http://www.kzadoption.com/2009/04/01/the-skif-hotel-petropavlovsk-kazakhstan/ Our Kazakhstan Adoption Epic Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kzadoption.com/2009/04/01/the-skif-hotel-petropavlovsk-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-5958 trish Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:10:52 +0000 http://www.kzadoption.com/?p=22#comment-5958 I loved the Skif. I was there for 58 days during Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations. The staff was friendly, and kind....a place I would look forward to visiting agin. It's not fancy, but it IS homey!! Being in the middle of winter, I wasn't able to do a lot of walking, site seeing due to the terribly cold weather. I resigned myself to starting at the top of the menu and working my way down, so I would have an idea of the food in my child's birth country. When I returned home, I longed for their fresh bread, butter tea, and tropicanka (fruit with yogart on top). Blini's were awesome. (Crepe like with curds for breakfast). Stuffed chicken leg, soup for lunch with fresh bread, butter and cheese, and later in the afternoon tea. They had a small beauty salon off of the lobby area, and laundry can be done for a price, but I did mine by hand and hung them in the room to dry. The feast for New Year's Eve party was wonderful. I think to attend was $50 USD, but it was an all night affair, and an abundance of delicious food and entertainment. I LOVED the Skif and look forward to taking my child back to see where we stayed waiting for the paperwork to be finalized.....it was home!! I loved the Skif. I was there for 58 days during Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations. The staff was friendly, and kind….a place I would look forward to visiting agin. It’s not fancy, but it IS homey!! Being in the middle of winter, I wasn’t able to do a lot of walking, site seeing due to the terribly cold weather. I resigned myself to starting at the top of the menu and working my way down, so I would have an idea of the food in my child’s birth country. When I returned home, I longed for their fresh bread, butter tea, and tropicanka (fruit with yogart on top). Blini’s were awesome. (Crepe like with curds for breakfast). Stuffed chicken leg, soup for lunch with fresh bread, butter and cheese, and later in the afternoon tea. They had a small beauty salon off of the lobby area, and laundry can be done for a price, but I did mine by hand and hung them in the room to dry.
The feast for New Year’s Eve party was wonderful. I think to attend was $50 USD, but it was an all night affair, and an abundance of delicious food and entertainment.
I LOVED the Skif and look forward to taking my child back to see where we stayed waiting for the paperwork to be finalized…..it was home!!

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