butterfly on flower 

strolling through the park near our boat 

view from park... a motherland monument that is nicknamed "iron mama" can be seen in the distance. 

A chocolate ad... we saw this tractor in several different places throughout the city doing give-aways!  

The boat that YWAM owns... her name is "Veneetsia" in Russian. That means Venice! 

close up of a party aboard a boat 

some fishermen across the river 

another boat passes 

watching the ships pass by 

peaceful! 

view on the other side! 

The view outside the window of our room on the boat 

Tom unpacking in our front room... I think he is doing his weird walkin' (family joke) 

our bedroom 

as you can see the tub takes up most of the bathroom! 

the bathtub in our room! 

the gift basket in our room!  

another train passes by 

Our Nathan 

beautiful countryside