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An international delight

June 28, 2007 | 3 Comments

Some treats always make a nice ice-breaker. He didn’t even need to speak or read english to understand what was in the bag. As a matter of fact he was even more than willing to share. In fact he insisted on everyone have an equal number. Oh, and he was also very particular about the [...]

Jun

28

Sashka (Video #2)

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is the second of several videos we took during our visit with Sashka. He was pretty worn out after a full day of running around the house like a madman. He chased me, I chased him, we played hide-and-seek…. So, it was time to start winding down with a good book. Yeah right!.. He [...]

Jun

28

More than meets the eye…

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sasha isn’t exactly what we expected. He’s much brighter and more energetic to say the least. And the size of his vocabulary really caught me off guard. He’s not even 5 yet but apparently he doesn’t realize that. There’s definitely a lot going on behind those big brown eyes and he’s not too shy about [...]

Jun

28

Sashka (Video #1)

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is the first of several short videos we took of Sasha (Sashka) during our first trip to Russia. This was the first opportunity we had to actually meet this little guy and as you can imagine he stole our hearts immediately.

Jun

28

Family resemblance?…

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Everyone kept commenting on how much we looked alike. Marina even started to tell people that she suspected I had been to Russia before .
Luda is the lady in the background. She was not only kind enough to open her entire home an family up to us during our stay in region, but [...]

Jun

28

Starting him out right

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It didn’t take him too long to warm up to us. I think he has a thing for technical gadgetry (just like his Papa). He was mesmerized by the computer (a Mac of course) and he had our digital camera mastered in practically no time at all. In this picture we were supposed to be [...]

Jun

28

Changing of the Guards – Red Square in Moscow

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Since we were in Moscow, after all, Dima took us to Red Square (see TONS of other pictures HERE). We arrived just in time to see the traditional changing of the guards and I was lucky enough to capture this short video of the event. Very Russian. Don’t you think?

Jun

28

Purchasing some souvenirs

June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Our first full day in Moscow was a pretty full one. We weren’t scheduled to board our train for Chevashiya until late that evening so we tried to keep ourselves busy. Dima (our driver – and new friend) must be one of the best tour guides in all of Moscow. He took us to the [...]

Jun

23

First post from Moscow!

June 23, 2007 | 2 Comments

We made it! The flight was L O N G. . . . I’ve never been able to sleep on a plane and Stacy didn’t fare much better. 11 hours in the air is a long time (especially when you’re not used to international travel). They certainly fed us well though. I managed to find [...]

Jun

22

Last post before boarding plane to Moscow

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well, we made it this far. We’re in Atlanta waiting to board the plan to Moscow. I can’t say that we’re excited about this part (an 11 hour plane trip). We need to check in now so hopefully I’ll have some sort of connectivity when we get to Russia.

Jun

16

The countdown begins

June 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

5 days and counting until we leave for Moscow. As you might imagine we’re full of emotions. It’s a mixture of excitement and nervous anticipation with a little anxiety and stress mixed in for good measure. We really don’t know exactly what to expect. We know that it’s about 15 hours in the air to [...]

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Sasha

June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is Sasha. He’s the little guy that’s causing the lion’s share of excitement in our life these days. There’s a great deal of anxiety, uncertainty and nervous tension around our first trip to meet him next week. We’re really not sure what to expect since we’ve never been to Russia before. But somehow it [...]