My favorite coffee place in Bishkek is Cafe Misto on the third floor of the Vefa Center, which is just catty-corner to our school here. Why do I like it? Decent beverages, good internet, and I don't have to fight to find a place to recharge my laptop.… more »

Lunch again today with the director of the school. I once again came away really impressed with her. Smart, loves to teach. Only got into business by an odd set of circumstances, which forced her to develop a set of talents she didn't even realize… more »

Wednesdays here do not have regular classes. Students meet with their language coaches (two hours, either one-on-one or one-on-two, as they do two other days a week), and we have some non-academic events, which today included an additional cooking… more »

Some of our students may have the opportunity for some horse-back riding this weekend. Behold, here's a little video the school made to prepare us for the event. more »

Classes as usual today. I sat in on the third-year course today. Things look good there on the whole. One of the topics was means of transport, and one of the words mentioned was пла́нер. One of the teachers thought it meant "great big airliner,"… more »