Pokrovsky Hills

Here are a few snapshots of our new home and community.  We live with mostly other expats; Brits, Australians and Canadians.  There are lots of Americans working in private                  industry, embassy and military.   We also have some Russian neighbors.  The Anglo American School is attached the compound.  The school is a great facility, K-12 with a nice gym, pool and elementary library that we have access to.  Next door we have large "Lesapark", basically a large wooded area with a pond and lots of trails.  There is a water spring in the park that the Russians are convinced has medicinal/healing properties.  We always see people of all ages lugging water in large jugs home from the park.

family pics at Red Square

We finally made it down to Red Square with Scarlett all together to snap some pics.  It was 10a on a Saturday morning in December.  It was empty and the sky looks like it's much earlier than 10a, like the sun is just rising...

Visit to Red Square

Jim got down to Red Square for a quick visit and snapped this photos.  The clock tower is part of the Kremlin.  St Basil's Cathedral is the building with the colorful "onion" domes.  The other building is the National History Museum.

In December, the ambassador had a large holiday party for the embassy community.  We got our pictures taken with the Marine Security Guard and "Father Frost".  Scarlett enjoyed dancing with the life-size puppets at the party.