I regress: Saxony (the most southern province of former East Germany) and Bohemia (the western half of the Czech republic) were my next destinations on my January European tour after Berlin. Apart from being great destinations in central Europe, somewhat distant relatives who’d visited Arizona a few years ago and friends from Middlebury awaited me [...]
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Week 8: Mongolia, Home-stay 2
Posted: November 7, 2009 in Mongolia (Fall)Tags: Bulgan Province, carpool, dairy products, ger, horses, host fam, long horse rides, Mongolian language, трудность, Queen Manduhai, Swan Lake
Day 5-6 (Wed.-Thurs., Oct. 28-29): Wandering and wondering Last place. On our horse-ride from ger one to two, my horse turned out to be the stubborn one. I’m blaming it on the fact that the father (who was leading Romany’s horse next to his the whole way) and son both had leather whips and the [...]
Week 8: Mongolia, Home-stay 1
Posted: November 7, 2009 in Mongolia (Fall)Tags: Bulgan Province, cold, culture shock, dairy products, food, horses, jumping-jacks, matches, Mongolian language, motorcycles, nomads
Day 4-5 (Tues.-Wed., Oct. 27-28): Out on the Mongolian steppe Nomad hospitality. A mentally tumultuous hour after our arrival in Sansar, Bulgan Province, we were received into our first ger. Climbing out of the jeep with our stuff, the mother and daughter, having come out to greet us, helped us get our stuff inside the [...]
ALERT: Ice cream stands of Irkutsk discovered
Posted: October 8, 2009 in ИркутскTags: cold, dairy products, food, frozen goods, happy luck
Wow. On my quick run to a kiosk for a notebook, I purchased, for the great price of 10 rubles (33 cents), about an 8 oz. cup made out of ice cream cone stuff, filled with the best tasting cookies and cream ice cream I’ve ever had. Maybe not ever. But wow. Amazing stuff. Unfortunately [...]
