We had a wonderful experience this afternoon. Igor, whom we met in the yurt on the Kazakh New Year, took us to the studio of an artist that we also met in the yurt. Well, it was AMAZING. This guy has been painting for 50 years and is actually quite famous in this part of the world. He has been in shows and museums all over Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgistan, etc, etc. His studio had almost 100 paintings in it, and he gave one to us…. of the Irtysh River that runs through Pavlodar…. and we bought one! They are beautiful. Our little souvenirs from Kazakhstan. Here is Grove in the studio playing the dombre (national instrument of the Kazakhs) with the artist, Anuar Igembayev. Grove is getting really in touch with his inner- Kazakh. Also, here is a picture of us with the artist and his friend, who is apparently a poet. We have become so bohemian.