Around the world in 27 days . . .
nutshell: Seattle-LA-Seoul-Khabarovsk-Moscow-Zurich-Chicago-Seattle
the nutty details:
24 Aug 06 - Thursday
- depart Seattle at 6:20 pm on United 703
- arrive LA at 8:57 pm
- dink around for 3 hours
- miles on this leg 954: miles total 954
25 August Friday
- depart LA at 12:20 am on Asiana 203
26 August Saturday
- arrive Seoul at 5:00 am
- miles on this leg 5999: miles total 6953
- dink around until 7:00 am at which time the SHOWERS and the GOOD COFFEE SHOP and the INTERNET opens. Choices. Choices.
- depart Seoul at 10:10 am on Asiana 572
- arrive Khavarovsk at 3:10 pm
- miles on this leg 886: miles total 7839
27 August Sunday
- celebrate my birthday at Scalinis
28 August Monday to 30 August Wednesday
- visit the children!
- redo our medical exams
31 August Thursday
- Court
1 Sept Friday to 10 Sept Sunday
- wait out the TenDay Wait - children may be with us for some or all of this time
11 Sept Monday to 15 Sept Friday
- adoption decree is finalized
- apply and wait for children's Russian passports with our names included
16 Sept Saturday
- depart Khabarovsk 3 pm on Domodevo 126
- arrive Moscow 4:35 pm
- miles on this leg 3835: miles total 11674
17 Sept Sunday
- explore Moscow
18 Sept Monday
- Children's Medical Exams for US Embassy
- Children's Visas for US entry
- Register Children with Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
19 Sept Tuesday
- depart Moscow at 7:15 am on SwissAir 1325
- arrive Zurich 8:45 am
- miles on this leg 1368: miles total 13042
- dink around for 4 hours - buy Toblerone
- depart Zurich at 12:40 pm on SwissAir 8
- arrive Chicago at 3:15 pm
- miles on this leg 4443: miles total 17485
- Clear customs and Immigration
- take pictures, get weepy, admire our new little citizens
- repeat
- depart Chicago at 7:45 pm on United 689
- arrive Seattle at 10:05 pm
- miles on this leg 1721: miles total 19206
- rent car, drive home, collapse.
This last part is a 32-hour-from-bed-to-bed trip. You will have probably seen your pillow at least twice in this interval. Can you tell I am dreading this part? At about 6pm Pacific Time on the 18th, think "The Chandlers are at the airport now." Enjoy your evening. Go to bed. Get a good night's rest. Appreciate that. Get up in the morning. Think "The Chandlers are still either in an airport or in an airplane." Think this through breakfast, through lunch, and through dinner. Go to bed. Fluff your pillows. Drift off to sleep. At about midnight, wake up to think "The Chandlers have finally left the airport. Now they are in a car on the freeway." Pray for our safety. Go back to sleep.
[Listening to: Postcards from the Sky: II Weeping Clouds - Juliette Kang, violin; Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw, harps; CBC Vancouver Orchestra: Mario Bernardi - Affairs of the Heart (4:19)]
6 comments:
Wow, when you put like that it seems really long. Ok, anyway you put it it's a long trip. But oh so worth it.
Looking forward to Sept 20th when you are finally a forever family at home.
That is one loooong trip. Whew. I'm tired just thinking about it. Long or not, I'm so excited for you to reunited with your kids and to bring them home!
Every hour awake will be worth it. All 32 of them. You know you won't sleep right.
Oh, and I'm serious about the gummi bears in Zurich. Plllleeeeeaaaaasssseee bring me some. German gummi bears are the best. Yeah, I know Zurich is in Switzerland, but I can guarantee you they sell them in the airport.
What a schedule! We didn't go all the way around the world but we did have a 34 hour stint from bed to bed on the way over the second trip. Talk about exhausting. We were only about 27 hours bed to bed coming home with the boys. They slept 2 one hour shifts on the trip home. They were really good though. Hope yours sleep more for you. I do not envy the travel, but savor the time and experience. It is priceless. I am so excited for you!!
Such a loooong trip - and one we were prepared to do, until our son arrived via domestic adoption. Enjoy every tiring second of the journey - may God bless you all!
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