Stars on Ice

Here we are....the not so famous Stars on Ice of Kiev! We usually hang out at our place and have fun speaking in English, but last week one of us had the grand idea of getting together on a totally different day to go ice skating while we spoke English. It was a beautiful evening, the snow was gently falling. We warmed up afterwards with tea at a cafe and laughed about the fun we had going round and round in the rink, managing not to fall. Such fun people to have the privilege to know.

As we drank our tea and laughed...someone had another brilliant idea - to go snowboarding!

Yikes!

Remember us as we have fun, sharing our lives, dreams, hopes and the most important stuff of life.

Old Christmas Pie

Our friends and the pie they prepared!
cutting the pie

It was 'Old' Christmas Eve and our good friends invited us over to their place for pie. In Ukraine, Christmas is a religious holiday. On that night, "Holy Dinner" is eaten after the first star appears and no gifts are exchanged. We were excited that they would invite us over on this special day.

We thought we were invited over for dessert, as we sat down we realized the pie they had prepared for us was a fish pie! It was beautiful. On the bottom was a layer of potatoes, a layer of sliced onions and then a layer of fish, all wrapped in a savory crust. It was delicious!

As you remember the special memories you have of this Holy season, will you also remember our good friends as they wrestle with their beliefs and thoughts about Jesus and how His birth changed everything. Thanks for coming along with us on this adventure!

New Year's dinner 2012

We enjoyed a quiet dinner together with 3 of our friends here at our place. Our neighbor brought a stuffed fish that she made for us to eat along with our tacos. It was a very nice dinner. I am sorry that I totally forgot to take a picture of us all together. At 11pm, we started walking to the center. We enjoyed a few mintues of the free concert and then the fireworks began at the stroke of midnight.

Happy New Year 2012

the beginning of the firework salute!

the ocean of people celebrating the new year 2012

Ringing in the New Year 2012

We celebrated in the city center, Kiev with thousands of others...Happy New Year!!!!