At last pictures of something besides us! This is the mission home where we spent two nights.  Because most people in Russian live in apartments, they have to make the most of their space.  Here you see how they have placed the water heater on it's side above the cupboards in the kitchen.  The metals objects hanging on the left wall look like large sconces but they are the water filters that are required for all drinking water.  Remember, this is not your average apartment!

See how they have taken a very narrow space and created a pull-out cupboard that enlarges storage space.

Here is our bathroom in the mission home, again you see how they have made room for the water heat by attaching it to the ceiling above the filtration syster. The silver bar that curls along the wall is a radiator that has hot water passing through it to heat the room.  All apartments in Russia are heated with circulating hot water radiators in each room.

Yes, McDonalds is alive and well in Russia.  The Americans tell us that the food is far better at McDonalds in Russian than in America.

This is just one of many beautiful Russian Orthodox churches in Yekaterinburg.