Just an FYI followers, we named our blog Ukrainian Vacation after the National Lampoons various vacation films. A sense of humor is greatly needed to experiance the day to day here. Yesterdays food court for example- The girls and I ( Jane ) went from booth to booth picking out differnt foods that looked interesting to try some of the local fare, some was very good, others very interesting, all of those who served us indifferent. We have gotten used to ignoring the fact that we seem to either entertain or irritate the locals who's paths we cross.
Another incident was that when we arrived we blew out one of the breakers, for the first few days we had no fridgerator or laundry. We stored our food out on the balcony to keep it cold and hand washed our clothing. Yesterday the landlord fixed the breaker and so I started a load of laundry only to have it smell worse after I washed it then it ever did before. I had it hung up in the bathroom to dry which only made it worse with steamy showers and all. I hope to rewash in Chernivtsy as there is no way we can wear the clothes the way they smell now.
Todays plan is to walk down to the street vendors by St. Andrews church for souvenir shopping and then at 4:30 will head to the SDA to pick up our referal and then to the train.
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Hey Barkers!
ReplyDeleteJason, Chris and Cletis here... good to see you guys made it over safely! (except randi... its never fun gettin beatdown on a plane) at least on the way back, you'll have 3 dudes who'll get your back! (but no, really, you might have to hold them back, they're some tenacious little fellows!!! and i mean that in the very best way!)
you guys need to give nextlevel a shout out! and then we can talk about it on wednesday or sunday night! :-) you guys should take some sweet shots of you trying to play disc golf at some cool places (like a ukrainian mcdonalds parking lot... for instance) you can use styrofoam plates... pancakes... hats... each other, whatever!
anyways, we're all praying for you and are wondering what wednesday night will be like without any barkers around... :-(
love you guys!
the nextlevel dudes
j-mo, c-con, and that other guy
Jane, You can purchase laundry soap at the local market. I found that very small loads (yes even smaller than what fits in the washing machine) and drying on the radiator is the best. Body spray while the clothes are still wet helps. Remember, Ukrainian vacation!! Luv ya all, stay safe, Vicki
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