Thanksgiving has come and gone here without much ado, which is what we expected. Dave went to a Russian lesson and I worked on lesson plans in the English office during the day, and in the evening we headed to a get-together with some other Americans working for various missionary/service organizations. Although turkey is not widely available here, our hosts found one somewhere and we enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal, complete with pumpkin pie. Even though we knew very few people in the group, it was nice to have some English conversation and make some connections with people. So our first holiday in a new country is done, with a few more to go in the coming weeks. In Ukraine, Christmas is celebrated on January 7, according to the traditional Orthodox calendar, so we'll have two Christmases to celebrate, with New Years in between. Classes will be over for the semester by then and we hope to do some traveling to visit other MCCers in the area.
Laura
