October 14, 2010
Today the official part of our journey began. We had our meeting at the State Department for Adoption (SDA) this morning. With the help of Victoria (our facilitator’s assistant in Kiev) and Nikita (our translator) we met with a young woman at the SDA who showed us Katya’s file. The thing that struck us the most was the photo of Katya. When we first met her, Katya was ten years old. Seeing a picture of her at age 5 or 6 was exciting and probably the closest thing to a baby picture we’ll ever see. Of course, that just means we need to take a lot more photos in the future!
We even had time for a little sightseeing (Independence Square) and a long nap (Stephanie), followed by another excellent Ukrainian dinner. The borsch was fantastic, and the Soviet-era memorabilia was pretty interesting too.
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| Nikita and Victoria outside the SDA |
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| Independence Square |
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| Soviet-themed restaurant with great borsch |
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