Weekends in Kiev

So, these are some pictures from all the fun things that I have been doing during the weekends here in Kiev, Ukraine. 

Weekend Number 1 in Ukraine: Flower Festival 

The entrance to the festival. 

                   Each of the districts of Kiev made a flower display. This is one of them.

                                         

Great view of the Protector from the Flower Festival!

The Flower Festival :) 

The beautiful view from the Festival 

 Beautiful building on the way to get food. 

                                                Beautiful building on the way to get food.

My yummy lunch

Weekend Number 2: Ukrainian Super Market 

It was HUGE!

Ice Cream... in tubes, pretty neat. 

The Fish section... gross

The groups collection of food.. yeah, it was a fat kid day.

Week 3: Water Museum and River Boat Ride. 

The Presidents Palace: On the way to the water museum 

Our groups pose. 

The Water Museum 

The Water Information Center 

I stood inside a GIANT Bubble :) 

 I also sat on a GIANT toilet

The Sewer... Actual Size.. Not Actual Sewer.

This is how big the rats get in the sewer....GROSS

                                                              Real person. Pretty cool. 

Real people there is no way I could keep a straight face for that long. 

After the museum we got food :) 

                        Beautiful Building right out side the Metro before we went on the boat. 

Huge house on the river :) 

Beautiful view from the boat. 

I'm on a Boat! 

                             In the Metro, heading back to my house... I can see the light. haha

 Week 4: Getting Locked in the House, Movie and Pizza day with the Avengers, and the Medieval Festival.

Trying to escape the house through a doggy door into a back door.

Next step: Over the mini fence. Unfortunately past this fence was a huge cement fence that had barbed wire so we didn't end up escaping. :( 

Eventually, our host mom came home so we finally could escape the house and then we went to McDonald's and got a McFlurry

                     Had some of the girls over for a movie and we (well, Gayla, Thanks!) ordered pizza. There were three delivery guys by the way, that was pretty interesting. haha 

Alexis, Taia, Me, Erika, and Hanna with the Pizza :) 

Pizza!  

On Sunday, Jenna and I went with our host family to a Medieval Festival a little bit south of Kiev. 

Best Friends :) 

On the Marshrutka with Masha :) 

Sleeping on the way to the Festival

Medieval Festival 

Beautiful looking day right? It was beautiful but chilly and superrrrr windy. 

The moat.... 

The super steep stairs

The costumes 

Yum? 

It was really neat :) 

Jousting.. made me want to watch A Knights Tale

A Hut!  

Catapult! 

Cutie Tonia :) 

Cheese! 

My New Boyfriends: 

Literally my Knight in Shining Armour ;) 

And I thought Rafael was a Barbarian... haha 

On the Bus heading home

Random but beautiful church in the middle of a field on the way home. 

So this is the gist of my weekends since I've been in the Ukraine. I might add stories later on, but for now this will have to do. :)