Day 31 Saturday

Here’s a first, got stopped by the police while walking through the park. We are getting used to people looking at us all the time, and even when they start talking to us--it’s usually kids wanting to try out their english. So when a police office approached us, we really didn’t think much of it, there were four of us walking through the park, and two happened to be good-looking young women under the age of 26. We were all talking in english, so this young officer came up and asked where we were from? Then he asked if we had registered at the Police Department, “Yes, of course.” “Can I see your documents?” “Uhh, sure...” We presented the documents, and then Beloved did something I thought was very funny--she asked the young man where he was from, which seemed to be the beginning of the end of this exchange. He got a little flustered, didn’t even ask one of the girls for her ID, then was done. Afterwards, both young ladies (one which was not carrying any ID at all) stated the same opinion--the ID check was just an opportunity to get a closer look at them. Welcome to Azerbaijan...