3 Down, 1 To Go

That's right, three weeks down and, good Lord willing, only one to go.

Today we found "The Bazaar". We had seen a market place near the orphange but only explored its periphery. It is HUGE! It's not a market like anything we have. It is essentially shipping container stalls arranged in a maze with narrow aisles - claustrophobes be warned. One vendor advised there are 50,000 containers and we believe him. From an elevated vantage point it looks like a city and must extend most of a mile. They have everything. We saw thousands of fur coats, boots, hats, numerous fish smoked and some fresh enough to still be moving, housewares, you name it.

The kids were not well behaved so we aren't going spend much time on them. They did learn "door" as a word, and we added two Ukrainian words to our vocabulary. Here in Western Ukraine, Russian is understood, but Ukrainian is preferred and the two are not as similar as you might expect.

On another note, we often comment on the dirt. Outside, everywhere is filthy and gross. That said, Ukrainians are fanatical about cleaning. Once you step inside pretty much anywhere you will see people cleaning and you can eat off of most floors - just ask the boys because they do all the time.