A day on the streets of Kiev

Hi all,

We both slept quite well last night, until about 1AM! Then we both lay awake for a while and willed ourselves back to sleep. Michele was done with this by about 5:30, so we decided to get up and say 'hi' to the kids, since it was about 8:30 PM. It was nice to see and talk to them.

We did quite a bit of walking around and even got the stacking dolls that we'll bring home for Clark and Chris.

Our hotel is right across the street from independence square and very convenient. What do you think is one of the first things you see when you walk to the square?

Yep...good ol' McDonalds. We haven't eaten there yet as we're pretty adventurous and like trying more "local" fare, even if we don't know what we're ordering!

We walked up through a nice park where Michele saw a man with a bunch of pigeons. She really, really wanted to get a pic of him, so walked over to him with the camera. He had different plans, however, and pulled her up next to him so the pigeons would land on her arms like his....here's the pic:

In Michele's own words, "Super icky...". She even made me pour out my bottle of water on her hands when she was able to get away...and even after that, we had to go back to the hotel to wash with soap!! :)

Anyway, that was probably the most "interesting" part of the day. We ate lunch at a little chinese restaurant which had pictures of the dishes on the menu. That made it easier to order, since it was all in Russian cyrilic...

Michele spoke with Heidi and Carol today as well. They are travelling back to Kiev tonight on the train and we hope to meet up with them sometime tomorrow afternoon. She also spoke with another couple here in Kiev to adopt, from Phoenix, Marci and Josh McEachern. Perhaps we'll meet up with them too before we go to Kherson.

We're looking forward to our SDA appointment tomorrow. Please continue to pray. While things are very certain in our own minds, they are likely less certain in everyone else's.

Here are some other random snapshots from the day:

The Dnipro River running through Kiev:

Bruce after washing Michele's hands with his bottled water:

The main column of St. Sofia's Cathedral (I think):

Michele by in Independence Square:

More tomorrow.

Ciao,

Bruce & Michele