Getting settled in??

Ill post pictures soon, im just having a bit of trouble b/c everything on this computer is in Ukrainian/Russian and my 'sister' who would be able to help me is at school.

A group of 5 of us girls flew to Kiev together, which was nice or else it would have been 2 times more boring as it already was. The longest flight (from Chicago to Germany) was killer...i couldnt sleep b/c it just wasnt comfortable. I do like Lufthansa though, the food they served was good. And i stole their complimentary blanket, well not really STOLE b/c they never actually said we couldnt take it...

We separated into two groups after we got to Kiev. We had to wait for a girl that was on a later flight so to pass the time Miranda and i took pictures of our green van taxi, threw green spikey fruit from a tree at each other, and tried to guess what our driver was yelling in Russian over his phone. I think it was something like this, "these foreign girls! they make me wait for hours, take pictures of my car, and yell in botched russian at each other! i cant wait to get rid of them! and their luggage! why so heavy?!"

For some reason i have this urge to imitate what everyone is saying in Russian! I really have to consciously stop myself from pretending to repeat what i hear being said lol...

My host family consists of Larisa (the mother), the dad (who's name i havent quite figured out yet), Vlada (15 yr old sister), and Sasha (6 yr old younger sister). Theyre all really nice! This is their first time hosting so the pressures on! Vlada speaks pretty good English, Sasha is going to the school where ill be teaching at so she learning some, and the father and mother speak a little English. But they all are determined to learn it so they want me to speak it as much as possible.
Communication can be difficult, sometimes im either looking through my dictionary trying to figure out how to explain something in Russian or their looking up the English word on their iphone or computers lol. They live right out of downtown in a tallish apt building three stories up. And its five minutes away from the school ill be teaching at.

My first meal was....interesting. There was some kind of meat patty which tasted like chicken and stuffing, potatoes which tasted really different than normal..maybe a bit more sour, but i was able to eat them, and finally their was bread topped with butter and caviar. Lets just say that the caviar is just not for me...like, at all. Oh and then they wanted me to try this drink which is like the official drink of Ukraine. It didnt have alcohol in it, they know I dont drink that. They said maybe I like it, maybe I dont. And..haha...i didnt. It honestly tasted like throw up, kind of biley, if that makes sense. All in all the meal went good :)

Today Im going to the school (Central) to get the low down on all things Kiev and then a bit of training for school. Im not sure what the rest of the day will consist of but someone will probably be showing us around Kiev.

Ill post again soon! And ill get the pictures on too :)

This is all very strange and exciting. :)