ABC Revisiting K

I looked back thirteen years to revisit my K for this round of ABC Wednesday. That was when we traveled halfway around the world to visit Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, home of our soon to be daughter-in-law and city where our son had been studying for the previous year and a half. It is a city of around a million people,  only a few years earlier closed to any foreign visitors.

Summer gardens yielded a source of income for many residents as they set up shop along the city streets. We think of Siberia as a distant vast cold place, but summer is just the opposite. Well, it is still distant, but the short growing season in terms of days is extended because there is 23 hours of daylight during those days. The local tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and cucumbers were lush and luscious, and despite living in huge apartment blocks, many Krasnoyarsk residents have a little garden plot down along the bluff over the River Yenesei.



This little chapel sits atop the hill from which the panorama of the city was taken.