France Bordeaux first

     In a months time Nastya and I will make the great long journey to France. We will be without Pasha for a whole month and a half. I wonder how Nastya will be but also me and Pasha have never been gone this long without Pasha a world away. There are so many places I would love to visit, but because of money here are some of the places I would love to see or do.

Bordeaux- Is the world's wine industry capitol. It's home to the biggest wine fair Vinexpo, while the wine economy in the metro area moves 14.5 billion Euros each year. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century.

Wine tasting-Bordeaux has 287,000 acres of vineyards. So imagine that they make approximately 996,000 bottles of wine a year

Place De Quinconces- it is one of the largest city squares in Europe. This place is huge and it was damaged in WWII but they fixed what had happened and it is fully restored.

Grand Théâtre De Bordeaux-It is an old theatre erected in 1780 and one of the first places to have Marius Petipa as a ballet performer.

They have a lot of famous Churches and Chateau's, museums and parks that I would love to see as well.

The centre of town. At night they light everything up and they say its the best time to see the city.

The Palais Royale

The three Cathedrals:St. Andre, St. Michel and Saint Seurin de Cadourne

Esplande des Quinconces

Kalinyuk Travel's

     We love to travel. Whether it is as a family or just Pasha and I. We have gone to a lot of places but not as much as I would like to have gone. Nastya has been on airplanes so much when she was young I have it down to a T for the younger ones. First feed on landing and takeoff or give a paci to them so the ears pop and don't hurt them and second take a carry one with all the toys and diapers forget the diaper bag. You can also take drinks for them. One perk of flying that I love is that we get to board first up until the youngest turns 12. Even if you want to send your child overseas and they are an unaccompanied minor, you can pay an extra 50-300$ to have someone take care of them in the air or to just be there with them. It is actually a cool feature. One thing I would always suggest you do in the airport is to never go through the x-ray machine unless you almost never travel otherwise you don't know what you are getting yourself into.

     Nastya loves the window seats. I remember a time where she was about 4 months old and it had been her 2nd flight of her life and I was nursing her and she stripped of the cover and then let go of my boob and it  turned into a boob show. She has always done very well. Now to the huge part. We might be going to France for Christmas and part of January. We got her passport in the works and hoping to purchase tickets in the month of December maybe earlier. My Best friend Aurelie is French and when she came to see me before I gave birth to Nastya I told her that I would come when she has a baby. So she is about 33-35 weeks and she looks great. They are naming her Elise which I think is a beautiful name and I am excited to see who she looks like. So hopefully the little one and I can go and make it a trip of a lifetime again.

 Aurelie about 30/33 weeks

Aurelie about 20/22 weeks