Saturday, April 2, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Slept in today and started the day with "no hot water"...eyow!  Lucas and I chose to stay stinky and not shave...that was particularly hard for Lucas. 

Left to orphanage around 11:30.  After the subway, I received what I perceived was a tongue lashing from our bus driver for giving him the wrong amount.  Ended up paying him 3 more grivna ( about 40 cents).  He was rough with the other passengers too.  Had a similiar experience with the bus driver on the way back...wierd. I resisted temptation to give it back to them.

All of this reminded me of something Sasha says..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"  To get the full effect picture Sasha with his palms face up and parallel to the floor while shrugging his shoulders as he says, ..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!" I said to Jeanne this would be a great SNL skit and then said, "I smell a blog."  So this is our ..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine" Blog!!!

Uncollared, stray dogs wandering everywhere..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!
Pushing and shoving your way to the exit on the subway..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Consuming the entire plate of cookies and chocolates at every tea time..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Impatient bus drivers snapping at passengers..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Cars having the right a way and parking anywhere they want including the sidewalk...
"Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Four or more mounded teaspoons of sugar in your tea..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
A pack of gum costing more than a bottle of wine..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
People admonishing parents for a child's untied shoelaces..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
A springtime chore of burning piles of leaves/branches uncontained  in their front yards ..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Water in a restaurant costing more than a glass of beer..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Instead of a Starbucks on every corner, beer and pop kiosks at every bus stop ..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"
Smoking areas are the best seating in the restaurant..."Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!"

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Around the orphanage today:
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3 comments:

  1. Cathy and DaveApril 2, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Welcome! Iss ukay...iss Ukraine!

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  2. KarlaApril 2, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Thanks for the nice surprise! Looking forward to the day we can see Kirill's cute smile in person.

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  3. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    Great post! : ) We have not been here long enough to be used to the cars parked everywhere thing. I have been amazed at how hazardous it is to walk down the sidewalk here! I'm sure the planters in the middle of the sidewalk are to prevent cars from DRIVING on the sidewalk, but I keep expecting someone in our family to eventual trip over one of them! One of my future photo shoots/blog post ideas is entitled "Hazards in Kyiv." Can't wait - good stuff...

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