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May 22, 2023 - in front of the civic center in Long Beach, California

giant, white 3-D block letters spell out "LONG BEACH" outside of a glass building at night

May 21, 2023 - along the Catalina Trail, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Pacific coastline with a rocky beach and green cliffs. four seagulls flying in the sky

May 20, 2023 - before landing at LAX

tall hills and a snow-capped mountain top taken from a plane. lower elevations browner and higher elevations greener. taken in morning, a bit foggy/misty appearance

May 19, 2023 - San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas

light colored cathedral with some gothic inspired elements in the evening

May 18, 2023 - The Pearl, San Antonio, Texas. District along the Riverwalk with a lot of restaurants and nightlife

center, background: amidst other buildings an old, fancy brewery building which is now adjacent to (or maybe even part of) a high-end hotel

May 17, 2023 - Bexar County Courthouse, San Antonio, Texas. I easily recognize this building because it was the first building introduced on an architectural school field trip I took around downtown San Antonio in either elementary or middle school

romanesque revival building made of red sandstone with a green roof and sitting on a concrete/limestone(?) foundation

May 16, 2023 - pasta from Pasta Louise in Brooklyn

bowl of half circle shaped pasta with a curvy outer edge made with sun-dried tomatoes and basil

May 15, 2023 - Brooklyn Central Public Library (didn’t go inside, though)

building made of large, concrete bricks with entrance walls that curve out toward visitors

May 14, 2023 - Prospect Park, Brooklyn
(returned to Texas today, though…it was an extremely short trip)

May 13, 2023 - Brooklyn Botanic Garden

May 12, 2023 - shortly before descending to JFK

May 11, 2023 - sunset in San Antonio, Texas

May 10, 2023 - Boerne, Texas

May 9, 2023 - attic

May 8, 2023 - just another morning at the doctor. Hopefully this should be my last appointment for a while!

May 7, 2023 - I want to take some Girl Scout cookies back to Kyrgyzstan 🤣

May 6, 2023 - I forgot how much I missed barbacoa

May 5, 2023 - near El Campo, Texas

May 4, 2023 - crawfish. this was after we had eaten most of them

May 3, 2023 - near El Campo, Texas

May 2, 2023 - the highlight of flying from Bishkek to Istanbul is seeing the Caucasus Mountains

May 1, 2023 - well, was supposed to leave Bishkek today for America, but the flight to IST was delayed long enough so that I wouldn’t make my connecting flight to Texas. So I decided to stay in Bishkek for one more day 🙂 (I’ll be back in Bishkek in June, though…more on that in a future post)

April 30, 2023 - green

April 29, 2023 - at Dordoi Bazaar

April 28, 2023 - fresh water dispenser in Bishkek