Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Day 8 of our 15-day bonding period
Since moving up to the third floor of the hotel, it's now easier to hear the Muslim call for prayer at 6:30 every morning. The Muslim church is only a few blocks from our hotel, but at 6:30 it sounds like it is next door.
We ended up buying more souvenirs. It's something I wish Jo Ann would do by herself, but Jo Ann needs me to look up words in the dictionary while she barters with the person at the store. I think people at the stores find us entertaining. Today someone actually laughed at me when I was buying a soda.
Our visit with LG went well. We had her back at the hotel again and then took her out to dinner. We did a 100-piece puzzle, played "Go Fish," and Jo Ann and LG played with the Barbie magnetic paper doll set. We were again without a translator. LG has learned to say things like "Papa, do you have any 3's?" and "Go Fish!"
The hotel here is having a Halloween party tonight. The whole staff is dressed up. They did a buffet and made sanwhiches that looked like coffins, they had hot dogs that looked like bloody fingers, and noodles that looked like brains. The thing is, Haloween is not even celebrated in Kazakhstan, so this staff is really going all out for the Americans. Right now some music is blasting in the room next door where the party is being held.
Since moving up to the third floor of the hotel, it's now easier to hear the Muslim call for prayer at 6:30 every morning. The Muslim church is only a few blocks from our hotel, but at 6:30 it sounds like it is next door.
We ended up buying more souvenirs. It's something I wish Jo Ann would do by herself, but Jo Ann needs me to look up words in the dictionary while she barters with the person at the store. I think people at the stores find us entertaining. Today someone actually laughed at me when I was buying a soda.
Our visit with LG went well. We had her back at the hotel again and then took her out to dinner. We did a 100-piece puzzle, played "Go Fish," and Jo Ann and LG played with the Barbie magnetic paper doll set. We were again without a translator. LG has learned to say things like "Papa, do you have any 3's?" and "Go Fish!"
The hotel here is having a Halloween party tonight. The whole staff is dressed up. They did a buffet and made sanwhiches that looked like coffins, they had hot dogs that looked like bloody fingers, and noodles that looked like brains. The thing is, Haloween is not even celebrated in Kazakhstan, so this staff is really going all out for the Americans. Right now some music is blasting in the room next door where the party is being held.
# posted by Buck and Jo Ann @ 8:20 AM 
