Babushka is back from Borovoe, Captain Tim is happy with her return! http://t.co/3gSj0Z10
Jul 28 2012
Babushka is back from Borovoe,…
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Jul 11 2012
Sky Bar – Asia Park
This evening we popped over to the Asia Park shopping centre. Primarily because one of Irina’s friends has her birthday this week, and Dana had kindly passed on a voucher she bought at Chocolife for the Bomb Cosmetics boutique. Whilst Irina decided on the gift (I’ll not yet post details on the off chance that Balzhan ever actually practices her English by reading this site!), Tim, Anna and I took a little stroll up and down, during which time Anna wanted an explanation as to why she couldn’t eat the apple on a plastic tree, and Tim eventually conceded that not having Mummy directly in front of him did not mean a constant scream was required. Eventually a gift (and something for our flat, a nice smelling citrus candle that caught my eye) was selected, and we proceeded upstairs with the idea of grabbing a quick and easy tea from the fast food area. Every other time we have visited this mall in the past, and selected the naughty but nice treat of no cooking or clearing up, we have gone with pizza. Today, however, was a break from the routine, as we decided to finally check out the prices of the Sky Bar. Although not cheap, given the view and the relatively upmarket (for a shopping centre) feel, we decided to try it out.
Quite a few items of food and drink from their menu were not available, but I decided to try their beef schnitzel. Well worth the gamble, definitely the second best schnitzel I’ve had in Astana. Given that I can not remember which restaurant served the best ever (I’ve tried all the likely suspects, all of them disappointed), I think the Sky Bar will be getting a few return visits in the months to come! Irina had sushi (she thought it was an average result in terms of taste, but definitely small portions considering the price), and Anna had the (beef!) carbonara. As it was an adult-sized portion, Ira and I helped her to finish it off in the end. Do our sacrifices know no end? 😉
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- Beef Schnitzel And Chips
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- Anna’s Penne Carbonara
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- Sushi
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- Tim, Irina, Coke, Vodka & A Bucket Of Ice!
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- View From Our Table At The Sky Bar, Azia Park, Astana
Oh that reminds me, for friends and family who have an interest, I don’t think I’ve yet mentioned on the blog the reason that all four of us have mostly been in the flat since last Thursday, rather than the normal rushing around to playgroup, Chubary etc. – it turns out that Anna and Tim have both got bacterial tonsillitis (at least that is the closest translation we could fine, and it apparently is different to viral tonsillitis?). So we have been trying to keep their temperatures down, dealing with short sleeps/naps, and generally not doing a great deal instead.
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Jul 10 2012
Astana Park Tweets
About a week ago we went to Astana park on a couple of different days, and rather than have this site’s front page be almost entirely tweet-based, I’m putting the photos and text into one post.
Whilst in the park, I watched a transverse (push left, it goes right, and vice versa) bike competition (pay an entrance fee, manage to cylce about 30m and you got a good payout. I heard Black Lace’s “Agadoo” being played over some speakers near by. Real blast from the past!
The cafe shown is Otrar, it had much improved decor in the outside section, compared to a visit two years ago. Sadly, the pizza was not really average even 🙁
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- Anna, Tim And Anna In A Cafe
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- Anna Eventually Made It Up!
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- Tim On His 1st(?) Train Ride
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- Freaky Teletubby!
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Jul 05 2012
Now a classic “just got out of…
Now a classic “just got out of the bath” picture…
Ladies & gentlemen, please stay calm, all is not as it seems. http://t.co/giTAGw7f
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Jul 04 2012
Tim & new car seat. Tinted…
Tim & new car seat. Tinted windows. http://t.co/n9mpdoQo http://t.co/tuBeFvBG http://t.co/zp7r0lom http://t.co/k2hn63ZM
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Jul 01 2012
Tim enjoying some plov – http:…
Tim enjoying some plov – http://t.co/6HlKto9L
Anna is not Anna. She is hidden-by-a-blanket-Anna apparently http://t.co/Y8NpkrUq
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Jun 27 2012
Tim’s first ever time sat up i…
Tim’s first ever time sat up in a trolley. Also soon time for him to have a big boy’s car seat!
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Jun 26 2012
Saturday Pool Compilation
So once again the blog looks a bit strange with so many tweets, and as I was about to embed the linked to pictures, I thought I might as well compile all the words and photos into one post.
So, on Friday we went to Metro to buy a new paddling pool for Tim and Anna. The old one was a series of inflatable rings, which unfortunately had a couple of punctures. The new one is 3 metres in diameter, and made up of poles, joints and a big plastic canvas. It takes around 4400 litres of water to fill up the pool, and the ground it sits upon is not level, so we are hoping that it doesn’t cause problems.
On the Saturday, which was Irina’s Dad’s birthday, the pool was set up, and filled up. Tim, Anna and Irina all seemed to enjoy their time in it. After I had gone over to Interhouse’s office to teach a couple of English lessons, I returned to Chubary and joined the family and friends that had since arrived to start the birthday celebrations.
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- No, A Mini-Swimming Pool!
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- 75% Of The Astana-Based Merrimans
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- A Paddling Pool For Very Short People?
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Jun 21 2012
Tiflis.Ira had lovely hair sty…
Tiflis.Ira had lovely hair styling.Meal=almost wk/end treat4us http://t.co/IInCk7KT http://t.co/x79z1sgl http://t.co/NP6gDzFy
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Jun 19 2012
Kazakhstan the land of caulifl…
Kazakhstan the land of cauliflower & broccoli on your pizza! http://t.co/LdZpNa5T
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