What a busy day! We finished our 6 week study of the country of Ukraine today with a feast, costumes, and games. It was fun and my boys will never forget the country of Ukraine. I posted lots of pictures on my blog here.
My daughters class did this when she was in public school. They each had to pick a country and find out how they celebrated Christmas. She did Finland and to this day (3 or 4 years later) she can still tell you about it. We made 2 different kinds of their cookies and made a costume as well. We just went to the library today and are planning on doing the same thing for this year. She picked Ireland. Can't wait to get started.
I've visited Ukraine a couple of times and stayed both times in a typical Soviet-era hotel in the center of Kyiv. I was given a piece of paper at check-in and took the elevator to my floor. When the doors opened, a person was sitting there behind a desk. I had to swap the piece of paper for my room key. When leaving the hotel, I did the same in reverse. Of course, it was done to track my movements. I quite enjoyed the food, and I seem to remember they have their own version of borscht - very tasty. I must tell you a story about my journey home on the second trip. I asked for a wake-up call 1t 5am because my Air France flight left at 8 that Sunday morning. I awoke to the sound of a church bell ringing and light flooding in through the window: It was after 8 already. Contacting a travel agent, I found the only flight available was from Kyiv to New York on Uzbekistan Airways - so I took it. The plane was quite empty, so many of the Uzbekhs laid down across the middle row of seats to sleep. As we came in to land in New York, there were none of the usual announcements inviting you to strap your seat belt and so on. When the plane touched down, all the Uzbekhs, in unison, rolled off their seats! It was rather funny to watch. I loved the costumes your children are wearing!
