Routine, revised in bold
8:00 amRise, eat breakfast in our apartment, pack toys and a snack for Kola, catch a taxi (usually with our favorite taxi driver Sasha--we have his cell phone number).
10:00
Meet Mikola for the morning visit. His orphanage is located on Glinka St., which is easy for us to remember since Glinka was a famous Russian composer.
11:30
Take another taxi to the "city center" to eat lunch at a restaurant. The downtown area is centered around Karl Marx St. and we often eat at the Cafe Camelia.
1:00 pm
Shop, shop, shop (mostly for little things like a city map, soap, a tape measure), go to the internet cafe, mail five postcards to our kids in the U.S.
3:45
Catch a taxi to the orphanage and meet Mikola for the afternoon visit
5:00
Get picked up by the previous taxi driver (pre-arranged at 3:45) and go back to the apartment, which is located on October Revolution St. (the loop boulevard around the city).
Evening
(Recover from walking up nine flights of stairs) Actually, the elevator has been repaired--we weren't able to read the signs that you have to catch it on the 3rd floor (probably to keep it from being overused). It's very nice to have a "lift."
Have Kaffeetrinken, as we have the last fifteen years.
Do work.
Eat supper (usually Abendbrot--bread, cheese, coldcuts), write postcards, wash clothes.
Get clothes and toys ready for the next day
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