Doris weighs in...

I would ditto Becca’s comments. We are on the seventh floor of the building.
We have a nice view of the area to the south. The sun is low in the sky, but at least we
see the sun! We can see more apartment buildings, some still under construction. There is a pack of dogs that seem to run the area, we can hear them barking. We haven’t seen much human movement. The temps are to get to -25C..below zero in F.
We are awaiting a phone call from someone in Kiev, she is waiting to get our
referral to go see the boys. She will fax it here, then only Mike and I will go with the translator as we would need two taxi’s for all of us. We are not close to either orphanage so we will be dependent upon taxi’s to get us around.
The ride down was not bad. It was a two lane highway with snow blowing across the road. The driver was concerned about black ice and chuck holes. As in other parts of
Europe, you have to be an aggressive, but safe driver, for which this gentleman was. We had three stops on the way, two for him to get his nicotine fix, outside of the car, and the other for a bathroom stop. We had to buy something to be able to use their nice restroom, so Mike chose Milka, German chocolate. I good choice!
We need to find a grocery and internet café. We have consumed most of the food we packed with us. An internet café may be more of a challenge as this is not Kiev.