The people that got us through

Greetings from the beautitul city of Khabarovsk, Russia!!! We arrived at a little after 4 pm on Saturday (yesterday.) We cleared customs with no problems other than the arrival lady had to get a second opinon on me since I look nothing like my passport anymore. I can't say it was so easy for 3 other Americans travelling. They arrived with no Visas. They were immediately booked on the return flight to Korea. Note to all travellers!!! If you are going to Russia you need a Visa. All our luggage arrived safely and other than a little jet lag we are doing well.

To start I will say that it was voted in Korea that as the person with the least amount of sleep I should not be posting. That's why you got the susinct version from D. The flight to Korea was fine. A little bumpy and not crowded at all. Either one of us failed to claim our own row on the flight (that's how few people there were) so I tried to sleep in 2 seats while D slept sitting up. Needless to say I was awake from 7:30 am Thursday to about 2:00 am Saturday. I crashed last night and slept for nearly 12 hours.

So about that 8000 won. That is roughly the price of a shower at the Transit lounge in Korea. The water runs hot then cold, but after an 11 hour flight it was worth every cent. The flight to Khabarovsk was quick at about 2 1/2 hours. We had enough time to get in one more episode of Lost.

It was amazing coming back. The snow is all melted and the city looks the same as when we were here last time. Today is Orthodox Easter so we wandered down to the blue church after dinner and got to see the preist blessing the people's Easter breads. No photos of that but it was neat to watch.

Our schedule for the week is as follows: Today is our free day. We are going to do some walking around and maybe venture into the grocery store. Tomorrow Andrei picks us up at 12:30 to see the psychiatrist and do some bloodwork. Tuesday includes additional doctor visits and on Wednesday we will finally get to meet Pickle!! That will actually be Tuesday for you guys.

So the final word is that we have made is safe and sound. We are doing well! You may not get a post everyday since we are working with dial up. We also have no way to add photos. So you will have to wait for the movie!!