Gulia

Gulia is Habiba's daughter-in-law and she is absolutely gorgeous and has a quiet power about her. Because she is the closest to my age on the tour, I feel that we share some unspoken bond. Then again, her children are almost teenagers and she spends most of her time looking after Habiba, so we do not share that much nor are we able to communicate that well with each other, given the language differences. She teaches me how to say "I love" in Uzbek: "Seva man..." and we doodle on the fogged up car windows as we wind our way up to Aosta.