Today after the Embassy doctor came to examine Vika and lil' E, and we met with our coordinator O to complete some paperwork, we were off to do some site-seeing here in Moscow.
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| Miss Vika is all ready to go |
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| Complete with a big smile |
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| The famous Church of Basil...like nothing I have ever seen |
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| Mama, Vika, Auntie Steph, Cindy and lil' E |
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| Church of Basil |
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| Mama and Vika |
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| Cindy, lil' E, Vika and Mama |
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Vika, Mama, Auntie Stephie, Cindy and lil' E standing outside
the wall that surrounds the Kremlin |
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| One of the 20 watch towers along the wall |
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Vika, Mama, Auntie Stephie, Cindy, and lil' E
with the clock tower in the background |
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The flag flying means the President is inside working...
it is lowered if he is not on the "property" |
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| the wall surrounding the Kremlin |
This is inside the most aMaZiNg mall, I've ever seen!!!
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Vika on a horse
(she's ready for YOU to take her for a ride Beth) |
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| Vika and Mama |
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| Auntie Stephie and Vika riding the horse together |
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| the mamas' with their lil' ones: V and E |
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| Auntie Stephie with Vika |
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| Auntie Stephie, Vika, Cindy and lil E |
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| Auntie Stephie, Vika, Cindy and lil E |
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| Mama with Vika and Cindy with lil' E |
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| Church of Basil |
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| One of the Seven Sisters |
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| Kremlin Palace |
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Inside the Wall
the domes of the Annunciation Cathedral and Archangel Cathedral |
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| Mamas' with our lil' ones |
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| Watch tower in front of the three churches |
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| Mama and Vika |
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| The south western wall along the river |
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Russian Orthodox Church
the Patriarchate of Moscow |
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Russian Orthodox Church
the Patriarchate of Moscow |
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| Mamas' with our babies |
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| Auntie Stephie holding Vika |
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| Swan Lake (frozen) |
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| The nunnery |
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| the convent's property |
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| Auntie Steph and Vika (nunnery in the background) |
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| Mama and Vika |
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| Mama and Vika (nunnery in the background) |
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| Part of the Nunnery |
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one of the towers where they kept women
prisoners...aka the Dukes could send their
wives here when they were tired of them
and get remarried. |
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| Entrance to a famous cemetery |
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| The largest of the Seven Sisters (a college) |
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| Auntie Steph and Vika |
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| Mama with Vika |
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| Mama and Vika (at the city's highest point) |
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| Mama and Vika |
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| My favorite picture of Auntie Stephie with her niece |
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| a small church |
There you have it...some of the sites in Moscow. Once again, pictures do not do this city justice.
Tomorrow we have our appointments at the US Embassy at 11:30, to get Vika and lil' E's Visas. Then we register them and wait...once that's completed, we'll be on our way to the states! Woot Woot!!!
