Hello again from the increasingly greener east of Ukraine!
So, the first thing I will talk about today is the death of the great white whale. He has died and left behind home internet. Wi-Fi in fact so...good riddance silly mammal-fish! So, as we speak, I am typing this in our kitchen. Super, super great!
Alex, our friend and Shannon's English student, works for a application developer and he basically got us internet at our house. He ever loaned us the wi-fi modem. He went way out of his way to help us and we can't thank him enough for making our life easier. Ukraine is truly filled with amazingly kind and wonderful people. Alex is one of the best.
This brings us to the Russian phrase of the week:
"Спасибо большой, Алексей!" (Spaseeba balshoy, Alexei!) which means "Thank you so much Alex!"
Next order of business, which is kind of related, is that, since we have home internet, we have uploaded videos on Youtube. You can see them at the links below:
Shannon's Host Family's Pet Bird During Training
Shannon Saves the Winning Goal in Training
Our Apartment in Izium
So, we have internet now so if you want to talk just ring us up on Skype and if we're here we'll try to pick up.
Secondly, but not least by any means, is that Shannon's birthday was on Tuesday and her pupils gave her so many gifts that she made a birthday shrine in the living room.
Tonight, we will host a small birthday party for her and Megan (Davidson, our site-mate's girlfriend and PCV in West Ukraine). So, a few PCV's from around here will come to Izium and hang out for a night. We are currently making borshch, varenyky and shuba which is a kind of fish salad.
So, until next time...same bat-time same bat-channel. Love you guys but maybe we won't miss you so much now that we can talk to you more often.
Bye guys!!
