Thanks to the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev for giving us three days of holiday this week due to Eid al-Adha. Muslims commemorate Abraham’s sacrifice of his son by sacrificing an animal (usually a sheep here in Uzbekistan) and have a big feast for the extended family and neighbors. Our neighbors brought us some plov and desserts from their feast on Tuesday evening. I spent the day mostly catching up at school, working, but did manage some family time as well.
We had high winds on Tuesday that caused a lot of downed branches and trees around the city. The tree to the left is on our campus, and the tree to the right is in our neighborhood. It is difficult to predict which trees will break, and it is a reminder to keep people away from the trees during high winds. Thankfully the winds started late in the day on Tuesday and all of the students had left the campus. We also had a thunderstorm on Wednesday that scared our dog Obi. We needed to put on his “thunder” comforter and put his bed in the bathroom because he shakes when he hears thunder.
Nadia was in the mood for going out so we had a double date with my daughter and her boyfriend. We ate at Tanuki, a Russian-owned franchise of pan-Asian cuisine. Alexander Orlov founded the chain in 2004 but recently sold all his shares in the Tanuki brand to an undisclosed buyer. We had a nice meal except due to translation mistakes, they served Nadia spring rolls full of cilantro/parsley. We then went to the Hyatt roof to look at the city and finish the evening. I marveled at how much the skyline has changed in the Tashkent City development. There seems to be a new skyscraper rising every couple of monthys.
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