Victoria Hotel - Donetsk

I like to be alone a very preety seaside on a beach with my labtap my mat cool breeze blowing over my head ,in a merrymood woowowowow the world will be at my feet-in my pardise filled with joy -a sense of accomplishment and most importantly with a mind filled with perfect peacei can put down the best wirte ups and cough out ideals on paper that will see me and my loved freinds and adrimers into the next stage

... also told me: "Ty ne bil v armii. Ty ne bil v tyurme. Gde bil? Ty nigde ne bil." (You haven't been in the army. You've never been in prison. Where have you been? You've never been anywhere.) It's clear that the biggest victims of the Russian army and military police are the Russians themselves. What kind of a brainwashed idiot brags that he's oppressed!? As for me, I returned to my seat on the bus, having just lost a battle. The ...

Arno Writing: The court hearing went well, and after a mandatory 10 day wait we will be able to take Anastasia from the orphanage. The judge was nice and even joked at times. Before we started Luba said it was customary for the man to answer most of the questions. When we got started I was asked to stand and the judge asked me some basic questions and then told me to sit down. For almost the rest of the hour hearing Lancie had to speak. She did well, though. After the ...

Arno writing: We were treated to a Christmas play at the orphanage. Camera men kept geting in front of us so we couldn't get a real good view. Afterwards we took presents for Anastasia's class to them. They were so thrilled. I was taking in the moment so much Lancie had to remind me to film some. You should have seen the faces of the kids! I don't think the kids ever got ...

... infected filling she recently had. There's nothing more we can do adoption wise until our court hearing on Thursday. So, we are spending our days mostly shopping. At night we usually watch a movie on the PSP. We brought about a dozen PSP movies. Yesterday a small grocery store opened up right next to the hotel- attached actually. Now we can buy groceries next door. It's nice not having to lug groceries a mile back to the hotel. The opening of the ...

... Anastasia...That evening, at dinner, Arno was already trying out middle names. I told him the story of "Anastasia" and his reply was, "Well, of course, a princess must have a middle name that is also that of a princess." The first princess he thought of was "The Little Mermaid."-Ariel! It might sound like a silly way to pick a name, but I immediately loved the name. We played with the spelling and came up with Aeriel. Thus, Anastasia Aeriel Quon. Quite a ...

... get out of the car during this for safety precautions. After 90 minutes of driving on bad roads Lancie was feeling car sick. I saw the first lake I've seen in Ukraine. We were quite lost driving through many small towns with small houses that had tin roofs. many had white brick veneer with blue or green trim around the windows. We stopped half a dozen times to ask people for directions. We finally arrived at our destination after 2 hours ...

Lancie writing: Yesterday we hit the jackpot. We walked around exploring and found a Target/ Supermarket, a beautiful church, and an outdoor market. I don't know if the Target is owned by the same company in the states, but it is new and similar. It even has a cafe that Arno likes to eat at. It has a giant Christmas tree as tall as the building. We went to the outdoor market and bought some apples ...

... For those of you planning a trip to Ukraine I have a few tips. Before we left we bought some Enzymatic Pearls which are probiotic pills from Wal-Mart. They help prevent "Montazuma's revenge". We buy water in 2 liter bottles of water since you're not supposed to drink the tap water here. Alot of people are friendly and honest. They like it if you speak some of their language. I only began studying Russian on the internet around 8 months before we left, but it is ...

... Die Nacht auf den 21.7. geht als (bisher) schlimmste wilde Übernachtung meiner Reise ein. Mitten in der Wildnis kommt zufällig ein Ukrainer mit Vodka und Bier daher. Wie die so sind, wird man eingeladen und man darf ja nicht nein sagen. Mein Fehler! Der Vodka ist so schlagartig eingefahren dass ich es gar nicht merkte und nicht mehr reagieren konnte und K.O-Artigen Filmriss einfing! Folge: der Ukrainer hat sich mit meinem Geld, Handy und halbkaputten Uhr ...