Witches Brew

On Tuesday night I went with some of my friends to a bar named "Public," where a local band was playing.  After we sat down in a booth and ordered some beer, I noticed that the TV's in the place were playing a live concert of Nightwish.  It seems that Nightwish is actually quite popular in Ukraine, much to my surprise.  Anyway, the band was actually really good.  I don't know if they played any original songs, but some were in Ukrainian and others were in English.  Along with the beer my friends ordered, and this may come as a shocker to some, pigs ears.  I was envisioning something different from what came out.  What came out was slivers of gray meat that didn't look very appetizing.  Along with the cut up ears were some spices that you were supposed to dip them in.  Everyone was digging in and so finally, apprehensively, I took one and ate it.  To say that it was good would be lying, so I will say that it was interesting.  Apparently they were boiled, but they seemed to be of the same consistency of what I would expect a raw ear to be.  It was a combination of chewy and crunchy, which was a little disconcerting.  My friends told me that they went good with beer, but the only way I can see that is if you were too drunk to taste them.  But alas, I am here to try new things, and try them I will.

Anyway, I think you all may recall that the other week people were knocking on my door, giving me stuff for my bathroom, and unlocking the other room I share a bathroom with.  Well today something happened!  It's nothing major.  A German guy, who I only talked to a teeny bit so far, will be staying for a week doing something that I haven't found out yet.  So yeah, I have a room mate now, but I don't think we'll be hanging out much since he looks like he might be in his late 30's or early 40's.