An unexpected surprise

The past few mornings an unbelievable luxury has befallen us here in Kabul. We have electricity when we wake up. Apparently Kabul powers much of the city with hydro power, ans all of the snowmelt is giving us that little extra we need to see (without candles) when we wake up. Now I am sure you are thinking, “that must be beautiful, Kabul must look like Venice with all that water runoff.” Well, Venice it is not .. unless Venice’s waters have turned to a gooey mud swamp thing .. but not to look a gift horse in the mouth, it’s been a little slice of heaven in the mornings. (mind you: the extra power isn’t enough to flush the toilets or warm the water .. for that we need the generator).