Near our apartment are the National Art Musuem, the State Puppet Theater, and the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic. And many other grand buildings. Everything seems to be lit up at night (grateful we are just out of eye-shot from the apartment).
We joined a health club today. Pricey (but they all are), and a bus ride away, but it is on the 9th and 10th floor of a building and has great views of the Caspian Sea from the ellipticals and the cityscape from the sauna... Feels good to work out again. As in Beirut, we will do lots of walking here, but it isn't quite enough. (And will be brrrrrrr in the winter wind!)
Looks like K will have no trouble finding ESL work. She has already had nibbles from three private language schools, without any formal effort.
Assorted notes:
- on the bus, men stand for women or children, women for older women
- at a larger grocery store (hard to find!! 6 kinds of flavored mayo in refrigerated squeeze packets (e.g. olive)
- at the nearby traffic circle, police lay in wait to nab miscreants who fail to stop at traffic lights
More pix for you ~
Baku by night
Along the "Bulvar", the Caspian Sea
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| The shopping mal, on the Bulvar--facing the Sea |
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| On the Metro (subway) |
Tom relaxing under the watchful eye of the landlord's daughter
Azerbaijan!
2 comments:
There is a State Puppet Theater? Cool! I really like all the photos, but especially the night shot. And just how cold does it get?
There seem to be dozens of theaters! The trick will be finding out what is playing, and in English.
They compare the climate to that of Washington, D.C. It rarely snows in the city. When we were here in April it was cold and damp and windy--50s temp. I don't think it goes much below 35 but it can feel much worse with the wind.
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