Karkaralinsk or Bust!

Hey all. Swearing in is tomorrow morning and then we load up on trains and head out. I think PC brought up an entire train heading north. ha. It is going to be a mess with all our bags, but that is part of the adventure. By this time tomorrow I'll be in Karkaraly (Karkaralinsk in Russian). My counterpart seems like a nice woman and is already lovingly calling me "Little John". We'll see. I'll post next from Central Kazakhstan!