Camera in my pocket

Hi again,  We are here.  One of my friends seems to blog about reading books a lot.  not that that bothers me but I just realized I was about to quote a line from a movie.  It is not as impressive to post a quote from "Bukaroo Bonzi" as it is say Tollken or Lewis, or even Sam Clemens,  BUT this fits.   "No matter where you go there you are"  well here we ARE.  Pictures soon I hope as this is quite a pretty place in a post soviet sort of way.  The people in our new home are friendly to a fault and the Skyline is just about impossible to beat.  Even coming from the Colorado Rockies the hills around town are very pretty and rugged looking.  

As always language is an issue in a new land.  Here we are able to use Russian with most people and if they are really patient with us we can communicate.  Russian is not a language learned but rather snatched bit by bit from the obscure corners of the memory, Usually half an hour after the conversation is over.  The simplest words often hiding behind some Spanish equivalent, only to pop up later when they are no longer needed.  

Diana likes the word Da,  in Russian it means Yes, in Spanish something else.  She sometimes gets a bit confused which meaning to apply and it can be fun to watch.  Last week we tried a cafe.  I would say it was a new cafe but we have only been here a week so they are all new.  I ordered Plove which is sort of Rice, meat, veggies, and lots of grease.  It slides down nicely.  My plate was too much for me so we planned to share it.  The waiter asked Diana if she wanted here own plate.  She intended to communicate that she would help with mine.  Her reply did not exactly communicate that idea to him.  I think it was something to do with her pointing at mine and repeating DA, Da, Da.  Neither of us could finish our plate of Plove.

I have been carrying my camera around with me in hopes of sharing some of the nicer views we have here.  If I remember I have it, it rains, If I forget it is sunny and clear.  Much like russian at some point the three will converge Memory Sun and view and I will post some more pictures of where we now live.

It's not so much the curves that life throws you but the turns you chose to take that makes it worth while.

ST