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Russian language lesson for the day: SHYOT = pronounced Shit also means "bill", like "May I have the bill, please?"
Anyway, moving on. T
oday our day consisted of sleeping in, as we did not have anyth
ing scheduled till 3:15, for a 4:00 pm meeting with the judge. We enjoyed breakfast, and then talked with two other couples from Pennsylvania who are staying here as well. They both adopted older children (Boy 9 Girl 8) through a summer hosting program. We will see them again tomorrow in Moscow. As they are staying at the same hotel.
Court was good, calm, and efficient. Our translator was great and our facilitator only made one comment. He stated that we should keep our answers, shorter, direct, and less detailed. He attributed this to our good natured hearts. The judge asked some bizzare questions and had a stone face. Other adoptive parents felt intimidated, but for us it seemed like it was a game to see if we whould crack under pr
essure. In any case our court hearing is set for 5/19 @ 11:30am that means we have to leave again for Russia on the 15th, arriving the 16th. We have a detailed schedule, but will post that at a later time.
Cathy and I walked about the town of TVER today. We did some soveniur (sp?) shopping, went into a Russian mall and took some pictures. Today we are including a picture of our facilitator (Alexyea - Male) and translator (Luba - Female), a picture of us in front of the court building, a picture we forgot to upload yesterday of the shopping district, and finally one of the University (AKA as High School).
Tonight we plan on finishing our beers, doing a little packing and attempting to order Pizza. We find it funny that the Russians copy many things of ours. Some examples are potato chips in different flavors, certain brands of clothing (big black market), candies, movies and the list goes on.
We are headed back to Moscow tommorrow at 10:00 am. At 1:00 we are scheduled for a tour of Red Square, Kremlin, the city itself, cathedrals and hopefully Lenins tomb (time permitting). I am not so sure we will update tomorrow, but we will try.
Love, Scott and Cathy
Russian language lesson for the day: SHYOT = pronounced Shit also means "bill", like "May I have the bill, please?"
Anyway, moving on. T
oday our day consisted of sleeping in, as we did not have anyth
ing scheduled till 3:15, for a 4:00 pm meeting with the judge. We enjoyed breakfast, and then talked with two other couples from Pennsylvania who are staying here as well. They both adopted older children (Boy 9 Girl 8) through a summer hosting program. We will see them again tomorrow in Moscow. As they are staying at the same hotel.Court was good, calm, and efficient. Our translator was great and our facilitator only made one comment. He stated that we should keep our answers, shorter, direct, and less detailed. He attributed this to our good natured hearts. The judge asked some bizzare questions and had a stone face. Other adoptive parents felt intimidated, but for us it seemed like it was a game to see if we whould crack under pr
essure. In any case our court hearing is set for 5/19 @ 11:30am that means we have to leave again for Russia on the 15th, arriving the 16th. We have a detailed schedule, but will post that at a later time.Cathy and I walked about the town of TVER today. We did some soveniur (sp?) shopping, went into a Russian mall and took some pictures. Today we are including a picture of our facilitator (Alexyea - Male) and translator (Luba - Female), a picture of us in front of the court building, a picture we forgot to upload yesterday of the shopping district, and finally one of the University (AKA as High School).
Tonight we plan on finishing our beers, doing a little packing and attempting to order Pizza. We find it funny that the Russians copy many things of ours. Some examples are potato chips in different flavors, certain brands of clothing (big black market), candies, movies and the list goes on.
We are headed back to Moscow tommorrow at 10:00 am. At 1:00 we are scheduled for a tour of Red Square, Kremlin, the city itself, cathedrals and hopefully Lenins tomb (time permitting). I am not so sure we will update tomorrow, but we will try.
Love, Scott and Cathy
posted by Scott and Cathy at 6:40 AM
10 Comments:
Congratulations! Can't wait to meet the little guy - he's so adoreable! Couldn't have asked for a better addition to the family! Have a safe trip back!
See ya when I'm a college grad;)!
Love,
Nicole
hi guys, still checking in on you. hope all is going well. scott, james said to bring him home some of those chips to try--NOT! anyhoo, be safe and fill us in when you return! j,m,b & d
HI GUYS.I'm glad everything is going ok. We will have to find a Russian restaurant here since you like the food. have fun, see you soon. love DAD
Scott & Kathy
Your son is beautiful! I can see how nothing else matters after looking into those eyes. Looking forward to hearing all your stories when you come back. Have a safe trip back.
Fondly
Patty Iannucci
Thanks for the lesson in Russian. Pizza sounds good right about now. Thanks for making me hungry. I'd be so jealous if you visited Lenin's tomb. That's the closest thing to communism as you can get today. If you get a chance to go into the tomb, please take a picture (if they allow cameras). I'm really interested in what he looks/looked like.
Hi Scott and Cathy
Dad and I are glad everything went well for you. Enjoy your visit tomorrow and have a safe flight home.
Love,
Mom and Dad
God Bless you two...your blog from yesterday had me crying at my desk at work! Haha. I'm so excited for you and Alex - he's truly lucky to have you now and vice versa. Enjoy the sight-seeing tomorrow and have a safe trip home. Can't wait to hear all about it.
Cathy & Scott,
Enjoy the sight-seeing trip tomorrow and have a safe flight home. Miss you and love you.
Mom
Scott and Cathy,
Great to hear things went well for you today in court. Hopefully, you can enjoy some relatively relaxing sight seeing tomorrow (or I guess that is actually today for you now). Hope you have a safe trip home. Look forward to seeing you and hearing many stories from your eventful trip.
Love,
Kraig and Tracy
Have a safe trip home! I printed out the blogs and brought them down to mom-mom and pop-pop to keep them updated. They are so excited for both of you. See you soon! We have a lot of shopping to do! :) Love Aunt Caryn
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