Everyone Knows McDonalds

Today was a rather unpleasant day, since Natasha had to get some blood drawn for some routine tests. We arrived at the orphanage early in the morning much to her suprise. When she learned she had to have her blood drawn she was not a happy camper. Can you blame her? We got a first-hand experience with her pouty mood. She really would not make eye contact or hold our hand. She just wanted to be left alone. We did manage to get a few smiles out of her with a tickle-fest, and we each got a hug when it was over and she said she was okay. Here is Natasha before the trip to the doctors office, still smiling

After that unpleasant experience, we had to do a lot of running around. (again) We took a trip to the region's capital,Vinneystka (sp?) to get the samples to the lab. "S" also had to make a few stops regarding our 2nd trip, making sure only one of us has to come back go bring Natasha home. While we were there we took a few pictures of the downtown area. It was much more of a cosmopolitan city compared to where we are staying. We did some shopping at an indoor mall, and it was exactly the same as any mall we would be accustomed to. The rest of the city is a interesting blend of Old World and New World. There was a WWII memorial in a downtown plaza that was particularly capitvating. It had an enternal flame and the names of all the fallen veterans engraved on plaques encircling the memorial.

After all that we had lunch at a McDonalds before returning back to the Sanitorium. I guess McDonalds is McDonalds wherever you go. Sitting there looking around, we could of been in California or anywhere else. The only difference was the language on the menu board.

That's it for today. We didn't get a chance to go to the Internot today because of all the running around we did. Hopefully when we see Natasha tomorrow she will have forgotten all about this mornings unpleasantness.