Today after class, Jessy, Hannah, and I went to celebrate Ukraine's independence. Jessy exerted a fair amount of energy trying to get me to taste something square and white on a toothpick. When she refused to answer any of my inquiries, I refused to try it. Later I found out that it was salted, solid lard. Hmm...
The program started and there was a kind of "Come to Ukraine" sideshow followed by some singing. Then they decided to show us some traditional games. The first game needed two boys and two girls. The girls were then blindfolded and had locate ten clothes pins on the boys which resulted in a fair degree of hilarity. I whispered to Hannah, "I almost volunteered and I am so glad I didn't." But then the host called for three more volunteers, and as I had kind of stuck my foot in my mouth, Jessy and Hannah were able to force me on stage. Looking back, I honestly believe I had an out of body experience. The whole world tilted and I said to myself, "I'm standing in front of all these people I don't know, going to do who knows what, and oh yeah, I'm in Lithuania. Okay, I'm ready to wake up now..."
The host laid out a ribbon and told us the rules which pretty much amounted to Simon Says, but with three commands, in Ukrainian. Jump to one side of the ribbon, the other, or straddle it. Finally I took a deep breath, focused my mad DDR skills, and began. A few short minutes later I had hopped my flip-flops to victory! (My roommate actually filmed it without my knowledge or consent, but it will not be posted at this time- sorry.) Then Hannah, Altunai, and I escaped before the folk dancing started and made a brief stop at Iki to buy bags of milk and yogurt. And yes, I said bags...
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