Shopping...

A came by around 10:00 am to get us to go to the "Green Market" the most famous of shopping in Almaty according to A. We stopped and picked up the LMI couple that arrived at 1:00 am and off we went. It is like a giant indoor/outdoor flea market, complete with lots of vegetables and meat. The meat is just laying out on tables for you to choose from (huge chunks of it I might add). There was even the famous horse meat. A says she understands why I am turned off at the thought of horse meat, we think of them as pets, like she her cat. Ok sort of yes. I told her we ride horses in Texas we don't eat them...lol. Here is the outside of the famous Green Market



After this adventure we went to the grocery store again with the new couple and bought our supplies for the week and their first supplies. They are a very nice couple, we are going to the same orphanage tomorrow so maybe that will make the hour and a half drive not seem so long. Here is our wonderful supermarket....

Actually the "supermarket" part is in the basement, the rest of the building is made up of little shops, kind of like our mini malls. This is where we get the cheaper nursat cards.

Today was Kazakhstan's Republic Day and in honor of this they had a festival and fireworks today. David and I walked about a mile and a half (one way) to see the festivities. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Well, tomorrow is the big day (actually today since it is 12:15) so we better get ourselves to bed. David says hi everyone. Talk to everyone later.