Yep, Yesterday I saw a HUMVEE "hummin" its way down the streets of Kostani. What's next, Dunkin Doughnuts, Starbucks, and Philly Cheese Steaks? America has arrived here in small doses but, Pandora"s box has been opened. Styles are western. The girls love to wear high heels and fancy dresses, etc and the men/boys are wearing logo everything, and then there's the Hummer. Who would have thought.
In contrast, today we visited the WWII Memorial Park. It was really nice and very tastefully done with a 30 foot statue of Lenin and a wall with the names of the soldiers from Kostani that fought in "the Big War." It was beautiful in the old Soviet style. Big, bold, and dedictaed to the "glorious heros" of the Soviet Union. They deserve every inch of its grandeur. Some fought in Stanlingrad, some in other battles throughout the Motherland. All paid the ultimate price in defense of their nation against Nazi facism. It is probably prudent to mention that the losses on the Eastern Front dwarfed the losses on the Western Front.
Enough about the past. I'll post pictures of the park in a few days. It's worth seeing even in pictures.
Now the present and the future, because that's why we're here after all...Alexei. "Dad" fed the little chap for the second time today and did much better than the first. I actually got the food in him... not on him. I didn't even spill the juice.
Here are a couple of pics and ...yes, a video clip. He was not as animated as he usually is for some reason. Maybe he had a bad night...defending his binky from "Nora the binky stealer", or maybe he's teething, or maybe he was just fascinated with the camera that was in his face, in any case he didn't make as much noise and fuss as on the other video I have whixh you'll all see when we get home. I can't load that up to the "net" because it is on different camera and ...well that's a story for another day.
Here's a few happy snaps of Zach.
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