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| Saturday, April 22, 2006 |
| Trip 1/Day 1 |
Friday, April 14, we left OKC airport at 10:54 a.m. and flew to Atlanta. In Atlanta, we had two hours to catch our international flight. Everything went smoothly, except a gate change from the last gate- gate 36, to the second gate- gate 2. The walking did us good. We ate our last morsel of American food- a Chick-Fil-A sandwich.
The flight over was forever, as many of you know!! Our legs and backs were so kinked up. It was almost a full flight, so there were no extra spaces to stretch out. We left Atlanta at around 4 p.m. U.S. time and arrived in Moscow at 10:30 in the a.m. We had about 4 hours of darkness. We did not have that much sleep- maybe an hour or two. We met one other lady on our flight that was also on trip #1. She was going to the far eastern side of Russia.
In Moscow, we were taken to our hotel. We laid down for a few hours and then made ourselves get up. Our hotel was located next to the biggest outdoor market in Moscow. We bundled up (it was extremely cold and rainy) and headed out. We had to exchange money, then it was off to the market. We didn't buy much that day, just browsed. We bought a matroyshka doll for one of our twin girls. We wandered the streets looking for something to eat and ended up back at the hotel. After emailing family and getting a bite to eat, it was off to our room. We tried to stay up a while, but ended up falling asleep around nine that night.
It was one very long and exhausting day! |
posted by 6blessings @ 6:56 AM  |
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I'm not looking forward to that Atlanta to Moscow flight. Isn't like 11 hours? Ugh. How were the seats? I've never flown overseas and don't know if the seats/leg room are any bigger than normal on the larger planes.
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glad you made if home safe. looking forward to reading about your experiences over there and meeting your children...
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Hmmm. I think 3 hours in an airplane is too long. I don't know how I am going to handle this one. It sounds very exhausting!
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I'm not looking forward to that Atlanta to Moscow flight. Isn't like 11 hours? Ugh. How were the seats? I've never flown overseas and don't know if the seats/leg room are any bigger than normal on the larger planes.