The Foreign Service Journal, December 2013

102 DECEMBER 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY BOB MEISTER n MOSCOW, RUSSIA Enter your favorite, recent photograph to be featured in Local Lens! Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8 x 10”) and must not be in print elsewhere. Please submit a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T he Novodevichy Convent in Moscow, founded in 1524, was built as a fortress at the curve of the Moskva River. It became an important part of the southern defensive belt of the capital, and was known to have sheltered many ladies from the Russian royal families. n Bob Meister, a native of California, has been with the State Department for six years as a Financial Management Officer. Now deputy FMO in Kabul, he has also served in Moscow and N’Djamena. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Bob was employed in the film/entertainment/animation production industry in Los Angeles. He took this photo in March 2013, using a Nikon Coolpix.