Fun in Kiev

After leaving the internet cafe this morning, we decided to be very brave and tour the city. We asked the gentleman running the cafe where we were on the map. We plotted from that point and started our journey. There are no street signs here, they are on the buildings in small Ukrainian letters so it made it very difficult to plot our way. We did finally make it to the central location where all of the beautiful monuments are. Our first sight was of a statue of a famous poet and spiritual leader. It was located in a big park. After this sight we walked past the opera house. Wow what a huge building. We then found an Uno's Pizza ( Again we are big chickens, playing it safe with the food). Boy that large pizza with ham and black olives sure did taste good and for dessert chocolate mousse. We then proceeded down four blocks to the biggest outdoor flea market. We spent a couple of hours here looking at pictures, nestling dolls, hats, bags, and all types of beautiful handmade nick nacks. During our shopping we saw St. Andrews church. It was blue with gold domes on the top of it. We then went back through a big center square where there was a monument of their great leader on a horse and two beautiful churches. Our last stop was a church that was built in 1037!!! It was a fun day with lots of things to see. We are hoping to get our exact day from our facilitator tonight for our second appointment. Please pray that God will start now to prepare our hearts for this important decision Karen and I have to make. Karen's note: There are no parking lots here, everyone just pulls up on the sidewalks with no warning. Eric was standing on the street corner trying to read a Russian sign when a bus pulled up on the curb to park, missing Eric by millimeters!!! Also- another funny note- another American couple that is here went to a restaurant to have lunch. She was thrilled to see a cheeseburger on the menu. After she ordered and took her first bite, she cracked up hysterically. It was literally a "cheese" burger! A block of cheese coated with breading! HA HA