Spoke to Alex on the phone, and she has her plane tickets, and is in the process of filling our her Kazakhstan visa application form.
Both Ira and I are really looking forward to her visit, and showing her around Astana. Hopefully the weather will be OK, and not too hot.
If anybody has any tips for first-time visitors to Kazakhstan, please do leave a comment, and I’ll make sure Alex reads them…
Oh, and hopefully ChrisD will be back over again this year, which would be amazing as well.