And Another Year's End

We're nearly finished with my husband's teaching assignments here. It has been a fascinating year to see the school system here, to interact with the students, and to travel around the country. We'll be going back to the US for a visit this summer, but we hope to come back to Bishkek later this summer.

I wish we could have gone down to the Pamirs this summer, but my husband's back isn't at all up to bouncing around on a bus over rutted mountain passes for days on end. A visit to the US will be a lot more restful.

Our stay here hasn't been perfect, but I'm more than ready to live here longer. I hope we can. I'm not finished yet.