More than one Kolya

Yulia and Garry going into the dorm

We once again have two Kolyas at school- Nikolai was also a Kolya because it is the nickname for Nikolai! And our school is in Nikolaipolia, or Nicholas' field, so why not have more than one? We are now at eight students with the arrival of the new Kolya on Monday afternoon. We drove to Kiroy Rog to pick him up at the same dormitory the girls lived in, and Yulia came along to pick up the rest of their stuff that was in storage. The back of the van was very full on the way back, and she was telling him all about the classes and stuff, except when they were busy eating their Royal cheeseburger menus (quarter pounder meals) we got at a McDrive drive-thru on our way out of the city. I had never heard Yulia talk as much as she did from the time she got to the reception at the dorm until we were home.

a full load

Kolya and Yulia saying goodbye to some of the staff there

Kolya and Sasha

Our other Kolya went with Sasha to his hometown Rene for the week and we picked them up at the bus station in Zaporosia at 6:30 this morning. They had a good time but were happy to be back in the village. We are happy that they are back too.

Sasha's foster mom was glad to meet his best friend here and bought them some new clothes and things, and took Kolya to the dentist, too.