I had this email in my mailbox, I'm going to answer it here.

>Hello
>
> I am an italian boy who visited your blog and i would like to tell you that it is really well done! my congratulations!
> Then i would like to ask you some question about iran because i am going to make a trip before university(if my mother let me come because she thinks iran is like afghanistan)
> 1)is this a good period for making a trip? how police behave with foreigners?
> 2)how is the life in tehran in terms of money?i am italian and here in italy life is not cheap!
> 3)is it true that young people, if they see a foreigners, start making a lot of questions about his/her country and what she/he thinks about iran?
>
> i hope u will answer. thank you very much
>
> matteo


Hi Matteo,

1. Police behavior is good. But you can not have sex, alchole,

2. Lets talk in Euros. A sandwich is 1 Euro, A good laptop is 1400 Euros, A bus from Tehran to another city is around 8 Euros. A shared taxi for transporting in city is 0.5 Euro. A book is 3 Euros. A luxury meal in a good restaurant is 20 Euros. A t-shirt is 5-15 Euros, A pair of shoes is 15-50 Euros, One kilo of meat is 8 Euros, One Litre of milk is 0.5 Euro, A bread is 0.2 Euro, One kilo of orange is 1 Euro and the best part: one litre of gas is 0.08 Euro ! ... enough ? :) I don't know about the hotels' price but you can check them on the internet (i wish!)

3. Difficult question ! For sure younger generation is interested to know more and more about other countries and if you start to talk with them, they will have many questions. I think many of them will ask "What do you think about Iran ?" I think the reason is something like this: We believe that we have a good country and we are afraid what other people think about our country in this situation. So they want to ask to be sure that YOU know the difference between our government and our people. This is one theory, the other theory is "This question is simple and everybody knows how to ask What do you think about Iran so they ask it :D"


Jadi

p.s. If you are coming to Iran it's better to be here 6 months later; In the SPRING. Nowadays Tehran is cold and if you are coming to Iran in the fall or winter, it's better to visit south of Iran which is warmer.