Day 4 of 10

Today was another beautiful day in Astrakhan! One of our interpreters gave us a mini tour around Astrakhan this afternoon. We walked to the Kremlin and then to the downtown area. It was nice to see the sites and hear more history of Astrakhan. We really enjoyed her company and she was very interested in American culture as well.

We had a late visit with LP today, which we discovered he loves Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Of course the words are different but I think he recognizes the rhythm. Luke and I were commenting how similar his personality traits are to his sisters. He is very curious, but serious. He is sweet and patient. It will be interesting to see how he acts outside of the orphanage. One of the Spanish couples were at the orphanage during our visit again. This entire time, they have only spoken Spanish and then today out of the blue the husband started talking to us clear as day in English. We were able to chat with them and share/swap stories.

Tomorrow we will have an early visit with LP and then we have to drop off the other family at the airport. We are heading to bed early as we are EXHAUSTED ( it is almost 9:00pm here). All that fresh air and playing has worn us down.

Dah svee dahn yah ( Good Bye) - it sounds exactly like it looks!