May 11th, Part Rob

HI!

Not much to report here. We are now sharing the posse with a family from KallyFornia so we're happy. They have a cute son and are adopting another. Mike (the dad) worked on the imaging team for the Cassini project at jpl so he's my hero (and will likely get annoyed before the end of the trip as I have alot of questions.)

Astana continues to be the biggest city us westerners have never heard about.
Pretty cool place... They have a Habanas Store tho I think it's quite pricey! 21$ for a torpedo cigar. So chip-let.... it's a good think you gave up smoking because these are too expensive for you!

So enjoy your day and Jen's Cavalcade of Crazy Russian Appliances (material dearth here).
We are on our way to see junior! (it's 11:27am here)
DASVIDAYNA!