Our apartment hunt begins today, Monday 1 August. We had thought that this would happen tomorrow, and we're excited that things are moving so quickly. There are about 15 new teachers in the hotel now. We were #6 and 7 to arrive, and it was nice to have an extra day to settle in and wander about a bit. I'm so glad that I'm not the teacher who arrived this morning at breakfast time - I need a good night's sleep before doing much of anything, let alone choosing a place to live.
We headed out on our first adventure yesterday. We took a taxi and then metro to a park in the center of the city.
Here's a snap of one of Uzbekistan's most famous people from history - Amir Timur, also known as Tamerlane. I'm definitely going to have to do some history reading... Maybe after we get settled in, or perhaps over the winter break :)
Getting a taxi is super easy. Almost every driver on the street is willing to pick up riders and it costs only about $2 to get most places. The taxi dropped us at a metro stop and we paid an outlandish 30 cents for a token to ride. The center of the city is quite beautiful with big broad streets and impressive buildings like the hotel you see in the background of this pic. Nearby there was a park with lots of big shade trees and a nice fountain in which local kids were cooling off.
Until next time.
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