AUG 17, 17 .. FROM ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA WITH LOVE..

In all of this wonderful world, the below scene, here in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is easily one of my very favorite views.

In these first two photos, you are looking at..

In the left background, you see The Blue Sky Hotel and Tower.

In the near foreground, you see the tops of several very historic Mongolian buildings in the Choijin Lama Museum, located in the very heart of downtown Ulaanbaatar.

Below I am showing a few photos of each of the above two main features.

Exactly like the Taj Mahal in India, every time I get near The Blue Sky Hotel and Tower, it whispers to me..

"Dad! Take my photo." .. "Thank You Dad."

"Dad, snap another photo please."

Below are a few photos of the tops of the buildings in the Choijin Lama Museum. 

To attempt to orient you to the next photos below.. 

The first two photos at the beginning of this Post, were taken facing the Choijin Museum from the right.

In these three photos, The Blue Sky Hotel and Tower is behind me and to my left.

Now to the REST OF THE STORY.


When I am hungry for a real tuna sandwich at one of my favorite restaurants in all of Ulaanbaatar, where the owner immediately comes over and sits down at my table to visit, and to eat his own lunch.. I head straight for.

MILLIE'S ESPRESSO. 

As I walk to, and return from, Millie's Espresso, I pass the above scenes of The Blue Sky Hotel and Tower and The Choijin Lama Museum.

Often I snap a few photos of what I have just shown you above.

To enter Millie's, you first enter the below very pleasant Art Gallery and then turn to your right.

In the below photo, do you see the lady smiling at me and posing for her photo in the center left? There is no missing her interest and pleasure. Do you suppose we know one another?

Looking back towards the entrance at Millie's Espresso. The above lady's back is now facing us.

"What's to eat Captain?" 

"A tuna sandwich with a nice salad instead of french fries?"

I love their motto.

We Don't Serve Fast Food
We Serve Fresh, Wholesome Food
As Fast As We Can

Daniel. An owner. A friend.

As he sat down at my table to join me..

The first words out of his mouth were.

"I thought you were coming back to U.B. last winter."

Need I say that we two had a long, very pleasant visit. Daniel then told me that another friend of ours from Switzerland, also a senior citizen, himself had a hip replacement recently. We got him on the phone and his was arthritis relief motivated. I hope to see him before I leave Ulaanbaatar on the 24th of August.

There sure is a lot of joy in this world isn't there?

"Captain?" .. "Yes?" .. "You manufacture joy Captain." .. "Thanks For That Gift My Mind."

Oh yes Patti was on the phone with us several times.

Smiling from ear-to-ear.

Cap

And?.. 

Now..

THE REST OF THE STORY

In November 2015, Gullible and Patti and I visited Ulaanbaatar together. 

Gullible, who had never been here kept saying to me..

"Cap! Trip Advisor highly recommends a restaurant here in Ulaanbaatar called Millie's. I would like us to go there Cap."

We never went to Millie's back in November of 2015.

For one thing, we were swamped with things to do that stood in our way. For another thing, I, the driver of our bus, had never ever heard of Millie's, had no idea of where Millie's might be let alone how to get to Millie's and did not have a clue as to what in the heck Trip Advisor was. 

I did not have / nor could I take the time to research this Millie's issue.

Out of my deep respect for Gullible, when four months later, I returned back to Ulaanbaatar in March of 2016, I educated myself about Trip Advisor and I found Millie's.

Both, Trip Advisor and Millie's have become part-of-my-life.

Thank You Gullible for these gifts.

Cap