In Moscow

Today we are in Moscow. We really wanted to stay a couple more days visiting Ruslan, but since his orphanage is on a military base, they were closed over this long weekend. Not sure why but it is a 3-day weekend for them. Anyway, we took the long train back to Moscow. We were planning to stay with a host family, but ended up at the Marriott Tverskaya. All the conveniences of home. The contrast is kind of weird for us. We got lost on the huge subway system, but finally found our way to the State Tretyakov Gallery, one of the largest art museums in the world. We had a great dinner at a small cafe near the Gallery and found our way home. We think we may have the subway system down. We really miss Ruslan. It will be very hard leaving him here. I still can't believe that we found him. He was genuinely happy to see us also. We can't stop thinking about him. I keep seeing his little face blowing us kisses good-bye. Just had to add this picture of us with Ruslan.