Vladimir Putin wrecked my day
Addendum to the blog
This post was written on May 17, 2010 but due to technical difficulty in Ukraine, didn’t get posted. Here it is.
Today we woke up to barricades and militia men surrounding our apartment. My mother said she guessed that there was some big wig staying in our building. By the time we left for the embassy no local traffic was being let through so we had to arrange an alternative location to be picked up by our driver. It wasn’t with out some difficulty. We arrived at the embassy with only 10 minutes to spare before the deadline. On our way back to the apartment we had to walk most of the way and when we got there the guards would not let us back into our building. Babushka, Baby and Mama a very suspicious and daunting trio to be sure. Of course the clouds broke into a tumultuous downpour and finally one of the armed soldiers agreed to let us in the back entrance. Later when I had to follow the same process leaving the building, going to the embassy and returning I learned that it was Putin who wrecked my day. I hope that he is gone tomorrow so we can get to the airport with a lot more ease. BTW this is Day 100 for me
Hi. In 2010 we traveled to Ukraine to adopt a child. This blog was a chronicle intended for our families and friends but I've left it on-line for anyone else who may find our experiences useful.
"Ivan" was the "working title" we started using for our prospective child. Our adoption process took twice the time we were told it would so we were trying to free Katerina from the isolation of an institutional orphanage to our family. And we were trying to get ourselves back home too.
