July 11 - Friday 7:30 am - Hi everyone! Bright and sunny so far today so maybe the rain/clouds have passed us by.
Not much to talk about today - yesterday we went to the Lufthansa head office to try and change our return flight date - still have to wait 1-2 days to find out if we can come home mid-next week, or if we have to wait for our original return date which is the 23rd.
We had a great visit at the BH - visit # 10 already - wow! She was laughing and being silly, which is wonderful to see.
Then we went to a notary to sign more paperwork - power of attorney for the lawyer who will represent us in court, etc. All good, another step done - like Bernard and Carole said yesterday it's like putting one piece of a puzzle in at a time. And the end result is soooo worth it!
While we were waiting at the notary I managed to have a small conversation with Vladmir, our driver who seems very nice but speaks no English at all. I know some words for family members in Russian so I asked about his Semya (family) - he seemed surprised, then launched into a wordy answer, which made me laugh as I had NO idea what he said. So we showed pictures of our families (that I carry everywhere), and pointed to myself, then my Mom and Dad, saying 'Mama/Papa', pointed at Lise and said 'Sestra' (sister), etc. Then we showed Paul's family group picture, pointed at his sisters and said 'Sestra, Sestra, Sestra, Sestra' - and he laughed - lucky boy to have so many sisters! I couldn't remember the words for niece/nephew so we pointed to the various family groupings in both pictures and said 'Semya' again. He smiled and nodded a lot, then I think he said he has 2 'dotchkas' (daughters) and one 'seen' (son), all grown. I think one of his daughters has 2 children - he pointed to himself and said 'Dyedushka', which is the word for Grandfather - and he used hand gestures to say that one of the kids is 2 and one is 6. It was an exhausting conversation by the end with all the gesturing, but it was fun - poor guy just drives the families around all day and doesn't talk with anyone - must get pretty boring!
Hope you have a great day! Go Bombers!
take care
N&P
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Hello from Calgary
Just another day in Ania's life... she is just too sweet... did you get today's pictures?
Met with Ray and anita, Pauline and her kids, Lisa and her kids
and Auntie Flo who came in to see the babe... it was so specail.. and Jo and Meb and Ani also joined us... I almost forgot to mention them.
Hope you are having a gread day
love ya
Mom and Dad and Ania and her Mom and Dad
ps hang in there... love ya lots
xoxoxo
I'm sure Vladimir is going to be talking about a nice red head from Canada who took time & effort to make conversation with him. You are making the most of your time there ... good for you and how lucky for everyone you meet. Especially a certain little girl... Keep us posted on the return date - we'll be there.
Going to Brandon tomorrow for the weekend, but will have laptop to keep up on everything - Cells always on also. Love you guys.
Good for you!!! I bet you made his day!!
Glad your puzzle is coming together... piece by piece... you are so right about the end result!
Oh... Cindy, Jeff and Jess are coming over on Saturday night and you can bet we'll be celebrating you guys... we'll do it again once you are back!
Hugs!
Just a brief hello from Katherine and Leo. Thank you for sharing your wonderful journey with us - the last blog re the driver was a delightful read. I found myself feeling your frustration level and actually caught myself struggling along trying to mentally prompt the driver myself . . then I realized - hey - I'm not in Kazakhstan!! This may be the beginnings of a future path in creative writing ? ...
Take care - what a wonderful journey . . . Blessings and Light to you both (a salutation I receive from one of my "visionary" community contacts that I encounter at the museum and like to use for special people like both of you and your daughter.
Katherine
Hiya! Well I'm off on holidays now for a week so I will keeping an eye on this blog! I hope to see you home soon - miss ya!
Kisses to your girl!
C/J/J
Hey Nico, Paul!
I'm always excited to see when you've added a new blog entry. I just spent the better part of an evening trying to encourage Lola to poop (mission accomplished!). Just one of the many joys you have to look forward to with your little gal! :)
Cheers,
Cheryl (& a now fresh, peppy and lighter Lola)
Hello my dears
it was so wonderful to chat with you this morning... you have so many people rooting for you and following your journey... May that help you on those difficult moments you encounter.
I agree with Katherine (unbiased comment of course) that I do think your creative writing skills are special.
keep up the good work... it is helping us help you through this adventure
love ya lots and miss you so much
Mom and Dad
and yes, we still miss you even though we are here with wonderful Ania......
hugs and kisses... keep well dear children
Hiya!
OMG I can't believe that you have completed 2/3 of your visits! Continue to enjoy your speial daily visits, we love to read about your daily adventures! Thanks for letting us tag along throughout this life experience!
It was great chatting with you this morning... love ya & miss ya!
Jo, Meb & Ania :~)
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