But hope was scarce, Vogel found. As soon as I got there, we used the powdered milk that I brought. They have no milk whatsoever. They have bread and that's it. I don't know what is going to happen during the winter.
Long lines are common.
Any time a line would start to form, people would run up to see what the line was for. If it was something good, they would stand in line, too. The communist government had told the Soviet people that they had the highest standard of living in the world. When people visit America, it just amazes them. On a cold Christmas Eve Nelson photographed the flags of the Soviet Union and Russia flying together over the Kremlin for the last time.