The travel team (minus two - Holly and Marri Helen) at RDU Airport

Fellowship and food on the train

Unloading the train in the snow in Kirov

Opening Ceremony with Galina

The kids welcoming us in English

Three friends on the first day

Incredible origami from a special kid

Suzanne holding court with Group 1

Misha and two sisters

Andy and the power of the iPad

More Group 1 fun!!

A welcome reunion with the hardest working boy in Russia

Holly and the other judges in the Galympics

Maddie with the hand off to Chloe in the hockey relay

The travel team taking in the grandeur of another Galympics

Galina helping Andy in the tug-o-war. (Seriously, the story of the trip without doubt.)

Friendship wins again!!