If David is reading this, it's important he know that I found 5 (five) free tickets to Eastern Ukraine. There's a very nice Aeroflot Tupolev 19 taking off from Pawtucket, Maine every other Friday at 6:00 am. It's an oldie but goodie, and pay no attention to the duck tape. The tickets to Weehauken never showed up ... must have gone to a previous winner.
The
Aeroflot Tupolev 19 sounds like a nice upgrade from last time I flew
Aeroflot-Rossiyskiye avialinii and got stuck in the baggage hold of an
Ilyushin Il-14. I should have read the fine print a bit more carefully.
The family is looking forward to some of that fresh
Dnipropetrovsk air! With only 5 tickets, one of them (Duncan, in case you're wondering) drew the short straw to stay home and take care of the cats.
But that's OK, because I promised to pick up one of those Australian safari packages Zakharchenko has been handing out when we swing through Donetsk.
We're loading the old station wagon right now!