Today was a nice day... we had to move apartments at noon... I liked our first apartment better. This one has no microwave, which hopefully we can fix tomorrow, and it's much smaller... but we'll survive! It also has no shower, just a bath tub. We asked about a shower and the manager lady was very confused! haha We have a stove, which we need to light with a match. We have a refrigerator and a little bar with stools to eat at... here let me just take some pictures! LOL 
Sink and part of our bath tub... 
Kitchen...
Our messy bed... it's actually made. There's no real blanket, but the sheet thing that's on it is thick, and our apartment is warm. 
The bar... and Frank on his computer. He's not online though, since I am. We only have one Internet connection in here, so we have to share. This could cause marital problems. LOL Only kidding! Several people have asked about our water. We can't drink the water here, or brush our teeth with it, due to parasites and other stuff in it. We'd get VERY sick. So we had to wait to get bottled water. When we moved to this new apartment we actually didn't have ANY running water for several hours, but they finally got it fixed.
After an afternoon nap, we went out shopping and went to dinner here:
Flat Stanley went with us too :).
We found an underground mall after dinner and got hopelessly lost when we came back out! LOL We wandered around for about an hour, finally asked for directions, the best we could, and eventually found our way back. We were JUST about to call our translator and ask her to help us, but we figured it out. Actually, FRANK figured it out. I had NO idea where we were! haha We bought Kellsey a teddy bear to take to her tomorrow or Tuesday, whenever we get to see her, and we found her a cute tiger that sings a lullaby in her language. The lady at the store promised us she would know it. We may save that for her for Christmas though.
Some observations from today:
Cars like to park (and drive) on the sidewalk. LOL
Our TV has the Hallmark channel! YAY!
It is REALLY nice to hear someone speak English! :)
People who work in the stores are either going to try REALLY hard to help you and understand you, or they're going to completely ignore you when they figure out you're American.
The exchange rate for money is different everywhere. This boggles my mind!
You can still get sticker shock even when shopping with grivna! There are some expensive stores here! We saw a scarf that cost over $100! (The ones we bought cost $6.25)
EVERYONE here smokes. We're very much in the minority. Frank said we should take up smoking to fit in. NOT!
I guess that's about it for now! SO excited for our SDA appointment tomorrow!!! We're hoping to call the kids on Skype before we go to bed. My mom said they are being GREAT so far! :) OK until later!
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7 comments:
sorry you liked the first apt. better, it probably was a bit more pricey :( They so that to make you want to go back and pay more. You will survive though. My 2nd apt. didn't have a microwave either, but sometimes they will bring you things that are lacking, just ask!!! If you need help getting something done, son't hesitate to ask Nadia!
look at you both all hooked up lol
The apartment looks great
Cathy Aden's Mummy
It's fun exploring, eh? LOL. I used to let Kyle do the talking. LOL. And then they'd look at him like he had 4 heads. LOL. And was that a TGIFriday? There actually was one in the Moscow airport that we ate at when we were on our way home! So funny!
Everyone should have a blue fridge.
jamie
Not too shabby! If you can survive Joey's room, you will totally survive those digs, LOL....reminds me of college days!
My boyfriend walked in the room, looked at the screen and said "I know your addicted to the computer, but WHY ON EARTH are you looking at someones bathroom and their TOILET??" lol!!
LOL, at first I thought the blue bucket was your bathtub!
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