Beginning

My first sight of Ulaanbaatar, home until August 2012. 

I just decided to start this blog, so it 2 weeks ago that I was looking at this. Now my view is of one or two of those mountains, behind some buildings, from my bedroom window. Since I took this I've found a flat and moved in, started learning Mongolian, bought an 'autumn' coat to last me until it gets really cold in a month or so which is just about warmer than any coat I've owned before. I've been sniffed by the matriarch of a nomad family (the traditional greeting given to younger people), eaten mutton cooked over a fire in a ger, and tried and failed to imagine how I'll feel next year when it's time for me to leave.