Merry Christmas!

Christmas is officially in the air in Chernivtsi.  There's a huge Rockefeller style tree on Saborna Square, lights hanging all over the city, and a nice layer of snow on the ground.  However, Christmas isn't on the 25th here.  Most people celebrate Christmas on January 7th.  This means that the 25th is just another day in Ukraine.  Also, I've been told that New Years is a bigger celebration that Christmas in Ukraine. 
In other news, I'm heading up to Kiev this afternoon to pick up my brother and sister from the airport.  Unfortunately I won't actually reach Kiev until early Tuesday morning.  That means that I'll be cooped up on a train for 15 hours.  I plan on sleeping through most of it, but people might have other plans for me. 
Once I pick them up we'll being heading out on another train to L'viv, where we'll spend a few days.  Then we'll head back to Kiev and have Christmas there.  There's a lot that could go wrong so everyone should keep me in their prayers.
Anyway, I promised a Christmas photo.  

Obviously it's a blue Christmas without you all.  Oh, and I bought that ornament specially for this photo.  It was pretty embarrassing buying it.  The look the cashier gave me was priceless.  Have a good Christmas and try and make the most of it even though I won't be there.  Don't forget to comment!

It's been a long time coming.

I realize that it's been a while since I've put up a post, but unfortunately I was having a procrastination flare up.  Fear not, your about to witness a whole new level of awesome!
Christmas is just around the corner, and I find myself asking where did the time go?  Where did the time go, there I said it?  My hair is long and I need a haircut.  I have been trying to work up the courage to go and get it cut, but every time I walk past a Salon I hear that Ray Stevens bad haircut song playing in my head. 
It snowed about three inches last week, which I was pretty excited about.  In case you didn't know I love winter time.  I also love the cold.  For me it just couldn't be Christmas without the cold.  The snow was a very interesting experience.  It gave me an insight as to what I should expect in the future.  Here's what happened, nothing.  I don't know if it was because there just wasn't that much snow, but nothing was done to the roads as far as I could tell.  This made it interesting to be both a driver and a pedestrian.  Every time I stepped in front of a moving vehicle I wondered if it would be able to stop in time.  You will be happy to know that I have not been hit by any cars, yet.  As far as I can tell, the only thing scarier than driving on cobblestone streets when they are wet, is driving on cobblestone streets when they are covered in snow.

 Have you ever seen a foggy snow covered landscape, I have?

Other than the snow I can't say that I have anything else to say, OH WAIT, my brother and his wife are coming to visit me on the 21st until the 27th.  I'm pretty excited.  I'm getting the train tickets tomorrow, and then all I'll need to do is book the hostels that we'll be staying in.  Wasn't there a romantic comedy called "Hostel?" 
For my next blog post I have an exciting Christmas themed picture to share with you all, which I hope you will stop by, if for no other reason, to see.  Oh, and please post comments or I'll take to drinking.