It was all fun and games til that bastard bird dive-bombed my photo. Find it.

Things I saw out and about this fine day in Almaty Kazakhstan.

 Cars look the same to me as they do in the USA.  There are a few old Soviet era vehicles, aside from that, payments and costs are the same as they are here to buy and drive a vehicle. 

The Ascension Cathedral was entirely built of wooden details, connected by iron bolts. “At grandiose height – wrote Zenkov about church – it corresponded to very flexible construction. The belfry swung and bent, as the top of a tall tree and worked as a flexible timber. But that the building was built without any nail is just the widespread myth.
External view of the cathedral is different by bright walls and many-colored domes, but also the interior is distinguished by iconostasis painting and entire decoration, made in the early XX century in the workshops of Moscow and Kiev.
The cathedral, the history of which began in 1907, did not escape the fate of many churches in the Soviet times: in 1927, services were terminated, and since 1929 the museum was placed here. In 1930 various organizations occupied it and the radio antenna was installed on the belfry. The first restoration was carried out in 1976. Finally, in 1995, the Ascension Cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, services were renewed here.

 Walking through Panfilov Heroes Park, we saw a gathering of young men and ladies.  When I inquired as to what they were doing I was told they were practicing for an upcoming ball.  They were practicing the old art of the Waltz. 

 Ya, I am tough stuff.  I could hang with these guys no prob.  They are a bit serious though. 

 This is the newest museum being built in Almaty.  It is the National Museum of Musical Instruments.  I thought the building was so cool and I was really bummed to find out it wasn't open yet.