Friday, October 30, 2009

MoThEr RuSsiA...mAy 2009

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times,
always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Darren and I in Moscow, Red Square!! I loved it!
It was so fun to spend time together!

Here is the whole gang in Belarus!

So it was quite a big deal for a Belorussians airline to be getting a new aircraft, so the media
met us and interviewed the pilots, I took this photo as I was getting off the airplane, I actually tried to wait until the media left, but apparently the Belorussians president was coming in right after us and they were trying to get us into the airport pretty quickly to close off the rest of the airport...very exciting for us!


Darren, Lynn and Pete in Belarus

So I am backing up a bit, wanted to post a couple photos of Darren and I in Belarus and Moscow Russia...It seems like a year ago when we were there and so much has happened sense that trip, but I really wanted to post a few photos. I learned so much on this trip, I hate to admit, but I had never heard of Belarus before heading out on this journey, Belarus is a very old country but sadly because of the devastation of War most of the original country was destroyed!
I was over the top excited about visiting Moscow. The other pilots and their wives left us in Belarus and headed for Paris, but Darren and I ventured to Moscow on our own. We found a great English tour and visited as much as we could in the few days we were there. We did learn that though we all may think the KGB has been disbanded the people of both Belarus and Russia do not believe that to be true one bit. Our tour guide was pretty funny, she was a Russian woman that spoke English with a strong accent, and she would talk pretty matter of fact about some of the earlier goings on of the KGB including people being killed, but she wouldn't say that, she would say.."Well, they were never seen again" stuff like that. The trip was so awesome!!Thank you Skywest Airlines for giving us the 0opportunity to see this part of the world!

4 comments:

Pete and Mare said...

That's too funny. You two are such a fun couple full of adventure. I am so glad that you guys had a chance to take that trip together. Thanks for sharing a little history with us. I will be honest in saying that I have never heard of Belarus until your post. I will have to look it up on the internet.

Charel, thank you very much for everything that you did for us on our trip to Haiti. We had a wonderful time together! It was very nice to get the "new" paperwork done while we were in Haiti. I still can't get over the spiral notebook, he better not loose it! ;)

Meltmomma said...

I love the picture of you & Darren in Moscow's Red square.It looks like the you two should be on The Amazing Race :) Team Moyes !
Thanks for sharing your adventures !!
Bambi

Heather said...

So fun catching up with you! Your kids are so beautiful, I know you know that, but it isn't just a mom thing! Your trip to Russia sounds fabulous, what an awesome profession for a husband to have, talk about perks. Of course I can't complain, my husband is an engineer at UDOT and we have a house full of fluorescent orange hats, now that's something! hope all is well with you! Heather

Bonnie @HobbytoHOT said...

. . . just been thinking about you and wanted to say thank you. because of your heart and determination every minute of every day we enjoy the prettiest smile on the most lively little girl . . . she is a miracle. thank you. we love you.