On Saturday night we had the great privilege of seeing a Kazakh Opera at the stunning Abay Opera House. This 82-year-old building is one of a dozen or so theatres in Almaty but is THE premiere place in town to see opera, ballet and classical music. The theatre is named after...
We found out last year that Nia would need braces. We intended to start in D.C., but she still had some baby teeth that needed to come out and the Orthodontist wasn’t keen to put on the braces and not be able to see it through to the end (we had max 1 year in D.C. and braces are...
First off, if you haven’t read part 1: READ IT HERE first. Now, on to Part 2! We reached Timur and introduced ourselves to the two visiting NGO workers. “Ready to go in? Timur inquired. “Well, first I better tell Nia and Sarah what we’re doing,” Nick said. “I’ve kept it a surprise thus...
On Friday night Nick told Nia and I that he had a surprise outing planned for us on Saturday. All we were told was that we needed to be ready to leave at 10:30 and wear pants, a t-shirt and tennis shoes (no hiking gear needed). I was intrigued and excited, and assumed we’d be going to...