Saraychik

Today the boys and I went north about 45 minutes to a small city called Saraychik. It used to be an important city many hundreds of years ago, but now it is just something to go do while living in Atyrau. The first stop was the local museum. Since we didn't have a translator we did not get the full understanding of the history, but that was okay. We were welcomed by an older Kazakh man into the museum. We took off our shoes and paid the $5 for all of three of us to enter. The museum was lined with artifacts from around the area and had a map of the city in the center. The boys enjoyed seeing the old money and map. As we were leaving we were asked to sign a guest book. Mason wrote his name so beautiful and neat. I was so proud and told him his name would be there forever for everyone to see.


The last stop was the local archeological site by the river. It is kind of sad because the river has actually washed away part of a burial spot. Cameron and Mason had fun digging and it was eerie to see human bones and coffins sticking out of the ground about to fall as the wall of dirt moves. When I asked the boys what was their favorite part, Cameron said, "Digging up coins and bones" and Mason said, "Digging up bones." Nothing seems to faze them.

Got to go?