Back to the subway...

First Stop, Filatov Clinic. We left the apartment at 7:30 and took the subway to get to the Filatov Clinic where Harry had his medical exam for US Embassy clearance. The We didn't have an appointment, but they took us pretty quickly. It was the same clinic we took Skip to 4.5 years ago, and the same doctor - and when he asked Harry his name  (in Russian) Harry didn't miss a beat, saying "Harry Oscar". We were out of there by about 10:00 and let the boys play for a few minutes on the playground equipment right outside the building. From there we walked to the U.S. Embassy in order to submit our paperwork for his Entry Visa to the United States. Mark Seibel, Chief of the Immigrant Visa Unit met us personally and had his staff assistant, Yelizaveta handle all our paperwork. He assigned it high priority, and told us he'd get us our interview today as well! How cool?

While we were giving our paperwork to Yelizaveta, Mark even walked the boys down to the playroom filled with toys, and kept an eye on them until we were done. Now THAT'S what I call service! After the data was entered into the system, Mark & Yelizaveta took us next door to a pretty upscale mall where we had lunch at a VERY nice Italian Restaurant. It even had a play corner with lots of toys for the boys to occupy themselves while we waited for our food.  After lunch we returned to the Embassy and Mark himself conducted our interview! Shortly thereafter, another staff member handed us Harry's visa. Done. Finished. Coming home! Finally!

Harry with passport, open to the page that FINALLY contains his Visa to go HOME!

We have the day to ourselves tomorrow so we'll shop for souveniers on Arabat, have lunch at either My-My's or the Hard Rock, MAYBE hire a driver to bring us to St. Basil's for a picture, rest up a bit, then go out for our final dinner here in Moscow. And Thursday is the day we have dreamt about for far too long...the day we leave and arrive home with BOTH our little boys!

Our apartment in the Arbat Central (ours in the first floor left rear window)

I'm not a fan of the place myself, but, I figured Debbie would appreciate this one!

Bank on Arbat. You'd swear you were in Vegas!

Gotta love the architecture here!

Waiting for the doctor at the Clinic.

Me & the boys leaving the U.S. Embassy (Gold & White building).

Another cool building...not a clue what it is, unfortunately.

Lots of HUGE statues here. I think they said this was a famous songwriter...

Yep, Ikea.

When all else fails, parallel park.

                                   Enjoying the Clinic playground.

"Harry tired. Carry you, Poppa"