borujerd – Pao's Journey

بروجرد

On the fifth day, we made a day trip to Borujerd (is one hour by car from Malayer); two things we had in mind for absolutely doing in this city: search for a particular egg-shaped hat, made of sheep’s wool, for my boyfriend’s dad (read below to know how it went) and trying the famous Borujerd ice cream.

We left home almost at lunchtime, so the first order of the day was to find a place for lunch. It was perfect to start here, because on the outskirts of Borujerd (just before entering the city) there is a place called Vennai. It is located on high ground, so it is perfect to go in summer since the temperature is lower; you can choose between having a picnic or selecting one of these cute beautiful cabins over the river where you can seat on a Persian carpet, eat a kebab with yogurt and smoke shisha. A typical, calm and lovely spot that I totally recommend.

While we were eating, we also made two cute little friends, a cat and a dog, they were so respectful, never got inside the cabin, just staring at us from the outside; but they made us felt guilty so we gave them some food at the end. The cutest thing was that they were friends, so the dog always left a piece of food for the cat to eat. I’m a crazy cat lover, so I always enjoy when there’s some fluffy cat around.

With our stomachs full and happy, we went to the highest place in town, just in the entrance to the city: Choqa Park Hill, from where we were able to appreciate the whole city and a beautiful lake in the middle of the park beneath us. For visitors it’s also possible to arrive at the low ground of the park and go up with a cable seat. Going down and really nearby there’s another park with a zoo inside: Fadak Zoo, this was our third stop, we saw different kind of birds and other animals but at the end, I felt sad when we saw a lonely monkey with a sad face, at that point we decided to go somewhere else.

We still had a pending task, to find the egg-shaped hat, so the next stop was Rasteh Bazar, a large market in Borujerd; we parked nearby and entered an endless labyrinth of shops with roads everywhere. At one point I didn’t know where we had come from or how we were going to go out; fortunately, my boyfriend was clear about the way back, so after a long search we found the famous hat (you can see it in the photo) that, to be honest, had a strange smell.

After almost getting lost in the Borujerd markets, a few steps away we found ourselves in front of this pretty Soltani Mosque, which stood out above all for the work of the tiles in its interior. They consisted of beautiful flowers in yellow, blue and dark pink that are typical in the Persian art. It was our last stop. However, returning to Malayer, we stopped one more time along the way to taste the famous Borujerd ice cream and I must say it was delicious.

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FIFTH STOP IN IRAN: BORUJERD