Moustafa with his grape leaves... three years later...

Moustafa with his grape leaves... three years later..., originally uploaded by CharlesFred.

Here is Moustafa, the man with the grape leaves, three years after we took a photo of him in his shop with the grape leaves. We brought that photo with us, so he was quite happy and surprised to receive it, although he was very busy selling the day's first grape leaves when we first arrived. We later were invited in for lunch, with tea.

We are now back in Damascus, after taking a bus back in the morning. Walked around town and the markets this afternoon. We have to be uyp at 4.00 tomorrow, for a very long journey back home. At least we hear that the weather will be a lot better tomorrow and is set to stay fair, meaning we did choose the right week to go away...