Okay... here I go...
21/08/11
Sorry about missing two days.
It's Sunday morning at about 7:45, London time.
So, on Friday, we had a superb breakfast. Nina really went out of her way for us. We went out and had piñatas and limbo contests for games. then, the drama/music presentation; very well done considering the amount of time to practice. The gift giving did not go so well. the gifts for the kids that boss Sergey brought in were all diverse. Therefore the kids wanted to choose and wanted what another had. Artum gave me one of his dinosaurs that he did not want; he wanted a "machina"; a car. Lunch was better. Here are two details for you: one, some kids only got to eat with us ~when they were eating lunch with us, no other time of the day~, and two, we ate almost all the adult chickens in the village. We later, as a team, packed and went to Nina's. Then she gave us a second lunch and the two Sergey's got to try the extra piñata. We received gifts; tea sets each, the ladies got an extra pitcher and the men got masses representing authority; Robert and Marks' were bigger. Oh! Lost the german knife and my Ukrainian knife helped alot with the piñatas.
Left Nina's to go to Hope House, had supper there, emailed a bit, then went to the black sea, Other Sergey had already left, and Colleen felt she couldn't make the walk. So eleven of us made it to the water. Anya and I went out into the water a bit, but only I got wet past the knees and I immersed myself in the salt water. ~for it was my first time in naturally salty water~ Then, we played shta on the beach in the dark. Then Anya and I ran the way back to Hope House, about two kilometers. Then we talked as we waited for the others. Oh! I forgot to mention; I cried for like at least 20 minutes on-off in the van leaving Stepanovka.
Saturday, I got up at the same time Anya went for her run, but I did not know, it was about 6:AM. So I packed up and showered. Had breakfast and we headed out to the airport at 9:00. Anya and Maria came along to go house shopping. Lyena, Karina and Fiancé Sergey (strange change Sergey) all came as well to go to their appartments. Got to the airport and said goodbye, flew to Kyiv, then to London, got to our Hotel. On the flight to London, I spoke to a Ukrainian lady (looks 18 but is 27) for a while. Her name was Yulia (Julia) and she was the head of a private bank. In London, we went to a quaint little restaurant called White Horse. Very nice. And built in the early 1500's. No free Wifi at the hotel. went to bed.
Today, we got up, washed up, got on the bus (amazingly funny driver), got to the airport and we are eating at Gordon Ramsay's. Not much food, but good enough ~don't invite me to good food restaurants... I don't know how to appreciate it... Sorry Marina and Terry :/ ~. It's now about 10:30.
--Scott
That concludes my journal entries... if you have more ideas, please let me know, or comment. but in case you cannot get the comment to work, my e-mail is: scott.simpson.scythers@gmail.com
You may have noticed I talked much about Anya in particular... this is partially due to the fact that I am an introvert and love having few, but very close friends. She seemed like minded: slightly quieter, more reserved... Also, who knows, I might have had a small crush on her (why lie?) but I changed that feeling into little sister, and now big sister :P
Anyways, thanks all.
May God bless you :D
--Scott
21/08/11
Sorry about missing two days.
It's Sunday morning at about 7:45, London time.
So, on Friday, we had a superb breakfast. Nina really went out of her way for us. We went out and had piñatas and limbo contests for games. then, the drama/music presentation; very well done considering the amount of time to practice. The gift giving did not go so well. the gifts for the kids that boss Sergey brought in were all diverse. Therefore the kids wanted to choose and wanted what another had. Artum gave me one of his dinosaurs that he did not want; he wanted a "machina"; a car. Lunch was better. Here are two details for you: one, some kids only got to eat with us ~when they were eating lunch with us, no other time of the day~, and two, we ate almost all the adult chickens in the village. We later, as a team, packed and went to Nina's. Then she gave us a second lunch and the two Sergey's got to try the extra piñata. We received gifts; tea sets each, the ladies got an extra pitcher and the men got masses representing authority; Robert and Marks' were bigger. Oh! Lost the german knife and my Ukrainian knife helped alot with the piñatas.
Left Nina's to go to Hope House, had supper there, emailed a bit, then went to the black sea, Other Sergey had already left, and Colleen felt she couldn't make the walk. So eleven of us made it to the water. Anya and I went out into the water a bit, but only I got wet past the knees and I immersed myself in the salt water. ~for it was my first time in naturally salty water~ Then, we played shta on the beach in the dark. Then Anya and I ran the way back to Hope House, about two kilometers. Then we talked as we waited for the others. Oh! I forgot to mention; I cried for like at least 20 minutes on-off in the van leaving Stepanovka.
Saturday, I got up at the same time Anya went for her run, but I did not know, it was about 6:AM. So I packed up and showered. Had breakfast and we headed out to the airport at 9:00. Anya and Maria came along to go house shopping. Lyena, Karina and Fiancé Sergey (strange change Sergey) all came as well to go to their appartments. Got to the airport and said goodbye, flew to Kyiv, then to London, got to our Hotel. On the flight to London, I spoke to a Ukrainian lady (looks 18 but is 27) for a while. Her name was Yulia (Julia) and she was the head of a private bank. In London, we went to a quaint little restaurant called White Horse. Very nice. And built in the early 1500's. No free Wifi at the hotel. went to bed.
Today, we got up, washed up, got on the bus (amazingly funny driver), got to the airport and we are eating at Gordon Ramsay's. Not much food, but good enough ~don't invite me to good food restaurants... I don't know how to appreciate it... Sorry Marina and Terry :/ ~. It's now about 10:30.
--Scott
That concludes my journal entries... if you have more ideas, please let me know, or comment. but in case you cannot get the comment to work, my e-mail is: scott.simpson.scythers@gmail.com
You may have noticed I talked much about Anya in particular... this is partially due to the fact that I am an introvert and love having few, but very close friends. She seemed like minded: slightly quieter, more reserved... Also, who knows, I might have had a small crush on her (why lie?) but I changed that feeling into little sister, and now big sister :P
Anyways, thanks all.
May God bless you :D
--Scott
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