But, it's in the ballpark. We often compare walking around base to M*A*S*H, especially after a hard rain with mud everywhere. The first picture is the box I live in. I am on the second floor, last room in the back. My building is in the back in the poor section of the base, but at least my room is on the opposite end from the bathrooms. Adjacent to my building, on the left, is where all the wastewater gets pumped. In the room, I have a cabinet to hang my stuff in and a small thing I call a desk with a good chair. A twin bed rounds out the accomodations. Pictures from home decorate the wall at my "desk." It works for me, my home away from home.
The second picture shows the small soccer field on the right, the temporary building I used to live in on the left with a small cafe above. Sometimes I go there for coffee or a beer and use the computer on the lanai.
The last picture shows some living accomodations in the foreground with the mountains surrounding the province in the background. The mountains are quite beautiful. Almost all the snow has melted at this point. This province lies in a bit of a valley, mountains surrounding us for the most part.
The base is small, maybe 300m x 500m or so. It seems real small after a few weeks. There are some places to shop, all run by other countries and overpriced. If I didn't know better, I would say there was a bit of price gouging going on here. The dollar isn't doing too well against the euro, so that doesn't help. We have a couple cafes, a gym, free dvd rental (not much choice), a basketball court, volleyball court, dining facility, and of course the small soccer field. Not too bad for where we are.
I received a number of care packages yesterday and my officemates and I had a blast. All the stuff is greatly welcomed, the cashews probably won't survive the weekend! The coffee is great. This is some serious gourmet stuff! Usually, we would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but you spring this serious GOURMET stuff on us! It only took around six days for it all to arrive, excellent time! Thanks from the directorate! And another big thank you to Kathy for getting this posted!
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Well I would say you are living the life of Riley. It could be alot worse. Like living in foxholes! Anyway it looks better than I expected and I hope it stays reasonably secure. Have you done any athletics? I suppose you could play softball on the soccer field. But I presume that the guys from the "foreign" countries might be playing a lot of soccer if anyone has time to play anything.
We are seeing Stacey and Aaron on Sunday. We'll get your taxes done and hve some fun with Aaron. Take care! Love!
Your new living quarters reminded me of a motel we stayed at in northern Maine for my last AT hike. I think we were in the room away from the bathrooms, too.
Our campus is having the Harlem Wizards come play the faculty and staff in charity basketball. I signed up immediately. I'm in the process of negotiating the sneaker deal and signing bonus. Donna wants to know about insurance options. Early on I intend to ask the ref how many time outs we have and then try to take them all at once. Should be similar to your athletic accommodations.
Keep up the good work.
Interesting that you mention athletics. Today I participated in the base Dodgeball Tournament. We came in 2nd to the Purple Cobras (really their name). My role as the oldest person in the tournament was much like Owen's in the movie. We got beaten fairly quickly, no excitement like the double-fault final-play elimination that hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out! Glad I went out though. We're trying to get some European interest going.
Our HS had the Wizards come by this year, very disappointing, only three guys showed up and their demo was lame. Remember when you play them, they must show you some respect.
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