Friday, November 2, 2007

We are in Kazakhstan

We made it to the capital city of Almaty this morning at 1:30 a.m. local time. We are leaving at 5:00 this afternoon to fligh to Karaganda where the orphanage is. It looks like we will be going in the morning for the first time. The flights went well. We had a quick connection in Chicago (off of one plane and onto another). That flight was about 8 1/2 hours to Frankfurt, Germany. We got to Germany and had a 6 hours layover. We found a few little chairs to sleep on for a few hours. We then flow 7 1/2 hours to Almaty. We met up with another couple who are adopting. We had initially met them at the informational meeting at the beginning of the process. We are currently staying at the Hotel Kazakhstan until we check out at 12. We then have to wait with our bags for three hours until they come to pick us up to go to the airport... Everything else is good, just a little jet lag... Hopefully I'll have pictures for you soon

8 comments:

Tige and Lisa said...

sorry we tried to add pictures and we ended up doubling the same paragraph into the blog. we are not computer savey yet.

jg723 said...

Good luck to you both. I love the house. I can't wait to read more blogs. Jen

foxy6 said...

Hi Guys So excited to here from you from Kazakhstan last night.That overnight hotel looked great..How was your breakfast?Do you have coffie, water, juice? HA HA Was it really a 4star hotel? It is 1pm Saturday Nov3 our time now.Is is 9 or 10 hours ahead of us there? Hope you have arrived in Karaganda by now. Tomorrow will be a very exciting day for you both . Hope to here from you soon. Love MOM AND DAD

Cowell said...

KA KA!!!

Dude, what kind of country is this? They can't even spell the name of their country correct on the Hotel. Looks nice. Glad you got there OK. Remember my advice. Can't wait to see pictures.

MIke and Andrea.

Mike&Jenn said...

So glad to hear that you made it safely! Can't wait to hear about tomorrow. All our best!

Taber's said...

We're happy to hear you made it safely to Kazakhstan. We're looking forward to hearing about the orphanage and your experiences thus far. Christine

sueanddan said...

Hi again, The hotel looks great. Hope the one in Karaganda is as nice. Can't wait to hear from you tomorrow. Love,Sue&Dan

foxy6 said...

Hi guys Sorry we missed your call yesterday. We got all your information. I'm working now so I will be sleeping in the morning. Did you have a nice day? Very exciting to see the little guys and girls but stressful too. Hope it went well. How is you hotel and translator? Bye for now and hope to talk to ya soon. Love mom and dad