June

The month of June came and went in the blink of an eye! After two years of preparation, Euros finally made it to Ukraine and Poland.  I was able to watch England play France (1-1 draw); it was a great experience! Some things Ukraine did very well and other things were simply forgotten.  For example, the new stadium is beautiful, however they forgot to install a scoreboard! Every hosting city had a fan zone where people could watch the games- great!... but they forgot food. Only  chocolate, top ramen, beer and water for purchase.

The new stadium felt like I had really left rural Ukraine!  

Pre-game festivities 

The English fans

Check out the food options!

Watching Ukraine beat Sweden in the fan zone!

Catching the train back to Crimea

Summertime means dried fish.  Wintertime means salted little sardine fish.  Both are growing on me, but I am still trying to decide which I dislike/like least/most. 

A HUGE highlight from June was purchasing a laptop and projector for the library with grant money! 

A green tub full of empty water bottles

  The downside of June was a lack of water.  I went over three weeks in my apartment without a drop from the tap! This problem was solved when Victor and Lena Leyko asked me to live with them in their house.  When I moved to their home we were all amazed with how much one person can accumulate in a year (thanks to many care packages J ).