Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Day 9 of our 14-day bonding period.
Today's photo is taken at a bus stop about a block from our hotel. This is the main boulevard of the city and most of the businesses and government buildings are located on this boulevard. LG's orphanage is located about 15 minutes outside of the center of the city.
Our morning was uneventful. We did some shopping and some walking around. It's getting colder here and we may need to start wearing something on our heads soon.
On our visit to the orphanage today, we asked LG what she wanted to do and she wondered if we could go back to Intergalactica (that Chuck-E-Cheeze sort of place we went to before). We went there and LG played a strange Japanese video game that required you to jump on some arrows and also work a joystick. Plus it played a really annoying Japanese kiddie song. Sadly, LG wanted to play that game twice.
She then went to the play area where for a time, whe was the only kid there. Of course, she wasn't alone. They have these grownups in there watching you to make sure you are following the rules. Kind of like the playground gestapo.
Afterwards, we had some drinks at the cafe. I also bought LG some bacon chips for the ride back to the orphanage.
When we got back there, some of the kids were cleaning the floors. Perhaps our visit got LG out of some cleaning duty.
Our neighbors upstairs have their 8-month old son staying with them now. They leave for Almaty on Friday. He's a cute boy. We've only heard him cry once. There have been 3 or 4 American families leave for Almaty to finalize their adoptions since we have been here.
