Winter is here

Dobriy den everybody!

Kelly's life in the Carribean is quite a contrast to my life here in Ukraine. Today was the first snowfall and I assure you I won't be wearing anything less than my heavy winter coat, winter boots and hat until the end of May. Lidiya, my host Mom, is very concerned about my ability to survive the winter on my own given the selection of winter clothes I brought and my inability to cook borsch. These last two weeks of training will be devoted to intensive Ukrainian cooking lessons. After tomorrow, I'll be able to make some mean potato pancakes, carrot salad, and these weirdly delicious cheese pancakes called tsernyky.

In Ukraine and I'm pretty sure the rest of Peace Corps you have to do some kind of community project during your training. We're having a fundraiser to raise more money for textbooks since the ones they have are terrible and are filled with erroneous information!Maps of the U.S. show Washington D.C. in Michigan. Anyway, our fundraiser is a concert/school dance/talent show/ student teacher trivia game challenge. I'm in some way involved in all of these activities on stage so wish me luck! I think I might have to play a piano solo on a piano that has about 50% of the keys out of tune and I definitely have to sing a song in Ukrainian about a boy who loves women and cheese pies.