valerie
June 27, 2022 - one of the three different bags of food I went home with yesterday because my student was very generous 😬 This is boorsok, traditional Kyrgyz fried bread pieces. Usually people have boorsok on the table when having big meals or hosting guests
June 26, 2022 - one of my adult students who lives not too far outside Bishkek invited me to her house for traditional Kyrgyz food and hiking. The hiking was pretty tame, but I am in awe that she lives so close to this view
June 25, 2022 - bulgogi (or pulkogi / пулькоги as it was written in the menu) at a small Korean cafe. this was my first time ever having Korean food in Bishkek. The meat was a little dry, but it wasn’t bad. I want to come back to try their shaved ice dessert
June 24, 2022 - from Saturday’s (June 18th) trip which took us to two lakes. this was the other lake
June 22, 2022 - when bread and smetana (basically Slavic sour cream) is a satisfying snack??
June 20, 2022 - awesome! just as I begin cat-sitting in this region for 3 weeks in an apartment with a gas-powered stove top (source)
June 12, 2022 - trying to figure out which washer setting is the best for delicate clothes. p.s. I don’t think it was any of these. also in hindsight, the t-shirt symbol makes more sense now that I know хлопок is cotton 🙄 feel kinda silly that I couldn’t figure that one out
June 10, 2022 - thought this was a kinda cool looking old car even though I’m not a car person, and then the ‘911 AAH’ on the main part of the license plate got me so I HAD to get a picture
June 9, 2022 - when I look at this building, I always wonder how meetings with the architect(s) went (if there were any meetings at all…maybe they were given free reign)
June 7, 2022 - after some googling this seems to be a sumac plant? Some of the flower clusters/bunches are a darker red
June 6, 2022 - thought this vehicle outside my apartment building looked a little strange…turns out служба is ‘service’ which is rather vague, but аварийная means ‘emergency’. I wonder what kind of emergency they were responding to? There are ambulances here but they look like normal ambulance cars rather than trucks? So I’m not sure if this kind of vehicle shows up in the event of a medical emergency or a different kind of emergency…or maybe any kind of emergency. It was gone when I exited the building
June 5, 2022 - menu at a recently opened bubble tea shop not too far from where I live. The boba and tea are just okay…but as far as I know this is the only bubble tea shop in this city 🙃
