Hatrack River Forum: I'm in Moscow

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Just had to get a quick Hatcrack fix.

Safe in Moscow. Meeting kids in 48 hours or less. Hi all. I'll tell you all about it, and send photos, later.

The connection here isn't good.

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

/cheer

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

Good luck, Dan. [Smile]

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

Make us proud. =)

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

Yay! [Smile]

Hug the kids for us.

Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :

Aside from the whole kids thing, which is itself really cool, I gotta say, I am very jealous of the being in Moscow.

Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :

(((Dan))) (((Dan's wife)))
I'm so happy for you !

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

KIIIIDS!!! [Big Grin]

Good luck, Dan!

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

Make sure to have some Russian food. And vodka. lots of vodka.

Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :

*excited* Congratulations in advance, dad and mom!

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

:grin:

Posted by Toretha (Member # 2233) on :

Woo! That's wonderful!

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Woohoo!

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Its 5:00am here and I can't sleep. So I am in the empty community area of the hotel where there is one free internet connected computer.

I only have a few hours in Moscow before we fly off to the region we are adopting from, not enough time to visit Red Square or the Kremlin or anything.

I did pass their new Ikea store, two Mc Donalds and a large amusement center with an Imax theater and an advertisement for a Simpson 3-D movie.

Flying into Moscow airport I also noticed one pecuiliarity of Russia. They have the brightest, most colorful roofs I've ever seen from the air. And bright fences. Greens, REds, and bright vivrant Blues dot the surface of the country along with other mellower tones. But the dull bussiness like grey and silver seen elsewhere is rare.

Everywhere we drove around Moscow, from the Airport to the Hotel, and everywhere we saw from the air, we saw construction.

They are building, sprawling, growing.

Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :

:: Hopes all goes well ::
Satyagraha

Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

(((Dan and his wife)))

Congrats, you too!

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Go Dad!

best of luck,

Farmgirl

Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :

If you have any time in Moscow on the way back, try to visit the restaurant "U Pirosmani".

http://upirosmani.ru/eng/contacts.shtml

Yummy yummy food.
I also thought the wine was pretty good, back when I could still drink.

Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :

*shakes head*

Dan_Raven, what the bloody hell are you doing messing around here?

for shame

FOR SHAME!!!

whittling away precious hours in a novel place to revisit this!

(how can I make "for shame" sound stronger here?)

fallow

PS. really. for shame. get yer ass out and about.

(edited for extreme profanity)

[ April 18, 2004, 01:44 AM: Message edited by: fallow ]