living high on the town (budget-style)

So it was a day of "hoolatting" (from the Ukrainian hoolate, meaning "to walk around without much purpose", although it looks more dignified written in Cyrillic). I did stuff around the PC office; returned library books to Kyiv-Mohila Academy's English Resource Center and checked out a bunch more (apparently I can universally charm librarians, as this one didn't charge me late fees and told me that my due date could be in September...or maybe later!); went with Tif and Susannah, another PCV from our area who we hadn't known, to Petrivka, the big market, where I found the movie Serenity in English and Russian, complete with special features; wandered around Maidun with Tif; and then we went to the Golden Gate Pub for what we hoped would be our big end-of-semester dinner, but prices meant that we just had end-of-semester appetizers...chicken strips with honey-mustard sauce and cheese sticks with RANCH DRESSING, which we hadn't had in eight months. It was much fun indeed.



Me at Maidun, the central square of Kyiv, playing in the fountain. FYI, this square is where all the protesters stood during the Orange Revolution.



Tif and I at the Irish pub, thanks to a nice English-speaking waitress.



Me, showing that I need more sleep.



Tif, in utter bliss between cheese sticks, ranch dressing, and a Guinness.