Day #3/31: Your Neighborhood

DAY #3: YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

I suppose the term “neighborhood” can mean many things. In my case for these 2 years on Crimea this is my neighborhood. This is another shot taken from my balcony. From the looks of it, the flocks of sheep that can regularly be seen grazing in my front yard are not here today. Never did I think I’d be living in a place where I am more likely to see livestock than people out the window of my home. Just to put everything into perspective here, this is the east facing side of my apartment building. The south and west sides are the directions of the houses and other apartment buildings in town. I live in what is called a rayon center, which is the equivalent of a county seat, I guess. The administrative center of several villages within a several kilometer radius. Our center has 7,500 people, the hospital, central bazaar, post office and main bus station. So, even though it looks like my closest neighbors are a few hundred yards ahead, the fact is that, not counting the people who live in my apartment building, my closest neighbors live on the house lined streets on the opposite side of my building, closer than can be seen in the photo. I am in the boonies, but not isolate.