travel to Samara

Thirty hours is a long time to be traveling. Lots of sitting in airport terminals and in airplane seats. But Russia is far from California , and not just in terms of distance.  Ken is doing his best to go with the flow, which includes a mixed-bag of bureaucracy. Our out-of-his-comfort zone adventures during the past year have helped to settle us into a pleasant rhythm as travel companions. And although I tried to do everything humanly possible to create a smooth experience for his first trip to Russia, well, our arrival was not without snags. Aka bureaucracy. As in,…