Well, we are back in Perm and we were greeted with SNOW! On the ground and currently still falling - - definitely a pretty sight!
We had very good flights aside from the techinical difficulties with the entertainment system on our plane from JFK to Moscow so we weren't able to watch any movies! It actually went fairly quickly though without any movies to pass the time. It's amazing how much nicer it is to travel when you don't have 15 hours in layovers!
We even had a lovely surprise on our flight from Moscow to Perm. There was a couple that we met at our agency's last zoo reunion in May that is in the process of also adopting a little girl from Perm. As we were walking down the aisle of the plane to find our seats, we hear "John!"....guess who was not only on our plane but in our row! It was such a nice surprise! We were able to reconnect and share some stories during the 2 hour flight. They are here on their first trip and get to meet their little girl for the first time tomorrow. We are in the same hotel and our rooms are actually just down the hall from each other!
When we arrived at the Perm airport, we were met by Olga and another Olga (we did not meet this other Olga on our first trip). Apparently Val was busy so (driver) Olga came to help out since there were 2 couples being picked up at the same time. Val was waiting for us at the hotel though when we arrived. We learned that (driver) Olga will be picking us up at 9:20am tomorrow to visit Baby Girl.
We were able to Skype with Andrew & Laurie's parents once we got to our room so we could say hello before they were off to church and we go to bed. Speaking of, since we've been awake for pretty much 27+ hours we are excited to get some sleep!
We had very good flights aside from the techinical difficulties with the entertainment system on our plane from JFK to Moscow so we weren't able to watch any movies! It actually went fairly quickly though without any movies to pass the time. It's amazing how much nicer it is to travel when you don't have 15 hours in layovers!
We even had a lovely surprise on our flight from Moscow to Perm. There was a couple that we met at our agency's last zoo reunion in May that is in the process of also adopting a little girl from Perm. As we were walking down the aisle of the plane to find our seats, we hear "John!"....guess who was not only on our plane but in our row! It was such a nice surprise! We were able to reconnect and share some stories during the 2 hour flight. They are here on their first trip and get to meet their little girl for the first time tomorrow. We are in the same hotel and our rooms are actually just down the hall from each other!
When we arrived at the Perm airport, we were met by Olga and another Olga (we did not meet this other Olga on our first trip). Apparently Val was busy so (driver) Olga came to help out since there were 2 couples being picked up at the same time. Val was waiting for us at the hotel though when we arrived. We learned that (driver) Olga will be picking us up at 9:20am tomorrow to visit Baby Girl.
We were able to Skype with Andrew & Laurie's parents once we got to our room so we could say hello before they were off to church and we go to bed. Speaking of, since we've been awake for pretty much 27+ hours we are excited to get some sleep!
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