pictures!

i am lucky enough to have a friend who is willing to share her amazing internet with me. so i am taking advantage and posting some pictures while i can! just some from the summer.

here we go!

swearing in! this is my counterpart ill be working with for the next 2 years! say hello to the english department at school #2!

on my 3rd day at site my counterpart, her husband, a volunteer in the next town, and i ventured to this river! how pretty!

here is a picture of the house building project i volunteered at! all that work there? yea, not me.

one day at the house some of the americans decided to make vereniky! ( a delicious ukrainian dumpling like food.) we made at least 100!

here is picture of the protest in kyiv. ( wrote about it in the last entry)

While Kristin's boyfriend was visiting from the states I went over and we made burritos!!! any mention of any kind of mexican food gets me all excited. there were avocados, salsa and real tortillas! they were amazing. and obviously i used my coho skills to show them how to properly wrap a burrito. see i learned something in college.

heres some pics of my current room. look you can see me in the mirror!!

Bratslav day!! the sign reads Bratslav, city of Cossack glory. and there is a male singing group. traditional ukrainain clothes.

heres my future classroom! where i will mold the minds of Ukraine's youth.



here was the bulk of independence day activities i saw.

random selection, i know but ive been bad at taking pictures. im going to make an honest effort to take more! i promise!