At least we hope so. Here we are the night before we're supposed to fly, and the airline is giving us trouble about staying longer than the country says we should (90 days). So we'll have to go to to the airport to explain that we'll be taking a train to Bratislava, where we'll be registering with the Foreign Police and applying for a resident visa. That way they'll let us fly!
We're at Cristina's in Arlington, VA, now, finishing our "farewell tour," after a great time with Anna in Somerville, MA, Erika and Joe in Superior, CO, Dale and Janet in Cedaredge, CO, back to Anna's and now back to Cristina's for our launch from Dulles tomorrow. Oh, yes, and a visit to Tutankahmun, the golden boy, the pharaoh. Well, we didn't see him exactly, but a lot of his stuff and his relatives' stuff. Hmmm, a lot of this experience has focused on stuff. Stuff we didn't know what to do with. Stuff we stored. Stuff we gave away. Stuff we sold. Stuff we took to Arlington, Somerville, and Superior. Stuff we intend to take with us to Bratislava--did you SEE that pile? And that's not all of it. Do you suppose anyone will care in 3000 years? We won't remember what we had in three.
So right now we see through a glass darkly, but in a week or so we'll see more clearly. Some things, anyway. We start orientation with dinner on the 16th. We'll let you know more after that. Na'zdrovie! (OK, Andrey, za'zdrovie!)
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