Day 7, Saturday, April 27, 2012

After saying goodbye to one of my children I was ready to get back to the others!  Willem was happy to chill in Moscow a little while longer but I could tell my kids were getting ready for their mom and dad to be home.  Willem spent most of his Friday afternoon and evening on the phone with United via Skype trying to find us a sooner flight home.  It took a lot of work because we flew over on points so we had to fly home on points.  Luckily Willem got er done and we ended up with a flight scheduled to leave Moscow around 4 pm with a layover for the night in Brussels, Belgium.
Our driver Eugene picked us up and took us to the airport.  I was sad to say goodbye to him but so excited to be on our way.  It wasn't until we were in the air and watching Moscow leave us in the distance that I got really choked up.  I was leaving Dima behind in the care of someone else... It broke my heart and we vowed to push as hard as we could to get the quickest return time possible so that we can get this over with.
The flight was 3 hours and we arrived in Belgium around 6 pm.  We had been fed on the plane so we checked into our airport hotel and asked the desk guy about what Belgium had to offer.  Guess people don't just happen in there randomly very often.  He grabbed a map and told us to hop on the airport train that led to downtown Brussels.  He said there is lots of stuff to see there. 

We had no idea!  Brussels is beautiful!!  Full of shops selling chocolate, belgian french fries, belgian waffles, artwork, souvenirs....  It was great to just stroll around.  We ate fries and waffles for dessert then headed back to the hotel for the night.  We slept like the dead till the morning and then departed for home.
We are now starting to gather more paperwork.  Updated medical reports, updated criminal reports.  Once this is all in, notarized, apostilled and translated and sitting in the Moscow Ministry of Education we will be assigned a court date.