Quba (pronounced Guba) is a small town in the North of Azerbaijan in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. It was a nice place for our first trip out of Baku. On Thursday afternoon it was decided that Monday would be a public holiday. This made for a 5 day weekend as Tuesday and Wednesday were already holidays for Eid al Fitr, the end of Ramadan. It was too good an opportunity to miss so we decided to make a trip of it with a couple of other teachers, Gunther and Michael. We left Baku on Sunday morning. It was very wet and miserable so we were pleased to be getting out of the city. Gunther became our guide on the bus and metro of Baku and our translator once we got to the correct bus
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