Ah, Slavs :)

Well, I have thoroughly been enjoying my time here in Odessa. There is so much I love about it here. As I've previously mentioned, I'm posting work-oriented blogs on our project blog (here). However, here are some non-work related images and thoughts ;)

First, Things I Love About Slavs: Part 1:

1. That old ladies still wear traditional head scarves and use the totally impractical brooms, despite modern technology :)

2. Polite reminders of what dangers might befall you. This sign says, Beware, Evil Dog Within. Emphasis on: Evil. None of the Beware of Dog business :)

3. I love how raw things seem here, not quite so sanitised and sterile as Canada. This is a rural road in a developing area near Hope House.

4. The hair styles. Mullets are super trendy here for girls. The girls at Hope House want to cut my hair like this, which, I think, would be a very interesting experiment with my hair :)

5. The footwear

6. The Lada. Моя самая любимая машина :)

And now, just some images of life here. 

Here we have one of our girls,Vika, walking home from her College to Hope House. I love this shot, though I'm not entirely sure why... :)

Here, dancing seems to be the thing to do. These girls are practising a group dance for the wedding that was on Saturday. They had a great time rehearsing :) They danced to YMCA... I'm not quite sure why... :)

A car ambling down the road past Hope House :)

I never can say what it is that I love about the slavic world, but for whatever reason, I love it :)