Finally found an apartment and can move in Thursday, the day before Paul and Ruby arrive - yippee! So looking forward to them being here, so we can explore together.
Can’t wait to show em…
New art in the Old City - above
The view of the Ferris wheel from our new home - below
I want to show them the cats that I sneak up and photograph....
I want to introduce them to Azerbaijani peanut butter!!! Well, it might actually be from some other country – but how can it be bad – its 65% peanuts for gods sake - and so nicely displayed in the bedazzled bowl in my hotel room.
Speaking of bedazzled – I can’t wait to take them on a ride on the magical Jules Verne merry-go-round in Fountain Square a few blocks away
And I will tell them no matter what, even if they just want a little snack, even if they are starving and craving home-like food, do not touch these things with a 10 foot pole. What was I thinking?
And I can’t wait to visit the Modern Art Museum together. This seems like a really cool place. I wanted to go last Sunday but found them closed. Checked the website and found their "viewing instructions” on the About Us page. These fit very well with my experience in Baku museums so far – someone follows you around and forcefully tells you where to go next.
Taken directly from their website -
“Considering exhibits,
please keep restrained while expressing your delight or disagreement both in
words and in gestures and mimicry. Viewing the exposition please be quiet. You
can discuss the displays in a low voice, sharing impressions with your
companion, but don’t impose your opinion on them. Try not to argue by all
means.
There is no need to
approach the pictures too close, blocking the view for other spectators. It is
better to observe some pictures from afar (for example, works of impressionists
or pictures of big sizes).
It is strongly
forbidden to touch the exhibits in a museum.
There is no need to visit museums keeping a noisy company or after getting any alcohol drink –you will hardly have an appropriate mood for the correct perception of museum displays.”
Kind of makes me want to get drunk and touch some paintings!
The MAM viewing instructions... ha! Is this indicative of the Baku culture in general? Congrats on finding an apartment, with a balcony overlooking a ferris wheel no less! How many cats will the landlord allow?
ReplyDeleteThis is not indicative of Baku culture in general thank allah. Museums are the exception as far as I can tell!
DeleteInteresting directions for viewing art. Upside alcohol must be available somewhere in that town.
ReplyDeleteThis ain't no Egypt when it comes to alcohol!! It may be 90% muslim, but, it was a former soviet county - there are about 100 different kinds of vodka even at the corner market!
ReplyDeleteI love saying the verd vvodka, problem is it usually gives me a headache, not saying it, but imbibing it. I also love the laughter that comes from Sarah's room as she skypes Ruby. Like any genuine adolescent girl, Sarah has no answers for me, when I ask about Azerbaijan and Ruby's thoughts related to where she is living. I am left to wonder what they talk about?😉
DeleteKeep wondering - I even ask Ruby and don't get it - and I used to be a teenage girl!
DeleteI just took a few moments to consider what you (and Paul, John, Ron) might be like as a teenage girls - I can see it!
Hi Ruby Paul and Katie! Where are the pictures of the inside of the apartment?
ReplyDeleteI'll get on that Clayton!
ReplyDeleteLove it. Makes me want to go to the museum with you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great view from your apartment! I look forward to seeing pictures of the inside as well. If I were there, I would indulge in a drink or two and join you at the museum! How were the travels for Paul and Ruby? I bet you are so glad to have them there with you. We should Skype sometime!
ReplyDeleteYou can ignore the "How were the travels for Paul and Ruby?" question above as I have just read the most recent blog post and that is addressed in the very first sentence! :)
ReplyDeleteAMBER, great to hear from you! The inside of the apartment is modest by Baku standards - WE HAVE NO CHANDELIER !! But I will work on some interior shots. Yes, let Skype. We are 11 hours ahead, so most any of your mornings would be our evening and good for us. On the weekend, a morning call for us would work too - which would be your evening. All that said - if you are around Sunday morning give us a try!
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