More Sightseeing....

Today has been dedicated to more sightseeing...or maybe I should say people-seeing. We started our day at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior(left). It is so grand, in beauty, in size in everything! It amazes us that the landmarks that the Russians are most proud of are their churches. We are told that most Russians are of the Russian/Greek Orthodox faith. You certainly don't get the feeling that Russia is an atheist country...probably never was, just the political machine was.

Below is a Russian family about to go into the cathedral. All females must cover their heads when entering a Russian Orthodox church.

We spent the rest of our day on Arbat street. It is a pedestrian only street known from the 15th century. It is a very eclectic street made up of antique, jewelry and souvenir shops along with several cafes and restaurants. There were also street performers, artist and folk arts and craft vendors. We saw the group pictured below and Mike has signed them on to join Family Tab's Praise and Worship Team. Butch knows we needed an accordian player!!!

Ok, it is less than 19 hours now until we see "you-know-who", but who's counting, right? =)

We leave tomorrow at 6am to drive to Vladimir. Once there, we will go and file papers with the Ministry of Education indicating our desire to adopt "Olga". From there we will drive on to the city of Murom to visit the Murom Baby Home. The day would be absolutely perfect if only Brannon and Logan could be here with us. We sure miss you guys!