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What's New in Baku: Opening Ceremony Part 2
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What's New in Baku. Tales from life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Opening Ceremony Part 2. The Baku European Games opening ceremony continued with a giant pomegranate moving to center stage. The pomegranate is a prized fruit of Azerbaijan, so much so that it's one of the mascots of the Games - plus Azerbaijan holds an annual pomegranate festival (perhaps I'll go and blog about it in the future! Balloon seeds pour out of the pomegranate. Bopping ladies greet each team. Home Leave Files: Tal...
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What's New in Baku: March 2015
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What's New in Baku. Tales from life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. First World Housing Problems. One of the realities of Foreign Service life is moving sight-unseen into a new living space every few years. Each house has its own little quirks that become apparent as we work to turn the space into our home. And overseas, there's often the added fun of amenities that aren't designed for our oversized American belongings. Jeremy high-stepping into the tub. The bedroom has plenty of built-in c...
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What's New in Baku: May 2015
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What's New in Baku. Tales from life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Monday, May 25, 2015. The trip took us two hours northwest to the city of Guba. As we entered, we passed a beautiful wall on our left. Unfortunately, it's not an authentic ancient city wall, but it was a great photo op! Jeremy guarding the entrance to Guba. Carpet weaver at her loom. Beefit's what's for dinner. While the butchered cows and chickens created good shock value, I was more interested in the local produce, especially the strawberries!
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What's New in Baku: Baku European Games Opening Ceremony Part 1
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What's New in Baku. Tales from life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sunday, June 14, 2015. Baku European Games Opening Ceremony Part 1. European Games Countdown Clock in center city. European Games Torch Bearer. The crowd went wild! Skirt dancers" showcase an Azerbaijani carpet design. The dancers continued to flip their skirts to display alternate colors and moved across the stage into different arrangements to create new carpet designs. I could have kept watching for hours, enjoying the bright colors and differen...
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What's New in Baku: April 2015
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What's New in Baku. Tales from life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sunday, April 19, 2015. I've never lived in a city with a medieval wall. Baku has a walled Old City that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Old City is surrounded by a 12th-century defensive wall in beautifully preserved condition. Interior portion of the wall, with a catapult! Streets of the Old City. The gleaming Flame Towers overlook the stone Old City. An important monument in the Old City is Maiden Tower. The origins of the Tow...
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What's New in Baku: June 2015
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What's New in Baku. Tales from life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Opening Ceremony Part 2. The Baku European Games opening ceremony continued with a giant pomegranate moving to center stage. The pomegranate is a prized fruit of Azerbaijan, so much so that it's one of the mascots of the Games - plus Azerbaijan holds an annual pomegranate festival (perhaps I'll go and blog about it in the future! Balloon seeds pour out of the pomegranate. Bopping ladies greet each team. Sunday, June 14, 2015.
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Our African Home: February 2012
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Tales from life in Nairobi, Kenya. Monday, February 13, 2012. Last weekend, I toured Brown's Cheese factory. Brown's is the only edible cheese I've found in Kenya, and it's quite good! First we donned lab coats and attractive hair nets:. At the end of the tour, we were rewarded with a scrumptious sampling of 10 of them. I also went home with about $40 worth of cheese! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What's New in Baku: Tales from Life in Baku, Azerbaijan. Jeremy. International Man of Mystery.
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Our African Home: Conquering Kilimanjaro
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Tales from life in Nairobi, Kenya. Saturday, October 13, 2012. We arrived at the Machame Trail gate pumped and ready to go. After 4 hours of hiking through this terrain, much of it groomed into steps in an attempt to ease the steepness (it didn’t help), we arrived at Machame camp, with a great view of Kili’s peak. Continuing on the trail, we saw several groups that we would repeatedly encounter during our trek: two British guys named Trevor and Ben who occasionally hiked with us, a German group with a gi...
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