At the Chinese embassy we had to wait in line for almost 2 hours until it was our turn. The lady took a quick glance at our applications and just told us to come back on Friday afternoon, five days from now. Does that mean she already accepted our application? Will we get to go through China after all? I guess we wont know until Friday afternoon.
Eventhough we were no longer staying at there, we joined the others for a sightseeing walk back to the hostel because Laura and Giorgio had invited us all for Tagliatelle Ragu made from scratch. Tashkent is a beautiful city in the autumn. There are many big parks with many yellow trees. What struck us though was that these lovely parks were almost deserted aside from the police officers standing at every corner. Despite the manicured flora, the parks seemed lifeless. There was not a single person throwing a frisbee or reading a book on a blanket. That's because stepping on the grass on any park in Tashkent is illegal and punishable with a fine. Funding must have also been deliberately cut short on park benches because there were hardly any. Sadly these beautiful parks are only designed to be walked through on paved paths and not to be sat and played in.
In the afternoon we closely watched Giorgio and Laura as they made Tagliatelle pasta and ragu Giorgio's Grandma's style. We worked up an appetite just by watching. It was so delicious!
THANK YOU GIORGIO AND LAURA FOR SHARING SUCH A TASTY POT OF ITALIAN TRADITION WITH US!!!
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