Everything has been ticked off.Houston, we have lift off.Inch of Snow Brings London to a StandstillRiga For A DayWe made it to RussiaRussiaAndy V, we thought you might like this!University: Learning Amidst HistoryWedding AnniversarySunday stroll in the sunZa Zdorovie! (Cheers!)Today's explorationsCathedral CentralThe week continued...by JodiBIG Weekend!Russian experiencesLast week in St Pete's(Mis)AdventuresMoscow - Some fun answers to prayerOrphanage visitKremlin+15C!Warning: Rambling AheadSpecial Birthday CelebrationsEaster partyAn afternoon in town.VNDKhOur last visit at the babies home10 girls and snow come to stayAuschwitzWieliczka, PolandZakopane, PolandLwowek Slaski, PolandPrague in SpringFour countries in one day.4 countries cont.Ancient Sea-side CityThe View From the Ferry Split - DubrovnikNothing to do by the seasideRainRome was seen in a dayThe 300km homestretch!Leon, SpainDay OneBloody Hard Work!Up the MountainSnow!Cacabelos Albergue is the best one we have seen yetBrazilian AlberguePerserverence has its rewardsFantastic Lonely ForestsLoooong DayWalking With WalterWet DayPerserverence pays againThe Final Stage
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Wednesday the 28th of March 2007
Moscow, Russia
Tim: I feel like not a whole lot has happened in the last while. In the last entry Jodi mentioned that we went to an orphanage for children up to five years old. We visited there again today and got to spend two hours cuddling litlle kids this time. It is encouraging to see that the staff there are lovely. I think that most of them really like working with the kids and love them as much as they can. Today was un-noteworthy, and we had a good time. One of the groups of kids that we took outside for a walk were all about 6 months old. Maybe it is misleading to call it a group or a walk. We took four 6 month-old kids outside and sat in the sunshine. Apparently it was their first time to be taken outside....
Otherwise life here has been pretty quiet. We are staying in a particularly un-picturesque part of the city, which is also a fair distance from the city. Consequentially, it takes ages by public transport to get anywhere. With those as a sufficient deterents, if one is not careful, one can spend days on end without even going outside. I mean, why would you? As evidence to that said truth, Jodi and I have been doing a lot of reading. That's been interesting. I read a Russian 'classic' called The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgarkov. Apparently it is an allegory and I think my lack of modern Soviet History knowledge precludes from enjoying this particular book, on the grounds that I have Buckley's hope of understanding it. It was almost as weird as George MacDonalds 'Phantastes', from which I also felt a certain exclusion. So what if CS Lewis likes it?! Accordingly I have chosen to sail in more predictable, if still unfamiliar, waters and have started reading a political biography of Vladimir Putin.
On Sunday just gone we went to church with one of the women we are staying with. We had been invited especially, because her younger sister was celebrating her engagement that day. In Russia egagement provokes a public ceremony. Afterwards we shared some quality time with the family. It was interesting, there was the uncle named Sasha, who evidently had experience speaking with foreigners. He had gained this experience at his workplace I think. Although he had this experience he had little interest in talking with me. His wife on the other was enjoying talking to us, but was speaking very fast and using a broad vocabulary. After a period of converstaion, Sasha would mildly chastise his wife for not speaking in a way that I could understand, pointing out that I had said 'yes' and 'okay' at the right times, but obviously hadn't understood much. Despite his perceptiveness, he wasn't interested in talking with me.
Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of Vivi, the Brazilian leader of the team of YWAM that we are staying with. Today we bought our tickets for the train to Warsaw. Now we need to get our transit visas. On Friday we will be going to the Australian Embassy for a Down Under Club. We're looking forward to that. And we are thinking about skipping Rome and going on a train journey to Cinque Terre and then on through the south of France to Spain instead. That's all there is for the moment.
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