[amyfk]

Hi,

I do not have much basis for comparison as Ive only adopted once and have been to one region.
We recently came home with our baby from Tver. Tver is about a 2.5 hr NW drive from Moscow so you dont have to do any intercountry travel. The hotel which we stood at in Tver was "Americanized" and we had all the commodities there that we would have at home.
The orphanage that our daughter came from was very good. You could see that the children were well taken care of. So far the baby has been home one month, and she's adjusting beautifully to her new home. It's hard to believe she was living her first year of life in an orphange.
As of last month, the ten day waiting period was waived for all.
I dont know if you can choose a region or your dossier is just logged into a certain region. I believe certain agencies work in certain regions(Russia is so big).
I would bet that there are many adoption friendly regions still open in Russia.
Good luck,
Amy K, NJ