Good Day,
It is the middle of the night here and it is pouring down rain (Jackson it is raining cats and dogs). Being the light sleeper that I am I thought I might as well get up and do something besides lay sleeps in the room. Having grown up as a child on the East coast and remembering the summer rains and the fond memories I find the sound very pleasing even if it is keeping me up this evening/morning.
My quick story on the pictures is as follows:
Picture 1) The first view of the Church where we visited today.
Picture 2) A closer view of the entrance to the Church where we visited today. We went to the caves located on the Church grounds. An experience for all. The caves take you what seems like a long way down under the ground. I thought the ground was shaking under there and maybe experienced for the first time a touch of claustrophobia. For Andy the challenge was his height since a large portion of the caves were not much taller than me (mama mia - the poor fellow).
Picture 3) My beloved and me somewhere in Kiev.
Picture 4) Olga and Ira on the Church grounds. Ira is Olga's niece. It was a delight to meet Ira and as you can see she is a beautiful young lady and has an equally lovely personality.
Picture 5) Olga, Ira, Andy, Lena and Vadim at the train station in Kiev. Lena is also Olga's niece and Ira's sister. Vadim and Lena are boyfriend and girlfriend. Vadim studied English at the University and speaks English amazingly well and was helpful in clearly translating stories that got some good giggles.
Picture 6) It is a special day when there is more than one picture of me. Andy and Audrey on the Church grounds in Kiev.
We had another grand and very full day today. We were warmly welcomed by all of Olga's family. Being busy has been a blessing for both us since waiting is HARD and we get to go to Pryluky tomorrow evening.
We had a lot of very good laughs today regarding the many similarities in English and Russian. It was also a great honor to have the opportunity to spend the entire weekend with what feels like family in a land far from home.
Thanks for all the e-mails and posts to the blog as it is nice to wake up to look and see that there is someone on the other end of cyber world.
Good night/Good Day - Love,
A&A
2 comments:
Hi Audrey and Andy,
Looks like you managed to keep yourself busy over the past few days scouting out Kiev. How exciting to know their's a girl coming your way. I look forward to your upcoming news.
If you get bored again, feel free to check out what Kevin and I did last weekend at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXFsyxu1PPU
Stay well.
Love and Hugs,
Laura and Kevin
Hi A and A,
Your photos are great! Thanks for keeping everyone up-to-date. I am so happy for you that you in line for a little girl; how wonderful!!!
We are having a last luncheon for Roman today at Cozymel's. We will miss his outgoing personality around here.
It looks like you are having a wonderful trip. We can't wait to see the newest addition to your family.
Cheers,
Suzanne
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