When we first said we were moving to Kazakhstan, most people said "where's that?" Initially, we didn't really know where it was either. The image above is a yurt; traditional nomadic steppe (prairie) housing. No: we don't live in a yurt.

This is our house. It's about a 3 minute walk from school to our gated community. Because it is so close, we host "Fridays at 4" de-briefs for anyone who is interested, every Friday at 4pm.

But we got a bit carried away this past Friday. Actually, our boss paid for this little get together. Our school has recently been accredited and accepted by the Kazakh government as a fully licensed International School. So we celebrated.