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08/06/2004: "Almost time for the trip"
Well just over 1 week from now we'll be heading to russia (wow!). We've been getting stuff together for the trip. We just picked up a converter and a few adapters for power over there (They run 220V vs the 110V we run here). We've got our hotels booked and the flights all set so we are all set travel wise.
Crystal is still figuring out what to wear but I'm pretty much all set. We've been talking to a lot more people who have traveled lately or will be traveling soon with everyone exchanging tips/thoughts. It's great to be able to talk to people who have already done this.
We get to fly right out of madison which is a great thing, we were dreading a 2hour drive back from chicago after a 2 day flight. The trip from the madison airport to our house is only about 20 minutes so much easier to handle with jetlag.
Next week then we'll start getting everything together and start some of the packing, our flight is a 6am flight out of madison so we'll have to be there very very early. Of course we'll see how much we sleep the night before! Might be easier to stay up 
We are so anxious to meet our daughter, we've been watching the video and the pictures we have of her. But actually being able to hold her and play with here is going to be so great!
We should have internet access while we are there so we'll probably be posting pictures in the gallery on this site and checking mail/forums. Khabarovsk is 16 hours ahead of the central time in the US so expect us at odd hours
Adam