Yes, really! KAZAKHSTAN

[Updated below with a link to a news story on the parade.] written by Kevin We're in the middle of a three day holiday in Kazakhs...

written by Robyn Kazakhstan prides itself on a long history of welcoming other peoples of different faiths and traditions. Part of the a...

Written by Robyn and Kevin. We know we've neglected our blog for the last several weeks, but have some new stories and adventures to s...

Written by Robyn on February 10, 2014, but neglected to post until now. Yes, we're still in Kazakhstan. But we have changed apartments...

Posted by Robyn . I had no idea. Sure, I've heard of International Women's Day. and thought it was a Soviet relic of a holiday.....

Posted by Robyn Only 2 hours ahead of Sochi, we are getting lots of live coverage of the Winter Olympics. In Russian. and in Kazakh.  (The...

Posted by Kevin As of this morning there's a 20% off sale on your travel to Kazakhstan. Well sort of. The Kazakhstan Central Bank a...

That polar vortex blasting the US of late?  That is typical winter weather in Astana. Having said that, until the last week or so, Ast...

It's hard to know yet what the normal pace of life is here... Things seem to start later, end earlier and take longer than we're u...

The first time I arrived in Kazakhstan, I was struck by the well-dressed passengers waiting for luggage with me... designer bags, ...

Pretty much every day we run into what we affectionately call "business opportunities" to provide a good or service that could be ...

What is KCCMP?  No,  not an acronym of a former Soviet Republic, but it is the acronym for what has brought us here to Kazakhstan. I ...

That is not a typo.  Today we are in Kyrgyzstan, just a short flight from our new home in Kazakhstan. As it's worked out, Kevin and I ...

Our route to Kazakhstan involved two stops after leaving Los Angeles.  Thus, we shipped some of our excess baggage - items we'd need on ...

As the calendar approached December 25, our thoughts turned to stockings, trees and the traditions that we love at this time of year.  A wh...

Last night I loaded up our front load washing machine with clothes and detergent and started it up. Later I went to empty it but instead ...