After 3 months I finally got to see the Citadel and the
Market. It was kind of distracting to have a CPO (Close Protection Office) or
armed guard. But I did make a point of telling people to feck off and then
point to his 9 mary mary and went on my way.
The citadel was basically closed for renovation. After all
the friggin thing is 6000 years old. I went to the market and the have been
doing commerce here for the past 6000 years and perhaps even 10,000. Nice
merchants, easy going and not much dickering. I bought a carpet (of course) and
a decorative plate.
I would say Erbil is not really third world and but not
quite first world so my third than first. Ok, I am not sure, it is a city in
Iraq.
That wasn't a carpet Frank, that was an area rug...
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