7 posts tagged “kazakhstan”
"If you think it's so easy to get your bride, you are wrong!" is what the Maid of Honor told me when I came to pick up Natalya. Here started my trials to claim my bride!
First I had to call out, "I love you, Natasha!" in Russian three times to get the key thrown down. Mostly successful--the first time I said, "I love Natasha!" and then I added the "you" the last two times.
Then I had to say the names I call her (like pet names) for each of these cut-out steps (like the ones they use to teach dancing), which I didn't do too badly at.
Then I had to pick out her lips from a paper with about 8 different lips. I got it on the second try.
I had to do more stuff, but that's all the videos I was able to make in the time allotted thus far...
Show us something you own that is from a different country.
Submitted by Rev Stan.
I got this little statue from my wife, Natalya. She bought it in Kazakhstan for me! I took this picture with my cell phone--that's why the quality isn't so great.
It says "Privyet eez Kokshetau" or "Greetings from Kokshetau!" Kokshetau is the city Natalya is from.
I added a video of her modelling her wedding dress taken shortly before I arrived to pick her up. It's here! Take a look! That's my wife!
If you can't see the above pictures, then you can go here and see any which one you want! I hope you like them!
Just a quick note...
The wedding went great! It started at 12 and ended at around 12:30, that night, and then started again the next day. The ceremony itself lasted only for about 10 minutes, but that was the easiest part.
Now I'm pretty much relaxing and taking it easy.
There is SO much to describe and SO many pictures and videos, I have material for ages. I'm sure you'll be tired of hearing about it.
I'll just leave you with one thing that happened during the wedding. I had to dance the Can-Can with another two guys to get Natalya's shoe back. I'll explain later, and yes, I have the video.
Take care, and wish me luck for the trip back!
In what country did the largest industrial accident happen in 1984?
It is widely regarded as the largest industrial accident ever. The answer will be at the bottom of this post, in the form of a link.
Yesterday, I participated in the Pub Quiz at O'Reilly's Irish Pub yesterday with Beau, Stephanie, Matt, and Natalya. It was pretty easy for us, except for the above question. There was one that had a medley of 7 songs that were just a snippet of theme songs from 70s TV shows and movies. We missed one from a German TV show and we missed The Streets of San Francisco, but we got The Godfather, Superman, The Six Million Dollar Man (thanks to Beau), Jaws, & Star Wars. By the way, the one country that has no exports in Europe is Monaco.
Wedding Paperwork
Also, yesterday Natalya & I went on a paperwork hunt for some stamps & seals. We had to get notarized and get an Apostille for my document saying that I am free to marry. Now we just have to get that translated into Russian (the translator is working on that right now) and we'll be all set! Well, we hope we will be. Everybody pray that all our paperwork gets accepted by the authorities in Kazakhstan and we come home with a legal marriage certificate that we can use here in Germany as well. I think we'll have to get an Apostille while in Kazakhstan for our marriage certificate. No problem!
Answer: Highlight the text below and click on the link.
Don't let the picture fool you, it wasn't USSR or even Ukraine. The Chernobyl disaster happened in 1986, and has approx. 4,100 deaths attributed to it. This disaster happened two years earlier and has more than three times the number of deaths Chernobyl has attributed to it, and I don't remember hearing about it. I definitely remember hearing about Chernobyl, though.
I have some great news! Natalya recently got back from Kazakhstan and while she was there, she was arranging some of the details of our wedding! We are going to have it on the 18th of August in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan! I am really looking forward to it!!! I haven’t blogged in awhile because I’ve had a cold since before Natalya got back and I just haven’t felt like it. I still have the cold and hopefully will be over it soon, but that doesn’t make me feel any less happy about getting married! J
