Moscow - Trip 2 - Day 11
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Today was a day for catching up on our rest. Rob felt like he was trying to catch a chest cold last night so aside from a quick trip to the grocery market for water, we stayed in the apartment all day, napped, and caught up on email & blog posts.
We were thrilled to hear news of Mark & Sinziana, who met their son, Diego Ivan Urban, and Nick & Beth, who met their new son, Jaxon Artyom Esposito, yesterday. The accounts of their first meeting of their "referrals" really brought back lots of memories & emotions from our first visit with Liam just a few short weeks ago.
Today’s downtime also gave me time to try my hand at splicing together some videos and uploading them to Google Video. Here’s a video of the changing of the guards at the Kremlin that we were on-hand for last Tuesday:
In a comment left on an earlier blog post, Christen had asked about the souvenirs we’ve bought while here. This seemed like a good opportunity to show you those too:
To wrap up this mish-mash of random thoughts for the day, Rob wanted me to mention that, from what he can tell, Russia doesn’t know that artificial sweetners exist. We haven’t seen any of the yellow, blue, or pink stuff even at the American chains like Hard Rock Cafe, Starbucks, or McDonald’s. So, if you’ve just gotta have some Splenda or such in your coffee or tea, be sure to pack a box in your suitcase!
We were thrilled to hear news of Mark & Sinziana, who met their son, Diego Ivan Urban, and Nick & Beth, who met their new son, Jaxon Artyom Esposito, yesterday. The accounts of their first meeting of their "referrals" really brought back lots of memories & emotions from our first visit with Liam just a few short weeks ago.
Today’s downtime also gave me time to try my hand at splicing together some videos and uploading them to Google Video. Here’s a video of the changing of the guards at the Kremlin that we were on-hand for last Tuesday:
In a comment left on an earlier blog post, Christen had asked about the souvenirs we’ve bought while here. This seemed like a good opportunity to show you those too:
To wrap up this mish-mash of random thoughts for the day, Rob wanted me to mention that, from what he can tell, Russia doesn’t know that artificial sweetners exist. We haven’t seen any of the yellow, blue, or pink stuff even at the American chains like Hard Rock Cafe, Starbucks, or McDonald’s. So, if you’ve just gotta have some Splenda or such in your coffee or tea, be sure to pack a box in your suitcase!
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posted by Dede at 9:15 PM
6 Comments:
I can't wait for Amberly to see that video she will really appriecate that. I am glade you are having some down time, I think you will be needing it. two more days......
Have you been able to see Liam at all during the wait?
when do you come back to the states?
Thanks for the Changing of the Guard video. Those poor guys must be frozen standing still all day. I'm sure they have warmers, but still.
Thanks for showing your souvenier purchases. They look really cute. I can't wait to go back so I can buy more. You can never buy too many.
Thanks for the post on the American Girls in Moscow. She has great kid friendly things to do in Moscow. I checked out a few just in case we have time to see the circus or a ballet show.
I love the video but I couldn't help think, "Please don't hit a slick spot, please don't hit a slick spot...." It would be slightly amusing but mostly painful if they hit a patch of ice while marching. The toys are beautiful! They will be wonderful mementos of the journey....the best being Liam of course ;)
Great video and thank you for showing us the souvenirs! Very cool stuff! I'm sure Liam will love having all of that when he is older.
How much longer do you have to go? Have you been able to visit with him at all during the wait?
Hey, we where the couple that almost went out to eat with you the first time you went before Christmas...anyway your photo's have been cracking me up...we bought almost all those souvenirs and your photo's have been almost scary close to the same ones we took :)
Enjoy your time there......
BTW: did you like how our mug was like $10 and the drink to go in was $11?
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