Day 69 Tuesday

Another Day of Celebration, the typical greeting is, “Beyram Mubarak,” which literally means, “congratulations on the holiday.” I had an opportunity to use this greeting this evening walking home from another work day at The Training House. This guy--a complete stranger to me--had cast a disparaging glance at my boots, which were dirtier than the typical Azeri shoe, so I took a chance and greeted him with a smile and albeit haltingly, “Beyram Mubarak.”  Although it was a little clumsy in delivery, the response it garnered was exuberance--something like, “Hey, this American dude doesn’t know any of the language but he can say Happy Novruz!!” 

As I said earlier, we spent most of the day at The Training House, working on the restroom again. We completed the floor preparation and tomorrow we will be ready to lay the tile.


The evening was quiet and short, we put on the water heater and had a bath and went to bed early. After three days on hands and knees we are both kinda sore tonight!