2nd week

I found a new Friend here, a little kitten that I sneak salami and cheese from breakfast in the mornings. (don't worry mom, she belongs to a lady here and doesn't have rabies or fleas :P) She's a feisty little thing and is very playful. The other day she found refuge beneath me as I was sitting on the curb hugging my legs (the boys had been chasing her around)

Classes are going well, but we're having to take more time off as assistants and more time planning for the afternoons. Soon, the Minnesota team will be gone and we'll be on our own for planning. My relationships with students are going well, but it's more with the older students I work with than my peers. The other day, as I was standing by Sarah talking, one of my students came up and put her arm around me, gave me a squeeze, and said "You're so cute! I like you!"

We had a day where we had students take us around Downtown Donetsk - "Show us your City" we called it. They became our tour guides, and had to tell us all about their city in English only. I really enjoyed it - much more than the Saturday trip to the Island the Cossacks had their headquarters (when Ukraine was fighting for independence) THAT day started at 6:00am and ended at 9:00pm, including a 4 hour bus ride each way. It was fun too, and I enjoyed it, although we were so exhausted by the end that we all just wanted to curl up and sleep for three days straight. We didn't, of course, but decided to skip breakfast and sleep in the next day.

I have pictures from both event's, but you'll have to bear with me as I slowly proceed to upload them. In the meantime, I have some pictures of or 3 day traveling trip getting here, some of the campus we're staying at, and also some of our first trip to downtown into Donetsk. Enjoy!

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