We have finally arrived safe and sound in Aktobe. The flight was extremely long, we are exhausted but have finally settled into our apartment. Sorry for the delay in posting. We just got our internet card so I am retroactively posting entries.
Davis did great on the plane rides. He spent the plane ride to Philadelphia looking out the window. Didn’t have much of a layover in Philly but he found a young boy to race cars with in the airport. From Philadelphia to Frankfurt he finally fell asleep at 10:30pm and was able to sleep 3 hours before we landed. Then we had a 7 hour layover in Frankfurt. We were able to use the Lufthansa lounge because Milon is a United 1K member which helped out a lot! I haven’t a clue how we killed 7 hours but we did and Davis was entertained the whole time. We then had the flight from Frankfurt to Almaty which he fell asleep before take off and woke up once the plane landed. In Almaty, we were met by a young coordinator named Marina. She showed us a little restaurant in the airport we could wait for the next flight. We could have gone to a hotel near the airport, but figured for 6 hours it wasn’t worth it. Plus, Davis had just woken up from a 6 hr nap. He did great in the restaurant and even found friends playing peek a boo with the waiters! By the time we boarded the plane he was wiped out but wouldn’t sleep on the 2 hour and 45 minute flight.
We were met in the Aktobe airport by a very sweet interpreter named Ainura and driver named Ceric. They took us to our apartment and Davis fell asleep on the 5 minute drive. He slept for 4 hours and boy did he need to.
Our luggage was somehow lost in all of these connections…surprise, surprise. We do have 1 carry-on which we packed with hats, gloves and an extra outfit and PJs for Davis, all which we are grateful for. I am sleeping in an undershirt the airport gave us in a complimentary “We lost your luggage bag.” They think it should arrive in Aktobe on Saturday.
Our apartment is located across from a stadium in a big cement building. It is quiet large and has 2 bedrooms. The furnishings are old, and the floors are wavy linoleum but it’s comfortable enough for us to stay. It is VERY hot inside. We have all of the windows open in order to cool it off. There is a very small (like the size of a US closet) store beneath our apt where we bought some water, apple juice, bread and pasta. We had spaghetti with what Milon thought was tomato sauce but turned out to be tomato paste and bread for lunch. We made it to the larger store later in the day where we were able to buy some eggs, olives, cereal, yogurt, and coffee and milk. I feel like I am camping! It’s hard to make meals without a lot of ingredients and no spices or seasoning. I had packed a lot of food such as oatmeal, mac and cheese, syrup, etc but we will have to do without until our luggage comes.
Davis did great on the plane rides. He spent the plane ride to Philadelphia looking out the window. Didn’t have much of a layover in Philly but he found a young boy to race cars with in the airport. From Philadelphia to Frankfurt he finally fell asleep at 10:30pm and was able to sleep 3 hours before we landed. Then we had a 7 hour layover in Frankfurt. We were able to use the Lufthansa lounge because Milon is a United 1K member which helped out a lot! I haven’t a clue how we killed 7 hours but we did and Davis was entertained the whole time. We then had the flight from Frankfurt to Almaty which he fell asleep before take off and woke up once the plane landed. In Almaty, we were met by a young coordinator named Marina. She showed us a little restaurant in the airport we could wait for the next flight. We could have gone to a hotel near the airport, but figured for 6 hours it wasn’t worth it. Plus, Davis had just woken up from a 6 hr nap. He did great in the restaurant and even found friends playing peek a boo with the waiters! By the time we boarded the plane he was wiped out but wouldn’t sleep on the 2 hour and 45 minute flight.
We were met in the Aktobe airport by a very sweet interpreter named Ainura and driver named Ceric. They took us to our apartment and Davis fell asleep on the 5 minute drive. He slept for 4 hours and boy did he need to.
Our luggage was somehow lost in all of these connections…surprise, surprise. We do have 1 carry-on which we packed with hats, gloves and an extra outfit and PJs for Davis, all which we are grateful for. I am sleeping in an undershirt the airport gave us in a complimentary “We lost your luggage bag.” They think it should arrive in Aktobe on Saturday.
Our apartment is located across from a stadium in a big cement building. It is quiet large and has 2 bedrooms. The furnishings are old, and the floors are wavy linoleum but it’s comfortable enough for us to stay. It is VERY hot inside. We have all of the windows open in order to cool it off. There is a very small (like the size of a US closet) store beneath our apt where we bought some water, apple juice, bread and pasta. We had spaghetti with what Milon thought was tomato sauce but turned out to be tomato paste and bread for lunch. We made it to the larger store later in the day where we were able to buy some eggs, olives, cereal, yogurt, and coffee and milk. I feel like I am camping! It’s hard to make meals without a lot of ingredients and no spices or seasoning. I had packed a lot of food such as oatmeal, mac and cheese, syrup, etc but we will have to do without until our luggage comes.
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Sounds like the trip was long but went well. Hope your luggage catches up soon. You are in the same apartment both Regina and I were in. Isn't that floor wild?! Frankly the furniture is about the same in all the apartments I stayed in, whether Aqtobe or Almaty.
The little store will come in handy! They have a second area behind the main part that has diapers and toiletries too. You'd never know it was there by looking!
Please, please, please tell Gulnara, Ainura and Ceric hello for me! In fact, if you could get pitures of both of them, I would greatly appreciate it! I failed to do so!
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