People worth mentioning

One of the many "trip 1" stories that I haven't shared yet is the one about D & A.

D&A are the initials of the two WONDERFUL people that we were able to meet up with in Novokuznetsk. (I'm keeping their identify a secret because it's the cool thing to do in the blogging community..... I'm still not sure why we keep everything a secret, but whatever.)

Anyway, D&A were Americans who were also on their first trip and going through virtually everything that we were. I cannot tell you how great it is to have fellow Americans on a trip like this. First of all, it gets a little lonely when you don't know the language. Anyone who speaks 100% natural English is a blessing. But even more so, D&A were great people. We ended up spending 2 days with them: Eating meals together, going to the same orphanage together, buying gifts for the orphanage together....

When you spend a lot of time together with someone, it doesn't take long for their true colors to shine through. Well, let me tell you: D&A have wonderful colors. (that was a metaphor for "they are great people")

Our hope is that we will get our court dates at the same time as D&A (preferrable tomorrow) so we can see them again. Russia is too big of a place to keep it all to ourselves.