Today is the start of an 8 day break, celebrating Newroz.
It is the beginning of the new year for Kurdistan and Iraq (I think).
Nobody ever knows when official holidays are.
The word usually comes only a day or 2 before the occur.
As a consequnce it is near impossible to organise too far into the future.

We wandered down to the market for lunch and a bit of shopping.
I always love the atmosphere of the fruit and vegetable market.
The guys are always surprised to see a westerner.
Many of them willnot even accept money from me when buying produce.
Typical Kurdish hospitality and friendliness.