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We were leaving Khabarovsk on 3/30/06. We had an early lunch at the adoption agency office. We asked if they called the airport to see if the flight was on time and they said yes. On the way to the airport, the translator gets a call saying the flight is delayed 2 hrs. so we go to the airport and sit in the van. The driver would have gotten arrested in the States. He shut the car off, no windows open and we are all sweating. poor daughter is in her snow suit. So after about 2 hours we got out and have her walk around. We go into the terminal, they still don't know when the flight will leave. Nothing to eat, but have stuff for daughter. Nobody is telling us anything and our translator is good for nothing. We liked the first one we had better, but had more families coming in and she was familiar with doing all the medicals. Well, we finally boarded the flight and left sometime after 7:00 pm. We originally had a 3:00 pm flight. I bought a seat for my daughter but was told it was a lap seat, not a "regular" seat. fortunately the flight wasn't booked and we got moved. My poor mother held her the entire trip while she was sleeping. i'm sick, picked up a bad cold with sore throat. we finally land around 11:00 pm and the plane lands on the runway, then it takes about 1/2 hour to taxi to the gate. We got all the luggage except her stroller, it came out somewhere else. We finally met the translator and driver and got to the hotel and checked in. We had a 7:00 am appointment at the clinic then a 2:30 pm visit at the US Embassy. finally had the translator get me some medicine and it helped a little. Fortunately we were only in moscow one day and left on Sat. Went to the doctor when I got home and had a bad virus. Got some drugs and it helped a lot.
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Barbara
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