We arrived on schedule in St. Petersburg. The flight from Houston to Amsterdam was miserable, but we found comfortable chairs for our layover and the flight from Amsterdam to St. Petersburg was much better. Our luggage arrived (what a relief), and we were met at the airport by Igor, our local coordinator from the adoption agency. We’re staying at the Courtyard Marriott, which is very westernized, a welcome feeling when everything else feels so foreign.
The temperature here is only 30-40 degrees, but it feels much colder with the constant dampness. It surprises me that it is so warm inside the buildings here, the heat is turned to a level that we find quite uncomfortable. Even in our hotel room, we have to turn off the heat altogether and open the outside window occasionally to cool off the room.
Igor tells us that the orphanage #16 is only 20 minutes from here. It’s so hard to know she is so close yet we still have to wait to see her. At least we’re counting hours now and not months or days!
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