Merry Christmas

Woo, sorry about that last post. I was siting down in a cafe writing when suddenly my stomach decided it was time to get the hell out of there. I just finished eating a philly cheese steak and it was amazing. UB is truely a different world. The volunteers call it the Republic of UlaanBataar which is completley surrounded by the country of Mongolia.Its funny how acurate that statement is. So Yesterday we had our PCV Christmas party. It was amazing. Briidget, a German ex-pat and UB bakery owner, opened her summer home to us. It was about a 45 minute drive outside of UB and really pretty. Briidget and the US ambassador provided us with pleanty to drink( wine, beer, eggnog) and wonderful food (ham,turkey, stuffing, all types of salads, cookies, cake and fresh baked bread). It was so wonderful for us all to be able to celebrate and be together- they were so generous. We are definatley lucky to have such a supportive ambassador here, he actually went on a wine run for us, pretty cool. Tonight and tomorrow we will do some more holiday celebrating utalizing the wonderful UB PCV's apartments. Tonight we will make the traditional meat and potato meal and tomorrow mike's wonderful sushi. The holidays have been tough but all of us being together here makes it much easier. We love and miss everybody. Have a wonderful and safe holiday! Love Mike and Alli