Showing posts with label It looks like we are finally off......... Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Out of the frying pan and into the Fire!!

We finally arrived in Moscow only to find about 20 men standing outside holding up signs......only none of them had my name on it!! We stood and waited about an hour and one half for him while telling about 50 taxi drivers "Nyet Spaseeba". We tried to call him, but could not get a connection after he answered. Finally one of the taxi drivers got on his personal cell phone, dialed the number we gave him, spoke sound fast Russian works to him, and then hung up. Andre promtly showed after that. We made it to another airport (landed in Shermetevo and transfered to Domedero (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) and we were taken to a counter where Andre and the lady behind the counter spoke a lot of Russian, we paid for new tickets, and were given a flight to Magadan at 11pm tonight. I asked what airline that was. He stated it was not an airline, but the Ministry of Emergency Services, who will book you on a plane if you ever miss your flight. Who knew?? We have no idea what airline we are on, just a gate number, and we show up at that time and get on the plane. It is probably a plane full of supplies like poultry and maybe even sheep or something!! I don't care, just let me sit next to the tomatos and arrive safely in Magadan.