So....I should be in St. Petersburg at the moment, linked up with my pal Ivan, swigging vodka and telling jokes about Stalin (not sure about that last one), but at the moment I am nowhere near that.
A series of unfortunate events has placed me on a train from Utica to New York, where hopefully I can make it to Newark Airport for a 1645 flight to Frankfurt, and then on to St. Pete's. My original flight from Syracuse was delayed such that I would miss my connection in Newark. My rebooking, on the 1930 flight last night to Washington, was canceled....while I sat waiting at my gate. Apparently gathering storms along the eastern seaboard spooked flight officials, and left me stuck in central New York. After a nice long wait in line and several phone calls to the folks at United, I turned mother's picture to the wall and just had them give me a flight direct from Newark. How I would get there would be my own business.
So here I am. Hoping to eventually make it to Russia sometime this calendar year. Naturally, flying from Syracuse always incurs some kind of issue, so if this whole train thing works out, I may turn to this more in the future. On the bright side, its a comfy ride, complete with Wi-fi (obviously).
Do try and stay along for the journey, I will, again, try to be active while there. Though, of course, some of you may get there before I do.
Cheers.
A series of unfortunate events has placed me on a train from Utica to New York, where hopefully I can make it to Newark Airport for a 1645 flight to Frankfurt, and then on to St. Pete's. My original flight from Syracuse was delayed such that I would miss my connection in Newark. My rebooking, on the 1930 flight last night to Washington, was canceled....while I sat waiting at my gate. Apparently gathering storms along the eastern seaboard spooked flight officials, and left me stuck in central New York. After a nice long wait in line and several phone calls to the folks at United, I turned mother's picture to the wall and just had them give me a flight direct from Newark. How I would get there would be my own business.
So here I am. Hoping to eventually make it to Russia sometime this calendar year. Naturally, flying from Syracuse always incurs some kind of issue, so if this whole train thing works out, I may turn to this more in the future. On the bright side, its a comfy ride, complete with Wi-fi (obviously).
Do try and stay along for the journey, I will, again, try to be active while there. Though, of course, some of you may get there before I do.
Cheers.
Mr. Kwiat, godspeed from all of us here in lovely CNY. I do hope that Russia is kind to you, whenever you get there. Just remember, in Mother-Russia, train ride you.
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