Destination USA

It's Saturday morning in Moscow and since the wind chill has the thermostat reading well below zero, we are more than ready to make our trip back home. We ventured out earlier to get a picture in Red Square in front of St. Basil's Cathedral. And, it's safe to say Mom and Dad were more interested in that than the kids. With it being so cold, we darted from the cab to the Cathedral and back in about four minutes.

We fly out around 3:30 p.m. today, arrive in NYC's JFK airport around 6 p.m. and then stay over at Newark's airport before an early a.m. flight on Sunday. The 10+ hour flight from Moscow to NYC could be a real adventure, but we're hoping the kids do okay. They did well on the flight from Rostov to Moscow, but that one only took 90 minutes. We'll see what happens.

The highlight of today will be landing in NYC. The way the U.S. Embassy drafts the paperwork, Bo and Ellie will officially become U.S. citizens once the wheels of the plane touch the runway. Since Russians tend to clap for plane landings, the kids will get a round of applause to mark the occasion.

Last night was good fun. We carried in all kinds of Russian food from various vendors and had somewhat of a potluck on the fourth floor gathering area of our hotel. We joined the Robinsons from Texas and another couple we met earlier in the week from Baltimore. All the kids had a good time playing with each other.

That's all for now. We'll post more when we get back to Indianapolis.