Hi all,
Well, This is my first report from my new site, Lugansk (or Luhansk in English). Basically, take a map of Ukraine, go as far east as you can and find a fairly large city, and that's where I'll be for the next two years. I am just visitng for the weekend, but I will be coming back for good Dec. 21st. Lugansk has aobut 470,000 residents, and is a very industrial town. It is not really what I was expecting in a placement, as I am living only 5 minutes away from a coal mine, but in all reality, I am sure it will be great and I will learn a ton here. The students are very motivated, as I am going to be working at a Law Lyceum (sort of a private high school) for grades 9-11. it is about 80% boys here and is a sort of military school so that will be interesting. The school teachers are really trying to impress me, so I went ice skating at an indoor rink in the city yesterday and am going to the circus today. Should be exciting. I will try to write more aobut my experience here, but just wanted to write something quickly!
-Love,
Seth
Am I really here?
Is this really Ukraine? View from above balaclava beach
Sevastopol
Brad and I in Sevastopol
crazy fog
crazy fog on top of the mountain
Heverla!
Me hiking up Mt. Heverla
pyramids
me sitting in front of the pyramids!
Cairo
Me at the Cairo History Museum
cool picture near parent's house
yay
Me and the Budapest castle
Parliment
pip ivan
top of the mountain
climbing
Me on top of Pip Ivan, 4th highest mountain in Ukraine
gropu
My group on top of Pip Ivan
out west
Me attempting to cut grass in some sweet clothes
Near football stadium
When my mom and dad came to visit me in Lugansk
Friends from Lugansk
Some of my Ukrainian friends, went to an American football game
AF
yes, they do have American Football here... not sure if thats good or bad...
monastary
beautiful
Tree
tree
Me and a sweet monestary
A monestary in Donetsk Oblast
sweet clothes!!
ukrainian dress 2
carpathians
somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains
me in traditional Western Ukrainian clothing. sweet!
carpathians 2
me and a nice view
Seth in Lugansk
me and good old Lenin
2 comments:
seth;
by now you are back in Rokytna where it might seem oddly familiar and you might be wondering, 'oh lord, why did I sign up to do this? it all seems so long and hard' but maybe not. If so, please remember its the road of adventure that builds character, its the stuff rich lives are made of. Going the easy route, that gets tedious after a while, plus the stories aren't as good. Take it from an old dog who almost always chose the route less- travelled it is worth it, even if at times it seems all too much. All who know you are proud of you, and when the darkest times burden you, let their, and our pride carry you along.
Love, dad
seth;
I may be the only one to comment on your blog, but as you may have noticed I did put your blog address out there to just about everyone we know, so you should get some hits. Off to Madrid tomorrow for the ECIS conference, another 4 days gone, yikes, seems like that is all we do anymore, leave for somewhere else. how are you doing? how is the transitional phase going? nervous, excited, worried? it will be great, a little wierd, but great.
dad
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