Our Journal
First Trip
9.21.04
- We got "the call". Tina, from FTIA, called and told us we
had our travel dates. We travel to Russia from October 3-10. Our basic
agenda is:
Oct. 3 - fly from Chicago to Moscow (via
London)
Oct. 4 - arrive in Moscow - fly to Rostov
Oct. 5 - appt with Minister of Education,
receive referral info, travel to orphanage
Oct. 6,7,8 - stay in Rostov
Oct. 9 - depart for Moscow
Oct. 10 - fly from Moscow to London
Oct. 11 - fly from London to Chicago,
and back home again
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Second Trip
11.24.04
- We received a call from Tina with our court date. Tina had called
a few days earlier to tell us that Andrew's release papers had arrived
in Rostov and that we were expected to get our court date assigned within
the following week. Today was the day. Our court date is scheduled for
December 9th, and we are going to take a few extra days to travel to
Germany on the way over to see some friends that we haven't seen in
quite awhile. So our basic agenda is:
Dec. 2 - fly from Chicago to Frankfurt,
Germany
Dec. 3-6 - visit in Frankfurt and Munich,
Germany
Dec. 7 - fly from Frankfurt to Moscow,
and on to Rostov
Dec. 8 - visit with Andrew in orphanage
Dec. 9 - official "Gotcha Day"
Dec. 9-19 - stay in Rostov, visiting Andrew,
getting birth certificate, Russian passport, adoption certificate, and
copies of court documents
Dec. 20 - officially pick up Andrew, fly
to Moscow
Dec. 21 - interview at American Embassy
Dec. 22-23 - registration with Russian
government
Dec. 24 - depart for home