Tag: Silk Road

Secretary of State Visit

by pennypostcard • December 2, 2015 • 4 Comments

On November 1, Secretary of State John F. Kerry visited Uzbekistan as part of a whirlwind five country tour through Central Asia.

A Secretary’s visit to an embassy or consulate is a pretty big deal. It’s like your boss’s boss’s boss’s boss’s boss has come calling. And the amount of preparation that goes into an “S visit” would probably surprise even a seasoned officer that hadn’t yet experienced one.

Foreign Service, Travel, Uzbekistan

On the Road in October

by pennypostcard • November 22, 2015 • 0 Comments

In October, I had the opportunity to get out of Tashkent and see more of Uzbekistan not once, but twice – the first time on a three day work-related trip, and the second time on a short weekend trip with my husband and friends. (Actually, I did make one more trip out on October 30, but I’ll talk about that in my next post!)

Foreign Service, Uzbekistan

Older and Wiser

by pennypostcard • November 3, 2015 • 2 Comments

I have been having some technical problems with my blog during the last three weeks, so I’m a little bit behind on posts. A lot has been happening lately, so I will try to catch up with a few posts this week.

Foreign Service, Travel, Uzbekistan

Visit to Samarkand, Part II

by pennypostcard • September 27, 2015 • 4 Comments

In the first half of my Samarkand travelogue, I talked about our visit to the Amir Temur Mausoleum and Registan Square. In this follow-up companion post, I will describe our visit later that day to the Shah-i-Zinda (“Living King”) complex, a masterpiece lined with tombs.

The complex was founded between the 11th and 12th centuries, named for Samarkand’s patron saint, Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad. A serious list of rules greets all visitors just past the ticket booth, where I paid barely two dollars for V and I to enter.

Foreign Service, Travel, Uzbekistan

Visit to Samarkand, Part I

by pennypostcard • September 23, 2015 • 4 Comments

Two days ago marked four months since my arrival in Uzbekistan, and for that entire time, I’ve been settling in here in Tashkent. But finally, last Saturday, two weeks after my husband’s arrival at post, we traveled to the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand along with eight others from the embassy community. It was a great opportunity to change the scenery, even if only for one day, and begin exploring other parts of this beautiful country.

Foreign Service, Uzbekistan

One Slice of Old Tashkent

by pennypostcard • August 29, 2015 • 4 Comments

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to visit an older part of Tashkent, the Hazrat Imam Complex (sometimes written as Khast Imom Square) with a few embassy colleagues, including our ambassador, led by local historian, author, scholar and inventor Boris Anatolevich Golender.

Foreign Service, Uzbekistan

Observations Written As Facts

by pennypostcard • June 7, 2015 • 3 Comments

And now, some of my observations that may – or may not – also be facts!

Foreign Service, Travel, Uzbekistan

6,329 Miles Later…

by pennypostcard • May 23, 2015 • 2 Comments

On the morning of Wednesday, May 20 I awoke early in my New York City hotel room. My taxi was coming at noon, and my flight would take off just before 16:00. So I set purposefully and enthusiastically about my morning: picking up my shoes from a repair shop nearby, strolling 25 minutes through midtown to…

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