She Went On a Vacation to Iran: ‘It was Nothing Like I Expected’
She Went On a Vacation to Iran: ‘It was Nothing Like I Expected’
She Went On a Vacation to Iran: ‘It was Nothing Like I Expected’ Emam mosque in Esfahan by Chiara Herlemann / SWNS A woman who went to Iran as a tourist just weeks before the country descended into war says it was not the culture she expected. Chiara Herlemann, who is originally from Germany, travelled across the Middle Eastern country for ten days at the end of May. Before getting on the plane, Chiara says she was quite nervous about whether the trip would be unsafe after reading about Iran in online news reports. But, she was incredibly surprised when she arrived to find the country a welcoming and friendly destination. “I was very nervous to go and a lot of my friends were warning me that it was really dangerous,” she told SWNS news agency. “Every time I saw something about Iran in the news it was just some blurry pictures that looked like North Korea. “When I got there, I was so surprised.” “Everything was so different from what I expected. The people were so friendly. The men were helpi…