This has been a busy day! I think we took almost every mode of public transportation. We took a bus, subway, stair train, and taxi.

We had our appointment at the adoption center at noon. It was very interesting. Usually families have to go through many notebooks with pictures and information about orphans. We know who we want To adopt, so we didn't do that. We were able to get information that we didn't know about Anya. Next Monday we go to the city that the orphanage is in. We will meet with the inspector and then go to the orphanage to see Anya. We haven't seen her for almost two years. We were hoping to go on Friday but we can't meet with the inspector until Monday.

We also went to the American Embassy to be fingerprinted. Our fingerprints and background check that we had done before were expired. The people were very friendly and helpful. While we were there we met a who an from Georgia who is adopting two boys. The adoption is final and they hope to leave in two days. It was encouraging hearing a little of their story.

For lunch we went to a shopping mall. There were several floors. The restaurant was on the upper floor. We enjoy Ukrainian food. I hope with all the walking we are doing it will prevent too much weight gain! For dinner our facilitator made borscht. It was wonderful!

Tomorrow we will post some pictures. If you read this blog please make a comment so we know it is being read. :-)