Left for Dnipropetrovsk this morning at 11:30. Andrei drove through thickening fog and light rain all the way. Arrived airport 1:30. Flight canceled 2:30. Arrived home 5:30. Leave for Kyiv on night train from Pyatikhatki at 12:40 am. Will fly from Kyiv at 11:55 am tomorrow and catch my connecting flight in Istanbul on time, arriving in Astana at 4:00 am Thursday.
I hope.
So instead of spending the night in a quaint little hotel in old Istanbul, I will spend it on a short bunk in an open sleeping car on a rocking, rolling, thumping, pounding train to Kyiv. And instead of a free day to work in my room before my plane leaves Istanbul, I spend four hours in Kyiv airport and three in Istanbul airport. And arrive in Astana just in time to leave for a 400 km drive on ??? roads in the dead of winter in a country that makes the Regina plains seem hilly.
I must be nuts. I am not 40 anymore. Nor am I actually there yet.
Anyone who takes the time to spell Dnipropetrovsk correctly is too smart to let a little snow, some delays and a slippery slide into your final destination be a problem.
ReplyDeleteI guess the bright side is you don't have to take a bus all the way there.
ReplyDeleteThere must be a better way to live in "retirement." Are you sure that you're in your right mind?
ReplyDeleteBear suggests some nice hot tea, with hunmny, while sitting a chair, feet on footstool, in front of fireplace. Dog lying beside you would be nice, but is optional.