So if he and his family were going to celebrate the first day of spring in true Iraqi style, but with some degree of safety, Mehdi felt he had but one choice: Baghdad.

• 所以如果他和他的家人打算以真正的伊拉克方式庆祝春天的第一天，而又相对安全，梅迪觉得他有且只有一个选择：巴格达。