April 14th - We board a United flight out of Dulles. After a 2 hour layover in Frakfurt, we'll be heading to Almaty.
April 16th - We land in Almaty on Thursday morning (roughly 1am local time). We meet our driver who takes us to a hotel in the city. We have a few hours to sleep, shower, and eat before we head back to the airport to catch our flight to Petropavlovsk. The power is out at the hotel when we get there. Good thing we packed a flashlight....
The flight to Petropavlovsk is something else. Everyone should get to experience flying an old twin-prop Russian plane. :)
We are met at the Petropavlovsk airport by our driver, Alexander, and our interpreter, Irina. It takes about 30 minutes to get to Petro. We unload our luggage at our new home for the next 5+ weeks (an apartment), and then head back out. We were able to get our interview with the Dept. of Education moved up to this afternoon.
The interview is quick and painless. Just a few standard questions. We now have permission to visit the orphanage the next day.
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