My trip to Ukraine was lovely, to say the least. I enjoyed it a lot. I got to go to the temple (which is probably the highlight of my entire trip thus far) and spend some time in a beautiful country.
Who DOESN'T get this excited about bells?
(@ St. Sophia's Cathedral)
Creepy hands reaching out of the wall... :/
(@ souvenir street)
Going to the temple! :)
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VITAS! My favorite Ukrainian musical artist!
(I actually knew some of his music in America, RANDOM.)
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(outside the WWII museum)
We were SO tired, we decided to sit on the escalator.
Do you think people can tell we're American?
This is only a fifth part of the adventures we had in Ukraine. It was exhausting, but I had an amazing time :)
In other news, Russia is awesome. Still.
I'm going to St. Petersburg next weekend. It should be a great experience. There is so much history there, and I've heard that it's absolutely beautiful there. Hopefully the train ride there won't be too much of a bother. The train ride to Ukraine was AWFUL. Rock hard bunk beds, friendly drunks, very terse boarder patrol officers... Not the peaceful train ride I was hoping for. I was expecting something more along the lines of Harry Potter's train to Hogwarts. Oh well.
Oh yeah, and it's my birthday today. I'm 21. My host dad greeted me this morning with a hug and "Wow, you're getting old!" Maybe that's true. But I feel the same as I did yesterday. Nevertheless, I'm happy and proud to have made it 21 years. That's over one-fifth of a century. Makes a girl think.* I'm having a pretty awesome birthday watching General Conference and letting my friends/host family feed me and give me presents. That makes for a great day in everyone's book :)
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We ate a slice of cheesecake in honor of your birthday. Yum Yum. We realize it may not be your favorite cake, but it is ours. Daddy got it. He said we should toast to you in honor of your birthday. He may not say it out loud, but we all know he misses you terribly, and in his manly way says, "Have you heard from Michaela, when is she coming home" You have always been his Little Democrat, and we are all so proud of you my love. Happy Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteyou are leading such an adventurous life!! so jealous. i love you.
ReplyDeleteExciting! You just went to the newest Temple. I've been there, too, but it's a lot prettier now that it's done. Congratulations on living through the train ride. I rode a train, but it was only from Donetsk to Kharkov. How long was this ride?
ReplyDeleteTWELVE HOURS.
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