The US Embassy and the Russian Consolate.

So yesterday we had out appointment at the US Embassy. It was interesting. While we were there, a man came up to Leah, said something to her and handed her a CD. We were all confused. Her eyes were huge, but we had no idea the significance of what happened. It was clearly him on the CD, but we did not know who he was. So she comes to the apartment and puts it in the player and immedicately starts singing along to the CD.

So we assume this is someone, but who? So I google Nicolai Baskov. Well, it turns out, he is a very famous Russian singer. He sings opera and pop music. He won entertainer of the year in 2009 in Russia and the Ukrain. I think I saw on his website that he is touring in America, which would explain why he was inside the US embassy. So what are the chances. No wonder Leah's eyes were so wide.

Back to the adoption..... So we take the girls' visas to be registered at the Russian Consulate. I was very nervous with everything going on, but the man we spoke with was very pleasant. He wrote a bunch of stuff down and then had us sign something (a log or something) and we were done in about 10 minutes.

We are planning to go to the Kremlin tonight and St Basal's, maybe the zoo tomorrow and the flea market Sunday. I am trying to talk Leah into the Ballet, but not sure how that will happen. There are also many ballets closed right now, so it is hard to find something.

On another note. We are praying that the Iceland volcano stops spewing ash. It is right in our flight path and our airlines has cancelled yesterday and today's flights already, hopefully it will clear by Tuesday. I also assume we will have a full flight!