Oh my! I'm gone 4 days and Mr. Taghdarreh has transformed our blog once again! We had a grand time in the mountains and the weather was fine until today when it rained all the way home. After 19 years I finally got a new Subaru Auto and it behaved beautifully on the mountain curves. Estes Park is a beautiful little town but in these summer months it is totally taken over by tourists and the prices are outrageous. It is tourist season and the prices always go up in order to get as much money as they can to hold them over the winter months. Some of the mountain towns have skiing in the winter, but Estes doesn't. It depends on its summer trade and some winter travel into the Rocky Mountain National Park. Have you ever seen the movie "The Shining" with Jack Nicholson? It's a very spooky story that was filmed in an old hotel in Estes.
Leslie and I stopped at a Lebanese restaurant on the way home. I thought you might find this interesting: The young son of the owner waited on us and I asked him if the writing on the wall mural was Arabic or Farsi and he answered "Arabic", but when I asked him what it said, he answered, "I don't have any idea. Somethin' 'bout the Koran." I'm sure this answer would not have pleased his parents, but such is the danger when one comes to a new country. The children want to become like their friends, and often they lose a lot of their culture. Interestingly, however, the foods survive. We had a great chicken dish and some mint tea. Very good.
Sue
