I posted this on Facebook, but for those of you not in the Facebook world (stay strong- you really don't need it!), here's something that made all the headaches of the past 8 months worth it.
So a few days ago I was buying strawberries from a street vendor. I asked him for a kilo and checked on the price, and then he asked me the question that made me the happiest I've been in a bit: "Where are you from- Latvia, Lithuania, or Estonia?".
NOTE: He did NOT say America. WIN!!
I told him I was from America, and he proceeded to be shocked. What was an American doing here? And how does she know Russian so well? Then he asked about the short-term team with me, who was here helping with the camps, and about where they were from.
We continued to chat for a bit, but before I walked away, he asked me again: "Now honestly, where are you from? There's no way you're from America." Though my accent in Russian is atrocious, now I know I can pass for a European tourist.
I'll call that a win:
Ukraine- 2,094,067,002 Amanda- 8
So a few days ago I was buying strawberries from a street vendor. I asked him for a kilo and checked on the price, and then he asked me the question that made me the happiest I've been in a bit: "Where are you from- Latvia, Lithuania, or Estonia?".
NOTE: He did NOT say America. WIN!!
I told him I was from America, and he proceeded to be shocked. What was an American doing here? And how does she know Russian so well? Then he asked about the short-term team with me, who was here helping with the camps, and about where they were from.
We continued to chat for a bit, but before I walked away, he asked me again: "Now honestly, where are you from? There's no way you're from America." Though my accent in Russian is atrocious, now I know I can pass for a European tourist.
I'll call that a win:
Ukraine- 2,094,067,002 Amanda- 8