Shirvan

Whew.. just too many pictures this weekend! So I'm uploading a batch to my flickr account here, the Shirvanshah folder.

Went to Shirvanshah's palace in the old town on Saturday- a 15th century complex with a mosque, tombs, official and living areas, and a bath complex, very beautiful. My favorite place:


It's hard to capture in the picture, but it is a room, octagonal, with six sides open archways looking out onto the courtyard. Shirvan, the Shah, would hold official meetings here. I can just imagine... sitting on the ground, on carpets, grouped around in the space.. I don't know what it is, but I really like this space. The openness of it, I really don't know how to explain.

It was SO HOT on Saturday that I could feel my shoes melting and boy did I get a tan.

End of Monday already here, I'm running out of brain power, but I'll just say I'm making a big push on the interviews, have some interesting meetings planned this week, + I am starting Azeri lessons tomorrow! It should be great! A whole fresh new language, without all the baggage like I have with ze Rahshan.

Ok, seriously tired.