We also wanted to walk down to the Natural History Museum and American Store which is probably a 2-mile walk each way. It was a nice day, not too hot and not raining. So we took off, again with Elder and Sister Richardson. They have been so good to help us become familiar with the culture and the things available in UB. They are really great people.
On the walk down, we were passed by two mounted policeman--which are not that uncommon here. Their horses were definitely not Mongolian short horses, but were very beautiful and very well trained.
We also passed the Parliament building which has a rather pretty park and is all fenced in. In each section of fence is a plaque with the Monoglian symbol on it. It was perfect place for a picture.
The museum was interesting, but not what I expected. While we enjoyed it, it is not a place I would want to go with every new missionary couple who comes to UB.
These are reindeer and we took this picture because the Reindeer people actually live up in the Muron area where we will be serving for a few months. People actually schedule tours to go up and see how they live. We will hopefully learn more about them while we are there.
After we got out of the museum, we went to the American Store to see if we could find some lasagna noodles, cocoa and jello. They had none of these things. But there was this jewelry store on the ground level of the store, which was the upper two floors. The store just happened to have the Mongolian wedding rings we had heard about, and so we bought one for me. It is really beautiful and I love it!
SNICKERS
This didn't happen today, but one day last week while we were at the Zax (pronounced Zaak) (market) Alan found a Snickers bar. Actually, they are available everywhere, but that is where we bought it. It was very tasty and made me happy to know they have them and they are soooo good. It is interesting how much American candy that is available here. And lots of other American things too.
BTW, when another sister went grocery shopping with the driver, she was able to find cocoa (2 kilo which should last me awhile), lasagna and some powered sugar at one of the other American Stores. We actually found gelatin at the store across the street, but just didn't recognize the packaging the first times we had looked for it.
GER BY MISSION HOME
The mission home is in downtown Ulaanbaatar, which is a very modern part of the city. However, when we look out of the window from the doc's office on the 4th floor, this is what we see--two traditional Mongolian nomadic homes or gers. Sister Martin, the doc's wife said it was interesting to watch them last week when they changed from their winter ger to the summer ger. They took off several layers of heavy felt walls and replaced them with lighter weight walls.
We haven't been inside one yet, but hope to sometime..
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