My Ukraine

So this is 'My' Ukraine the things I see everyday, the little weird things that make this experience all my own.

 These are Crows I saw on my way to the school...

 Gray and black crows is a new thing for me I don't know about you

 This is a cool bridge on my way to ELE on Tuesdays.

 Couldn't quite get the bus to stop in the middle.

 Me waiting patiently for my drive to take me to ELE.

Be there by 11am huh?

Me waiting not-so-patiently for me driver, 

 The bridge I live under while waiting for my ELE driver...

 This is Wednesday's ELE school...(no driver I take the bus...I prefer the driver)

 Look how the leaves change It;s awesome!

 Waiting at the bus stop with the other Planet girls! Wednesday night

 Thursday morning. It's better if you look up.

 :)

 My walk from the bus stop to the school.

Awee...

 This 'park' behind the bus stop.

 The bus stop I spent over an hour at waiting for the stupid 46!

 Still waiting... And missing my Russian lessons

 Yep you guessed it still waiting...

 The other side of the bus stop...Still waiting...Come on Russian lessons...

 Still waiting...

 still waiting

 Oh look its...NOT my bus...

 I eventually make it on a 46 this is from the window.

 Just a cool old building I see everyday

The cross walk signs

 Not sure what happened here...

 Ha, A land mark so I know I'm on the right bus!

 And the most important part of "my" Ukraine is these girls

 I would have gone crazy had it not been for these ladies so Thanks for keeping me Sane!
Mallory, Kylie, Afton, (Erika), Alexis,(Samantha)

 The back of Samantha's head, Alexis, Erika

 Let's all have Shwarma's together!

 Me, Alisha, Erika, Hanna, Jenna, Cherish,

So that is the day to day life here in Ukraine, Lots of pretty sights lots of waiting and lots of fun people! Welcome to Ukraine 

The beds in Ukraine: The remedy

The beds in Ukraine are not the softest or the most therapeutic. Hanna found a remedy for helping our sore backs: While sitting on the floor pull your knees to your chest and roll backwards. Stretching your muscles and aligning you spine.

Let's have Hanna and Erika demonstrate this wonderful cure.   

Clearly it is more a cure for boredom than for back muscles...oh well!

Odessa!! Last night. Make it count!

 For our last night in Odessa we went out Pizza...I got a chicken sandwich.( leave me alone) It was a lot of fun just all of us together...I don't have a picture of the other side of the table...Sorry guys. But this is Me, Cherish, Hanna, Jenna, Alisha, And Erika.

 Us girls at the gazebo in the center of the park.

 A blurry picture of us girls at the gazebo in the center of the park.

 Erika, and Me
Cherish and Alisha
Jenna and Hanna

 Cherish can't carry Jenna's burden for her... but she can carry her!

 And, of course, Jenna would do the same...(Just maybe not as far from off ground)

 Hanna doing our Ukrainian Model Pose.

 Ok we got recruited into a human chain! So some Ukrainian girls came up to us and started asking us  stuff and we told them we don't know Russian so one of the girls was like "We need your help, its a game! Come with us! You have to go fast, hurry hurry!!"  We ran across the park and were instructed to stand across from each other and put one hand up, creating a tunnel! People ran under our arms. When it was our turn then ran through together and started our part of the tunnel over again. We snaked this way through the park as fast as we could until we hit the fence! It was so funny! My camera was not on the right setting (because we didn't have time to change it we had to RUN! )

 That's basically what it looked like when we were running ha ha

 Mallory is really a Ukrainian Model in disguise!

I discovered her!

Well that was our Odessa trip in a few post. It was blast such a pretty city and some really good company!

Odessa!!! The Black Sea

 Once off the marshrutka, we walked down this beautiful walk way.

 To this monument

 With a fire, in a nest, and kids in uniforms guarding the fire in the nest...

 Street lamps!

 Ship yards!

 Back of the monument.

 Street lamps, and my 'fat pack' (a mini fanny pack you wear under your shirt to keep your money safe)

 The Black SEA!!!!

 Fountains with millions of little kids playing it in...I was tempted but resisted.

 That, ladies and gentlemen, is the Black Sea!

 Kylie, Erika, Hanna, Me, Jenna, Cherish.

 Awesome creepy old building on the beach.

 All us girls just hanging out.

 Alisha and me AT THE BLACK SEA

 Alexis and me AT THE BLACK SEA!

 Me in my model pose.

 Me laughing at the Black sea

 Why do I feel like I am NOT the main focus of this picture...Awkward...

 Chillin at the Black sea

 Mallory waiting for her long lost love...Sigh

 Random cute guy playing volleyball and random not-so-cute guy in a speedo

 I'M HERE!!!

Cool building on the walk home.

We got So lost and this was the moon on our way back.