well, here i finally am. I am living in a small city called Rokytna, about 2 hours south of Kiev. It is wonderful, crazy, frustrating... I am currently attempting to learn Russian in a town were 75% of the population speaks Ukranian, and while many say that they are very similar, I really dont think they are, maybe like Dutch and German. But life is wonderful. It is amazing at how many things in Ukraine are similar to the U.S. (the towns look very familiar, old cars, but streets are generally in good repair) yet other things are so strange. The architecture is truley amazing here, deffinitely still got a lot of the communist feel to it. Also, they use Turkish toilets here (squatting) and everyone seems to have a large garden out back. I live in a fairly up to date house, with a computer, tv, electricty. Not quite what you would think of in the Peace Corps, but trying to understand what the heck is going on at dinner when my host family speaks Ukranian to each other, very interesting...
I have a host mother who is a lawyer (tanya) and a host father who works for a milk manufacturer (Konstantine) and two host brothers, Sasha (7) and Aleksyi (12). Sahsa constantly blabbers on in Ukranian, and while i dont understand a single word he says, it is very interesting.
I will be teaching english to 3 different classes for the next 2 months during training, so I will be learning a ton! while still attempting to learn to speak Russian. I think that is it for now, but I will try to be a little more up to date from now on, hope all is well!! with love,
Seth
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