So this might just be a tad overdue... I know I certainly didn't do a very good job of informing people of what I was up to while I was living in Ukraine, so I'm going to try to be better over the coming weeks as I make my way through Europe. I thought about doing a quick flashback of my time in Ukraine, but my five months there were really wonderful and meant a lot to me and I don't think I could do them justice with a "quick flashback". Perhaps I will write more about my time there at a later date. But for now, here's what I've been up to for the last 10ish days!
6/3-Tuesday
After the last of my goodbyes in the morning, I ended up at the airport where I met Brendan (he was another head teacher in Ukraine, and to avoid the inevitable questions from anyone who might be wondering...no, we are not dating) After nearly missing our flight (overstayed visas--SO much fun) we were on our way to Riga, Latvia for a 5 hour layover on our way to Copenhagen, Denmark, to embark on a week full of selfies.
A few hours in Riga was just enough to make me know that I'd love to go back. We took a taxi into city centre...
...ate lunch (potato pancakes with bacon--delish!) and then wandered around to enjoy the city.
We were fortunate to stumble upon some delightful musicians...
After our near-miss this morning we decided to not take any chances and get back to the airport early. From the time we stepped out of the taxi, checked in, and went through security only ten minutes had passed. Ya, so glad we came early! So we found some ice cream (Brendan said to make an "oh my goodness it's ice cream!" face)...
...and boarded our flight, where we discovered my clothes looked very pumpkin-y, and Brendan convinced me to wrap my green sweater around my head, which would result in me looking like a pumpkin. Apparently it doesn't take a lot of convincing to make me do ridiculous things when I'm running on just a few hours of sleep.
And here's Brendan, wishing he could stare wistfully out the window.
We arrived in Copenhagen, mostly excited for Danish pastries. We had been talking about them for months! And our first experience did not disappoint...
My friend Jake lives in Copenhagen and works for the trains so he sent Brendan an SMS ticket to let us ride public transportation for free to his place. I hadn't seen Jake since we were both in China in fall 2004 so I was really looking forward to seeing him! He was working but we made it to his flat where we were welcomed by Aabjørn. We had some pleasant chit-chat and then decided to cook some food. We asked what we could do to help, Brendan was told to wash some dishes and I was told to "stand there and say things" and keep them company. I could handle that!
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