Russia Trip 2 Journal

We used this for our baby announcement picture. Sept. 4, 2007 Well, Im back at my dingy little internet cafe, but I actually kind of like it.  Yesterday I paid 40 rubles (that would be about $1.65) for a hard stool to sit on.  Today I paid 50 rubles ($2) and I get a comfy [...]

Matt in our room.  A nice room. August 30, 2007  Moscow 9:40pm.  Back in the room we had bread, cheese, salami and wine for dinner.  Ilyusha had oatmeal cereal, tagliatelle cream pasta with broccoli (Russian baby food) and apple-mango with curd cheese.  Mmm. Yummy.  He eats well.  I’m sitting here at the desk looking out [...]

This is my favorite picture of Matt in Russia.  Perplexed by the menu. Tuesday night, August 28th, 2007 Andrei came by at 6pm tonight.  He gave us Ilya’s new Russian passport with his new name on it in Russian.  Ilya Neyl Devis. I guess that is how they spell it in Russia.  That was exciting. [...]

The view out the window of Ilya’s (Luke’s) room August 27, 2007 The PreTrial All is going well.  Yesterday Matt napped while Emma and I had lunch in the snack bar in the hotel.  $20 for a small bowl of soup, 2 pieces of bread (they charge for each piece,) a side of mashed potatoes, a small juice [...]