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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Windy City

Well it might be possible that we will once again get internet in our ger, let me stress the possible in that statement. Things are going well here Alli and I are pretty busy because of the upcoming English Olympics (a country wide English competition for students). I am determined to see my schools students beat hers this year, something which historically never happens.
The windy season is upon us. This was made clear to us as one of our windows was ripped off the top of our Ger and then sent flying through the air. Luckily for us Bymba was around and like everything else with a Ger he was able to fix it by cutting a new piece of glass and fitting it to our window, the guy is amazing. Now everything is bungee corded in place in preparation of the real wind that should be starting any day now. We were at Elizabeth’s house the other night and we asked her Hashaa family if our Ger would blow away and they laughed and laughed, “Maybe” was the reply.
I realized that we posted pictures of the Ice festival and didn’t say anything about it. Sorry. So we went to the Ice Festival the other week! It was cool. Get it! It was COOL. That was a play on words. Seriously though, it was freaking freezing, as you can imagine. We had a real good time, there was a horse sleigh race, Ice Sumo, and speed skating. Alli and I were able to take a sleigh ride and as you can tell from the pictures Lake Hovsgul is breathtaking. We are really looking forward to heading up there this summer. Hopefully we will get internet on Friday so keep your fingers crossed. Love Alli and Mike

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