I heart quarantine

October was a month of travel that didn't end until yesterday, the 22nd November. How did it manage, you wonder? A little something called Quarantine! The Ukrainian government shut down all educational facilities for three weeks in response to the H1N1 here (though it's not nearly as bad as in the States). Awesomely, I'd managed a trip to Romania and then across the country for a little birthday and holiday action. Life bounced from one place to another after that. Rather than the thousand words, I'm going to try to do this in pictures. Enjoy!

All-time faves: felafel, Odessa, beer and goooood company!

Not pictured: a week with Nick at my site, cooking and hanging out. Good times!

And off to Molly's to celebrate the great Beth Care Package--minus Noelle! You were missed!

Not pictured: Adopt-a-Cluster (mentoring training groups) in the Kiev region. Super fun and I felt like I was able to really contribute some good stuff for their training.

Still newlyweds, Allona and Roma in Nick's site, Kamin-Kasherskyy. We went to their wedding in July and got to see lots of pics from their Turkey honeymoon and the wedding video. It was nice re-living memories!

After a week of fried rice and gangster movies, it was off to Lutsk for a day. The Lutsk Castle, all impressive and whatnot.

Near-ish the Lutsk Castle, the town legend. Rumor has it that he's carved images of all his ancestors and has them inside his house on the walls. Also, he's very keen on advertising his work, and that's not a rumor.

Cool castle graffiti in Lutsk.

Not pictured: Back to Kiev to say goodbye to Group 33. You will be missed!

Off to Djankoy for Warden Training...girls' night after. We did '92-96'proud with our dance party!

Touring around Djankoy...children's park with lots of carved animals, and Lindsay. :)

Now I'm back at my site, doing some laundry and catching up! School's back, and we'll see how that goes. I'm off again next weekend for Thanksgiving.

Thanks for coming along for the ride!