Who lives in a place like this?

This was the sight I caught while biking to teach my adult English conversation class on the other side of the river. I just stopped and whipped out my camera. Because, really, who lives in a place like this? This is just spectacular.

On a side note, after class was over, this lovely older woman in my class asked me how I was adjusting to life in Shibecha. I told her I was getting used to it and getting better at finding things. She asked me if I was lonely. I was almost laughed when she asked that. I mean, I guess I had been living here in Siberia for a month now with no friends in a close vicinity. I didn't have internet at my house for a month and I didn't have a cell phone or anyone's numbers for a good chunk of time. And yet, I don't think I've ever really been lonely or felt alone. I guess that in and of itself is a blessing. It is quite isolating out here if you really think about it. But God has been good and He's been faithful. And I wish I knew how to say that in Japanese and/or simple English. That I have a God who promised to never leave me, who promised to go before to Siberia, who promised to hold my hand. No, lovely older woman in my English conversation class, I am not lonely. My Best Friend has been here all along.