Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Russia on one pair of underwear...


For now. I was grody when I took this pic at dinner in our hotel at 9. Maybe we'll get bags tomorrow on the next British Air flight. We don't have them because of the storm that kept us on the runway in Newark for 2.5 hrs! So we literally ran through Heathrow airport in London (and our bags were checked through)... 80% frustration, 20% learning experience. The Russian system for reporting a lost bag involves a customs stamp on two of the exact same forms, then a third exact same form in another office. Each person had to go through this, one-by-one. We were at the airport until 6:30 or 7 after a 4pm arrival! The only thing that compares to this is a trip to a Russian post office. The folks here are learning quickly that there's one way...and the Russian way.