Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Money and stuff

So this week I thought that I would talk about the price of food, among other things, in Ukraine.  Let me start off by saying that food, and most things, are cheaper in Ukraine.  Let me show you through a picture.
 So in this picture there is a loaf of bread, a bag of crackers, a 25 pack of Lipton tea, a yogurt drink, a pack of cookies, a box of cereal, what I thought was milk, a bar of soap, and a pack of coat hangers.  You may be wondering what all of this cost me.  Well, ready for this, $8.00.  I don't know about you, but I think that is a pretty good price.  The cheapest items were all under 50 cents, and the most expensive item, the cereal, was $1.75.  The bread, mind you, which was amazing, only cost 40 cents!  Be jealous, I'll let you.
Anyway, so this week people keep knocking on my door.  First, the cleaning ladies knocked like three times to give me all this free stuff for my bathroom, which was fine with me.  Then, they knocked and said something that I didn't understand, and so I just smiled and nodded.  They came back in a few minutes with sheets and unlocked the vacant room that I share a bathroom with.  Well they said something else and I just happened to recognize the word for boy.  Now I have no idea what else they said, but I was thinking that someone was going to move into the room.  Well, no one has yet, but they also left the door unlocked.  So I'm thinking that if no one moves in soon, the next time that I need to do laundry, that room is getting filled.

8 comments:

  1. What did the "milk" turn out to be?

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  2. I don't really know. It tasted like yogurt without any flavoring. I wasn't about to waste it though, I paid good money for it. I ate a whole bowl of cereal with the semi liquid dairy product, and that was enough for me. The bottle is still in the fridge, I'm just waiting for someone else to finish it.

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  3. I still think it's buttermilk

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  4. it's possible, but I just don't care enough to find out from someone who would know.

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  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefir

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  6. thanks olga. I think that it's safe to say that i'm horrified that I ate a whole bowl of cereal with it in.

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  7. Well we don't usually eat cereal with kefir...but as an experiment...=)))

    Anyway kefir is good for your stomach =)

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  8. I really don't care to try it again.

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