So I don't know what to name this. Anyway, life has been going well in Ukraine. It was really cold for a few days last week, but for the past few days it has been beautiful! I finally got some heat in my room. I had just gotten back from classes when this lady just walked into my room with a heater. Knocking seems to be optional in Ukraine. Other than that I can't complain, my room is toasty warm, and when did another load of laundry this weekend it didn't even take a day for my clothes to dry.
You see in Ukraine, public buildings, like hospitals, schools, apartment building, etc, are told when they can turn on the heat. In Chernivtsi the date set was the 15th of October. However, since it has been unseasonable cold, the city said that hospitals and child care centers could turn their heat on early. All the other buildings are waiting for the 15th though, including mine.
So on Saturday night I was invited over to a party across the hall. It was hosted by the two girls who live there. One is from Germany and the other from Poland. It was a going away party since it was the German girls last weekend in Ukraine. Anyway, when I came over they were just starting off the night with a shot of something called Le Femme. The funny part about it was that everyone there, accept me and another guy, spoke German. So even though we were in Ukraine, most of the conversation was in German. I thought it was pretty funny. For the third, or fourth, who can keep track, toast we had some Honey vodka. After all what's a party in Ukraine with vodka, seriously. This toast was to women, and all the men in the room had to say something nice about women, including me. After that a guy played some traditional Ukrainian songs, but as the night went on we moved to English songs and finally national anthems. I was treated to the German and Ukrainian national anthems. Towards the end of the party we started to play charades which surprisingly seems to cross all language barriers.
I guess that's it for now, cause I have class. Maybe the next post will come from my room since I'm getting internet! Poka.
How much are you drinking? Not getting drunk, are you? Perhaps you can tell us more about some of the people you have met. luv you.
ReplyDeleteOh Thomas, my little borrachin...sounds like a blast. Do you have an address yet? You forgot something at our house and I want to sent it to you.
ReplyDeleteAloha Thomas, OMG I love your blog, your mom shared and we find it so interesting to read about your daily life experiences in a strange land!! LOL I loved the story of 2 1/2 hours doing wash with no dryer-YIKES!! stay warm and enjoy this experience we are so proud of you, Aunty & Uncle:)
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