Moscow Update

(Posted from an email sent to family & friends)

Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:47 PM
Subject: Moscow Update

It's our third day in Moscow and everything is still going well and full speed ahead! Today, I went to the US embassy with our translator Natasha so that we could apply for US Visas the boys need prior to leaving Russia. We have our exit interview at the US Embassy tomorrow afternoon.

After that, all we have left to do is register the boys at the Russian Consulate. We plan to do this on Thursday. We are scheduled to leave Moscow on Saturday evening and fly into Amsterdam where we'll spend the night before leaving for Minneapolis on Sunday morning. We are scheduled to touch down in Minneapolis at around 1:00PM on Sunday afternoon and we can't wait!

Since we've been in Moscow, we've had a chance to sample some of the Russian cuisine but we really haven't had a chance to do any sightseeing yet. Hopefully we'll get a chance to do that on Friday.

Mom and dad are still holding up and, not unlike Jess and I, are still a bit culture shocked. People are really different here although all the people we have worked with have been superb and very helpful.

Five days and counting...

Pat & Jess