Great news – we finally have our court date – June 17th. We’re flying the heck out of dodge at 4:50 am the next morning after a midnight run back to Astana, no sleep for a while! The first stop in Frankfurt (if there is time) is McD’s!!!!!!! Daniel will stay at the orphanage until we return around mid July to finish the US Embassy paperwork, etc.
The news from the orphanage is the same, we walk around the same old blocks twice a day to the point that the mongrel dogs no longer even bother to bark at us. Danny is getting almost as bored with the routine as we are. I’m starting to understand what animals at a zoo feel like! (He still loves his swing though.)
We took an “excursion” yesterday to their most famous national parks – Borovoe. Beautiful country with mountains and lakes, and were even provided with a guide for the trip who is a local secondary school teacher (teaches Russian).
We got a much greater understanding of their culture and history, specifically why all peoples (Muslim and Christian or whatever) get along here – that’s a huge part of their culture with strong historical precedents. We also got to see the president of Kazakhstan’s retreat – well sort of – we saw his fence and guard houses! It was kind of like Camp David but not nearly as secretive or extravagant. We took lots of photos which you’ll have to hit us up to see when we get back. We’ll post a couple of “teasers” now. 
Yesterday was our translator, Medina’s, birthday as well, so we took our driver, translator and guide out to a Kazakhstan lunch. It was really good!! Actually the plov (a rice, meat and vegetable mixture) that we all ate is actually Uzbekistani according to Medina, which explains the taste and digestibility!
That’s it for now. It is time for our nightly movie.
The news from the orphanage is the same, we walk around the same old blocks twice a day to the point that the mongrel dogs no longer even bother to bark at us. Danny is getting almost as bored with the routine as we are. I’m starting to understand what animals at a zoo feel like! (He still loves his swing though.)
We took an “excursion” yesterday to their most famous national parks – Borovoe. Beautiful country with mountains and lakes, and were even provided with a guide for the trip who is a local secondary school teacher (teaches Russian).
We got a much greater understanding of their culture and history, specifically why all peoples (Muslim and Christian or whatever) get along here – that’s a huge part of their culture with strong historical precedents. We also got to see the president of Kazakhstan’s retreat – well sort of – we saw his fence and guard houses! It was kind of like Camp David but not nearly as secretive or extravagant. We took lots of photos which you’ll have to hit us up to see when we get back. We’ll post a couple of “teasers” now. Yesterday was our translator, Medina’s, birthday as well, so we took our driver, translator and guide out to a Kazakhstan lunch. It was really good!! Actually the plov (a rice, meat and vegetable mixture) that we all ate is actually Uzbekistani according to Medina, which explains the taste and digestibility!That’s it for now. It is time for our nightly movie.
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