Summer 2010

David is officially heading to Kazakhstan this summer. He will be interning for the same international law firm he interned for last summer in Ukraine - Baker & McKenzie. He will be living in Алматы (Almaty), the largest city in Kazakhstan, although it is not the capital. He has his flight booked as of this past weekend. He leaves May 24th and returns August 14th. It will take him around 36 hours & 5 flights each direction. We are very excited about it, but we are also sad that he will be gone for so long and that we can't have another summer adventure together like last year. It just didn't seem possible this year with a brand new baby and our first child still under 2... We will miss David VERY much, but we are excited for him to have such a neat experience and to be able to intern with such a good firm.

Almaty is down in the South East corner of the country right above Kyrgyzstan.

Comments

Barbaloot said…
Heather-you are amazing! I don't think I could send my (non-existent) husband to Eastern Europe for the summer while I stayed home with two children. And had a great attitude about it. You guys are great---and I hope David loves it.
Seriously? Kazakhstan?! That's pretty crazy. I didn't even know that country existed! Will you be by yourself with two kids or are you going to live with family? Justin and I are away from each other a lot and it's hard. Do-able but hard! Good luck with the last few weeks of your pregnancy!
Sara Waldron said…
I'm glad things worked out for him to be able to go, and I hope it is a great experience for him. Good thing skype exists so he can see Kyla grow over her first couple of month! We'll have to get together a lot over the summer.
Chrissy said…
Okay, it looks like he and Kevin are going to be WAY close for about 10 days! I am pretty sure Kevin said he was going to be near Bishkek. Kevin won't be free to go too far, but he could probably make it into Bishkek, if David could meet him there. That would be SO cool! Glad it worked out for David; sorry it didn't work out for you all to be together. :S