Here We Go Again!

I am writing this post while sitting in the Red Carpet Club at DIA (did I mention that being a frequent flyer has its privileges?). We are headed off to Almaty again - this time to go pick Bryce up and bring him home! Our travel route is a bit less direct this time. We fly from Denver to Detroit, Detroit to Frankfurt, and then Frankfurt to Almaty. Our flight to Detroit leaves at 10am Saturday, and we will not land in Almaty until 10pm on Sunday night. We will barely be in Almaty long enough to recover from jet lag, as our trip is less than one week long. On this trip, we pick Bryce up from the Baby House, take him to the medical clinic, and take him to the US Embassy for paperwork, and I think that's the main adoption things we need to do on this trip. We will probably do less sightseeing on this trip, seeing as how we will have a 1 year old in tow!

You might notice the pictures posted today are pictures of Frankfurt. When were we in Frankfurt? On our flight home last time, we have a 7 hour layover in Frankfurt. Rather than stay in the airport for 7 hours, we went into the city to explore. It turned out to be a great idea. The train station was directly underneath the airport, and it was only a 20 minute train ride into the city. We got off a a stop called Konstablerwache, which put us in the middle of a big shopping district. The only down side was that we arrived in Frankfurt at 6:15am, so there was not much going on. But by the time we left around 10:30, stores were opening and there was a large, wonderful farmer's market to browse around. We sampled some great apple cider, and Chuck had a traditional wurst. For dessert, he visited the konditerei (bakery) for some German pastry, yum. It was a great thing to do! This probably won't happen this time around. Since Bryce will be traveling on a Kazakh passport, I think he actually needs to get a visa to enter Germany, which complicates matters some.

The past three weeks have been extremely busy. We had a lot of preparation to do, lots of baby things to buy, but I think we are finally prepared at home......well, as prepared as we are going to get at this point. But he has a place to sleep, a stroller, a car seat, a high chair, and numerous accessories, so I think we have the basics covered!

We will write again once we get to Almaty.