. Worst of all is that the flight leaves at 7 am, so you need to get up at 4 am to [...]

Au revoir Tehran!

This will be my last post from Tehran. My flight is leaving in few hours. I am all packed and exhausted by all the running around that I did in this last week. I managed to see most of my friends and I did some shopping. Now, I just cannot wait to be in Paris. [...]