Unfortunately, ChrisD is not able to make it over to Kazakhstan this year. On the plus side, I am meeting him in Amsterdam for a few days of relaxation, and then travelling onto Britain to see family and friends. (My brother’s birthday is something I was hoping to get back to the UK for, and now it is sorted 🙂 .) Unfortunately Irina does not have enough holiday left to come as well, but we will all be back in Britain around Christmas time.
Anyway, my travel details are as follows :-
Leaving Astana 21st September 08:50
Arrive Kaliningrad 21st September 11:00
Leave Kaliningrad 21st September 12:50
Arrive Amsterdam 21st September 13:55
Spend 3 nights in Amsterdam, at an apartment with a view of the canal, that belongs to the Hotel Amstelzicht.
Then on to Britain…
Leave Amsterdam 24th September 18:20
Arrive Birmingham 24th September 18:40
3 and a bit weeks in Britain to say hello to family and friends. Hopefully fit in Evesham and Cheltenham, then Swansea (well Clydach actually), then down to Falmouth for my bro’s birthday.
Then…
Leave Birmingham 16th October 06:25
Arrive Schipol 16th October 08:50
Leave Schipol 16th October 16:15
Arrive Kaliningrad 16th October 19:15
Leave Kaliningrad 16th October 21:35
Arrive Astana 17th October 05:15
(All times are local)
I am going to miss Ira like crazy, but I am looking forward to the break immensely, and it will be really good to see Nick, Mum, John, Dad, Jan and some Cheltenham friends as well.
Pink Badger
Why that random phrase? One of the main reasons I am posting this flight information is so that if family want to know the details, or I am not at home, I or they can just search for a unique (I’m pretty sure I did not include it anywhere else 😉 ) phrase on this blog, and know they have the right post immediately.
You never know, perhaps pink badger is also a popular search engine search term, and I will increase this site’s traffic…. Not too likely though.
July 27th, 2007 9:16 pm
Wow- Fantastic!
A great shame that Irina is not able to come with you but it’s great that you will be back in September/October and then again in December!
Loads more time to catch up and give me a good telling off for being so crap with my blog!
I see you are going to try out the Kaliningrad route – lol. I’m sure you will have much more success than me given that they had only started flying to Europe for a week before my flight 🙂 Really, my trip back was flawless and I would definately recommend it.
Not long to go – you never know, we might actually have a summer by the time you make it over here lol!
Loadsa love to you both
Alex
July 29th, 2007 6:18 pm
Arrrrgh. Thought I had replied a couple of days back…
I can forgive you, FOR NOW, re. your blog, as you have had a lot going on. This is only a temporary absolution though. I was going to sign in to your blog and leave a sarccy post from your blog complaining it was lonely. Then I realised that impersonating a piece of software to guilt trip you into blogging might not be the best way to promote some true enthusiasm on your part…
I’m hoping Kaliningrad goes smoothly as well – I’ve triple checked the times for both dates, and I do NOT have any overnight stays 😉
See you soon(ish)