This shows the outside of a typical apartment building.  The windows and metal patio areas are all very rusted due to the harsh weather conditions.  Many newer apartments are being built due to the demand. A single dwelling home is rare, particularly in the city limits.

The average citizen in Russia doesn't own a car, therefore the public transit system is pretty good.  This is a electric trolley car.  We were told that these are very cold in the winter and very warm in the summer.
They also have a bus system and another system of buses that are larger than mini vans but smaller than buses.  These are much more expensive but more comfortable...especially temperature wise.  In Perm, we will be using the bus system when it is too far to walk.

This is just a small part of an ice sculpture that was created for the Christmas holidays.  If you look closely you will see how detailed the fence is.  Needless to say, they don't have to worry about it melting for a long, long time!

It's time to leave the Garden of Eden in Yekaterinburg.  President and Sister Rust gave us a great start to our Russian experience.  Elders Larson and Holbrook are missionaries from Perm that rode the train into Yekatrinburg and helped us navigate to the train station and then onto the train.  It took us five long hours to get to our destination.  But after how far we have come, I guess that isn't really that long!

This shows the inside of our train couchette.  There are four little beds and a tiny table. Our luggage took up most of the space on the bottom bunks so we climbed up on top and slept for part of the trip! Jet lag is hard to get over.  Perm, here we come...