IRAN. 2017. Mothers:
(Right) Khadijeh Pishahangi, 1969, from Maragheh, Housewife. (Left) Nasrin ershadfarkar, 1965, from Maragheh, Housewife.

-Do you come here for Vacation every year?
Not every year but every 2 or 3 years, yes we like to travel here.

-Do you also travel to other places or you just come here?
We like here more, we come here most of the times.

-Why?
We love it here, mostly because of the sea.

-Do you always travel with your family? What’s your relationship?
Our husbands are co-workers, so we became friends and we always travel together. Also my twin are at the same age with their son, so they are close friends now.

-How long have been friends?
I think from 5 or 6 years ago.

-How did you come here?
We drove with our cars. (2 Cars)

-How long did it take?
Almost 6 hours.

-Did you pack anything special with? What did you take for this trip?
We brought tea, oil, salt, meat, everything from our kitchen. We just didn’t bring rice because here in north of iran you can buy the best kinds very cheap. (Iranians eat rice at least once a day).

-What do you do here? How do you spend your time?
We are always by the sea. Just sea. Everyday we wake up and drive to the sea and we stay until the dinner time.

-If you could go anywhere in your country, where would you visit? Why?
Mashhad and also here (North of Iran). It is so calm and relax there and we can also pray for Imam Reza in the holy shrine.

-Do you remember the first time you came here? When was it?
I remember my first time traveling here. I was 23. Before that we didn’t have our own car so it was really hard for our family to travel.

-How many kids do you have?
Khadijeh: I have a son and a daughter. She is in Turkey now for vacation with her family. I’m so sad that they are not here with us.

Nasrin: I have a twin, there you can see them.