Neither Rain nor Snow...

Today Kiev shut down due to the snow cleanup that is still underway.  Our coordinator thinks it will take days for the city to completely recover.  Yesterday vehicles were parked where people had left them.  Buses were in the road along with tractor trailers and various cars.  Wherever they became stuck or ran out of gas that is where they sat.

Outside the apartment

dig out in progress

I was worried that the embassy would also be closed but thankfully there was a skeleton crew there to handle immigration and passport requests.  Aside from having to hike in the last mile or two things went very smoothly.  By now we're used to the standard steps.

Hiking in

1.  Hurry up

2.  Wait

3.  Wait more

4. Fill out paper work

5.  Wait

6. Answer questions

Embassy

7.  Wait

8.  Smile and nod

9.  Pay money

10.  Leave

 (Sometimes #8 includes shutting
   up but not this time)

Hiking out

Mission Accomplished heading home

A special thanks to the family who adopted David, pictured next to Julia.  They have been by our side during the entire adoption process here in the Ukraine.  Today David's papa snapped pictures while I just tried to keep from killing myself on the ice.  We were both successful in our efforts ;-)
Tomorrow we have our medical appointment at 9 AM, and then we return at 2 PM to pick up our visas.  From there it's a 6:40 AM flight home.  America here we come!