by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Travel
Cake fresh from the microwave. Using the stove and oven are my biggest challenges here in my Uzbek apartment. The stove burners seem to have two settings: fire and not fire. The oven lights but doesn’t stay lit. Someone is supposed to come by and investigate for...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Personal, Travel
Hard to show a blackout, but here’s a city without power. So you might have heard on the news that there was a major blackout on Tuesday (25-Jan) that affected large swaths Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The blackout hit me at almost the exact moment I...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Travel
So, of course every time you go to a new city or country, you expect that things will be a little different than home. Sometimes, these things are a bit unexpected. Know what I’m not able to find in Tashkent so far? Bandages! Yes, those little sticky things you...
by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
We visited Samarkand for the day and saw some amazing things and had a great lunch of plov (the national dish). The inside of Timur’s mausoleum. Timur (Tamerlane) is buried in the crypt under that dark jade marker. Details on the Registan Plov: rice topped with...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
I finally secured a teaching appointment overseas, so I’ll be in Tashkent, Uzbekistan for the spring semester. Isn’t that cool? Here are a few initial photos.
