a textmessage from our security awoke me this morning. apparently, there have been two rockets fired near microrayan, a neighborhood in the northeast of the city, near isaf (where the car bomb was on saturday). no more infos as yet.
microrayan is an interesting area - soviet-era apartment buildings, small markets. i was there on friday at the american-style steakhouse, red hot 'n' sizzlin (bathroom pictured), i had the nachos + a corona.
hoping for better news soon . . . good morning!
Good Morning! I'm just back from SAA which was in Austin. I wish I'd thought to take some photos for you! It's wonderful to see your blog up and running. Thanks for all the info and pics. The houses on the mountain are incredible. They remind me of the gypsy caves in the mountains in Granada, Spain. From a distance they look like lots 'n lots of holes in the mountain. I visited the caves in the '80s with a big, burly Columbian gentleman escort who took me up there and we were invited into someone's home/cave for a very friendly impromptu party w/wine, guitars, and dancing. The inside looked like it'd been blown out with dynamite, craggy stone walls, but white washed and brightly colored fabrics on the floors and walls. The gypsies were very hospitable. Of course, you are in a very different situation. You sound as though you feel safe, though, do you?
ReplyDeleteThe map, above, of Microryan is fascinating.. where are you in there? I see where Melitte was at/near the Kabul University, but I don't see American University.
Also, I know you're escorted everywhere, but what about when you went to the steakhouse? What were the other diners like? Foreign, but from where? Were they friendly, did you speak with them? And who are you traveling around with? Others from the University I suspect?
--Paula
hi paula! hope you had fun in austin!
ReplyDeletehow do i get invited to one of those cave parties? whoa!
i feel safe - hemmed in, but safe.
the university isn't on the map! i'm looking for one that is more up-to-date, but i liked the look of this one a lot.
i went with a friend from the university to the steakhouse - looked like a fair number of americans there . . . maybe some military folks? everyone here is v. friendly!
hope you are well! xoxo
p.s. one of the rockets landed in the presidential palace, but luckily, no one was severely injured.
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