almost 10pm monday night
vladivostok motor inn
man, what a long day. two days really, as i still havent slept. the flight from seoul to vlad should only take a little more
than an hour, but its currently taking 2 hrs because north korea is limiting its air space, so instead of flying a direct route
over n.korea, you now have to fly a big circle around it. boo to them.
and the turbulence was rough. btwn the rolling flight saturday night, lack of sleep and food, and the hard bounces today,
i was really feeling motion sickness by the time we finally landed. fortunately i had plenty of down time while waiting on
passport control in russia... they dont talk to you, or explain what they are doing that takes so long. the just type. and frown
occasionally, and then you're given your papers and sent on your way.
sergei my secret russian boyfriend slash driver slash bodyguard came solo to pick me up from the airport. not a problem really, except that sergei speaks no english (although i think he understands it, but refuses to speak it) and my russian is limited to da, nyet and vodka. needless to say, it was a quiet ride through the country to my hotel.
so now, the important part. Tatiana is so so so stinking cute. and a good girl. she's got a slight case of the new family/terrible twos/interruption in routine sickness right now, but she'll be okay. and i have all the confidence that Amy is going to be a great mom. we played most of the afternoon, then had a pretty unremarkable dinner. Amy put the baby to bed and then we (okay, maybe just me) ate way too much chocolate for one evening.
i'm all about sleep now.
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