October 22/23 - The Flight

So today, we flew. It was a pretty ordinary flying day I think. Abby dropped us at the airport at 2 and we went through security and had Starbucks and then boarded our plane. Then we flew for 9 hours to Amsterdam. It was a looooooong flight!!!! We got economy comfort seats which was super nice cuz there was a lot more legroom. We were supposed to sleep cuz it was morning in Amsterdam when we got there. So Dad hunkered down in his seat and put his legs under the seat ahead of him. Then John laid on the floor in front of our seats and I curled up in a ball on mine and John's seats. I think I got the short end of the deal cuz I got no sleep on that flight :/ we landed in Amsterdam at about 10:30 AM local time. We had a 2.5 hour layover so we started walking. John found a baby grand and sat down and started playing. So he entertained all the people in that area for a while. When we went through security for our plane to Kiev, we had to stand and wait for them to let us on the plane for like 20 minutes. The flight to Kiev was uneventful but there were some pretty cool clouds!! In Kiev, we had to take a taxi to our hotel. It was the first time I ever took a taxi that I can remember. So the taxi took us across town to our hotel and once we got there, Dad had to run inside the hotel to get some local currency. The taxi driver was getting so anxious!! He didn't think Dad was coming back. Lol. Once we got that all sorted out, we went up to our hotel room and freshened up and then went out for dinner. We went to a quaint little restaurant a little ways down the road. It was really good. I had like perogie things. They were super good!!! The place was so cool tho!! They had live music.  Like a guy with an accordion and then some people with tambourines and shakers and stuff and they were all singing. It was really cool. After dinner we stopped at a little shop and picked up some breakfast foods. The storekeeper was very wise and just wrote out how much our total was and didn't try to get the message across. Lol. Then we came back to the hotel and I fell asleep pretty much right away. At like 9.  

John and I ready to go 

John was feeling all important with his laptop, kindle, blackberry, and tablet. Lol. 

Sunrise over England. 

Starbucks in Amsterdam. 

John playing piano. 

Epic clouds 

These clouds reminded me of Oren telling Sam that when you are mountain climbing and you climb past the clouds, you can walk on them. Lol. 

Kiev 

My "water no gas"

My yummy dinner :) 

Starting tomorrow I am using my actual camera to take pictures and so there will probably be little to no pictures on here... But I will upload them when I get home.