Oct 20 - Arrival in Uralsk
We have arrived in Uralsk and were met by Olga, the coordinator in Uralsk, Masha, our interpreter and Igor (eager) our driver. We were whisked to our apartment by our driver Igor and then off to see baby Zarina. She seemed overwhelmed by Lawrence and a tad frightened of Alex so she clung to me and snuggle her sweet face into my shoulder. Unfortunately we are sharing Masha, our interpreter, with one of our travel partners, Lillian and Craig Burnett. They are having a rough time of it since their luggage missed the flight to Almaty (Jim’s tip applies: Have at least a 2 hour layover in Frankfurt or this could happen to you too!). They had only 30 minutes between flights so there luggage did not make it. They expect get their luggage on Saturday, Oct 22. Our other Travel Partners are Susan and Geoff Brown. They have two sweetheart boys in NC who were adopted from Kazakhstan not long ago. I’m so grateful for their company since they have been through all this before.
After we got back to our apartment to relax a bit we got a call from Olga that the Ministry of Education was staying open late because some investigation was occurring and that we all where going there to meet with them ASAP. It was frightening and nerve raking to say the least. All three WPA couples sat in a row while we were grilled and lectured by three stern officials. Alex had fallen asleep across my lap. Oh and I forgot to mention that Gulbanau mentioned that Immediate execution may be at risk in Uralsk. Investigations were occurring everywhere and officials are questioning why Uralsk is still granting immediate execution.
posted by Mary @ 9:10 PM
0 comments
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home