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Our very exciting morning: Solomiya and I took a short walk to the bakery and small store next to our apartment building. It was a short walk because it is FREEZING today. I needed to stop at the ATM to get some cash for my Russian lesson later today, we needed to buy fresh bread and Solomiya and I decided it was a good day to buy some булочки. It directly translate as "buns", but is not quite like what you would think a bun is. There is a picture below: this is how they look at this particular bakery, but they come in all different shapes, sizes and fillings. They are oval-shaped breads with various fillings: potatoes, mushrooms or cabbage. And, they are super tasty! They cost 2,50r each, which is about 35 cents. Not a bad price. Solomiya wanted a slice of pizza (pictured below: yes, that is corn on top- which is usual for Ukraine). The pizza was 6r, about 75 cents.
We also went next door to a small store that has fresh bread delivered everyday. The bread here is AMAZING! In the US, we rarely ate bread, here- we eat it almost every day. This loaf cost 4,50r, about 60 cents.
When we got back inside our apartment building, we found that the elevator was not working. It's not really a big deal because we only live on the 4th floor. Actually, we technically live on the 3rd floor, but the 1st floor in the building has no apartments so it is not labeled as the 1st floor. The 2nd floor is labeled as the 1st floor. Hope that wasn't too confusing.
Solomiya did great and walked up every flight. She did have to take a few breaks and enjoyed posing as I took some photos of her.
I also included a picture of our elevator (can you tell what is written on the door?) and Solomiya opening our front door.

Mike is having a much more exciting morning. He drove the leaders of the local Jewish ministry to Mukachavo (about 45 mins away) to deliver supplies to some Jewish elders.

Later today, I have my 2nd Russian lesson. I have to leave about 45 mins early for it because I have to wait for the right bus, ride the bus into the center of town and then walk to my teacher's house. I had a great 1st lesson last week and I really like my new teacher! It feels good to be studying again.
After my lesson, I need to walk back to the center of town to a particular pharmacy and see if they were able to find/order a transfer tub bench for one of my ladies. Then, I need to walk to a medical clinic and clear up some information I could not understand on the phone. Communicating and understanding in Russian is difficult enough for me in person, but on the phone- it's almost impossible. Can you believe I did not understand what day of the week they were talking about???- that's like supposed to be the easiest part to understand. So, I'm going to go back in person and figure things out.

The sun is shining today, and even though it's super cold, it will be a great day for walking around Uzhhorod to get some things crossed off my list.