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We went to New York for our layover and for some reason it was for 12 hours!  So we decided to go and see it.  I've never been and thanks to my friend Melissa, we found out the cool places to see in a day.
We did a lot of walking and taxi rides and it was worth it. We ate some great food and saw some great views.
One observation: People dress nice there and the children ride in nice pram strollers.
One highlight: Eating a hot dog in Central Park.
Downside: Having little children. Especially when Fin kept trying to rip off a Spider-Man from a vendor.
AND WE WERE TIRED!!!! We just finished packing a whole house!

But we had FUN

That's enough, Fin

Yummy Waffle Stand

      

THE END!

Russian word today: Privet (sounds like Preeviyet) = Hi

Got enough luggage?

Thanks to my awesome friend Melissa, I don't have to stand at the airport filling out 17 luggage tags.  That's right, 17!  I can only imagine the looks we are going to get. I guess we won't be checking in curbside...that would be quite a tip.
Here they are. Actually there might be one missing.
We also shipped 8 boxes of personal stuff. We will have a furnished 3 bedroom/3 bath apartment so we don't need to bring everything.

Russian word of the day: Spaseeba = thank you

Shas-lee-vava-pootee!!! (Bon Voyage!)

We are off! Finally. Getting ready for a trip is hard. Getting for a move is harder and getting ready for a move to another country is down right difficult. I didn't realize how involved it is....BUT we did it with the exception of selling our house (which will HAPPEN)
So we are off to Astana Kazakhstan. A place, I'm embarrassed to say, never knew existed. I didn't even know Borat was from there (nor do I care about that)
It all started with the job opening my husband saw online. I pushed him to apply. The thought of going to another country excited me even though it was a place I knew nothing about. It was foreign and that's all I cared about. So my husband can blame me if it doesn't work out.
So when he got the job as a Professor at Nazarbayev University (named after the President Nursultan Nazarbayev), I then froze in unbelief and all the fears came flooding in. Is it safe there? Will my kids adjust? Will I find peanut butter!
I guess we are gonna find out.
But more importantly, Where did all my Tupperware containers go!

REALLY? I lost that many containers over the years? But who loses the container and not the lid? I guess it's the same black hole that sucks your second sock away.