We are starting our last school year in Uzbekistan. As usual, we are fighting jet lag with the long flight to Tashkent. I’ve been busy at school welcoming the new teachers and their families to the school. We also moved homes during the summer, and Nadia and my Uncle Jack are working on making our new home more comfortable while I am at school. Our first family meal in our front garden was delightful. After an extremely hot June and July in Tashkent, temperatures have cooled in August, and the nights have been perfect. My summer theme of DIY home projects continues here in Uzbekistan. My Uncle Jack and I have been rearranging furniture, putting together shelves, fixing the plumbing, etc., in the new place. No Home Depot or Ace Hardware here in Tashkent, but the local hardware store personnel have been very helpful.
This is also the last year that we have our daughter at home with us. Ocean is graduating in June of 2026, and I am going to savor our time together as much as possible before she leaves for university. She is such a beautiful young woman, both physically and in personality.
With this being our last year in Tashkent, I’ll be blogging a bit more about the city and country. We had a fabulous welcome dinner at the Kaspiyka Restaurant. It is one of several Russian chains that opened restaurants in the city. Kaspiyka specializes in seafood and fish cuisine and started in Kazan, Russia. Six years ago, it was difficult to find a nice restaurant; today, there are numerous. My favorite dish was a Russian cold soup called Okroshka. Kaspikya added crab to the basic ingredients of diced cucumbers, radishes, potatoes, and hard boiled eggs. The ingredients are mixed with kefir (кефир), a fermented milk that is tangy and has a consistency between milk and yoghurt. There are two locations in the city. We ate at the Shevchenko Street location, that had a live DJ playing.
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