After getting off in the city center we understood that taxi drivers are the same everywhere. We went around one crossroad twice and would go once more if we didn't protest. We were thirsty, so we went to a shop to buy some water. The price didn't seem right, so Tony asked random guys about the price. We found out that we got "tourist rate", higher than normally. What we didn't know yet, was that we'd just met really good friends. There were Babak and Payam. They invited us for tea near the Blue Mosque and we talked a bit. We also decided that it was a good place for Couchsurfing meeting.
That night we slept on a camp site but we didn't want to rent a tent and we just slept on the ground, a girl between two guys.
In the morning, a man watering the grass woke us up and told us to move. Then Payam and his friend showed up and took us for a ride around the city, helped us exchanging money and took us to an Internet cafe, where we send message to local CS community to come for the meeting.
After that we spend some time in a park with our new friends. We were talking and playing chess.
When the night was falling, Payam's mother came with a meal she cooked especially for us. It turned out, they lived nearby.
Before we realized it, we were late for the meeting we organized! We speeded to the Blue Mosque with Payam and his friend and were amazed by a number of people awaiting us.
During the meeting we found out that it was the very first Couchsurfing meeting in Tabriz and some people who joined us didn't even know what was Couchsurfing! They were just random people who wanted to talk.
That night we stayed at Amir's house and we talked till 4am. Funny thing, he was in Poland once :)
For the next day we arranged a trip to Kandovan.
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