Monday, June 18, 2007

Nizhniy Novgorod Day 1

Today is Monday and we received a text message from our rep that we will go to see Drew at 4pm. It is about an hour drive to his baby house, so we will be with him at around 5pm (6am PDT). We’re very excited to see him and have a bag of toys packed up for playtime. My guess is he’ll probably be getting tired by the time we get there, but we’re happy to see him today regardless. We’re also thankful that we aren’t traveling to the Vyska baby house, which is three (3) hours away! Another couple that is here must drive 3 hours to and from the baby house today, tomorrow and again on Wed. or Thurs. before they bring their baby girl home. Whew, we sure did catch a break there!

We are staying at the Central Hotel in NN. The hotel is attached to a sort of large shopping mall, but ½ the mall (including grocery store) are under ground. It’s very nice to have everything you might need right near the hotel. Unfortunately, the hotel is not in a great place to just get out and walk to what’s called City Central. We enjoyed walking to this area from our hotel on the last trip. There is a nice pedestrian area and plenty to look at. We’ll have to figure out how to get there easily, although I don’t think a cab will work unless we write down in Cyrillic where we want to go. And then there’s the trouble of knowing who the heck your driver is. Anyway, we did some grocery shopping this morning and now we are relaxing in our room. Right now there is a rain storm and we just looked at each other and asked “did you see that flash”? And then, we heard the loudest thunder sound ever. Geesh! That was scary.

Anyway, that’s all for now. We’ll post again after our visit to see Drew. Although the hotel claims they have internet connection in the rooms, we would have to disagree. We’re going to try again from the business center. I guess if you’re reading this then we were actually able to post.

Stay tuned!

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