Jail?!

Where do I begin with our adventure today?
Let me start by saying it was very nice to get out and do something different for a change. We left at 9a.m. this morning and just got home at 7pm. - long day. Anyway, we had an extra person along with us, because when the other man living here heard we were going he wanted to tag along so he could purchase a round-trip ticket to Kiev and back again, as he has to go for another appointment there. So, we said come along and off we went. First we went to a HUGE open air market that apparently was the "small" one of the two in Kharkov. We were amazed and even the man with us from NY was amazed and said there's nothing in NYC that even compares to this!! There was anything and everything to buy - from zippers to zebras. Well, okay I didn't see any zebras, but we didn't see it all and there probably was some! Really, you could easily get lost in the maze of rows and rows of STUFF. So, eventually James found a coat and we found one for Marina, and Olga found one as well. Then we went onto the BIG open air market and found a couple more things we were all looking for and then headed to pick up Marina's passport. After that (which again was somewhat of a runaround) we got lunch at a really nice restaurant and everything was great, as was our service. They are very BIG on customer service and the nice thing is, once they know you speak English, they give you a menu in . . . ENGLISH!!! Happy are we :) So, after lunch we headed for the internet cafe, while Olga took the other guy with us to the train station to buy his ticket. Well . . . what can I say . . . the internet cafe got us online and then lost their connection!!!!!!! AAAAAAAArrrrggggggg! Can you even believe it? I can and you would to if you could experience things here - hahahaha!

Oh yeah, your probably wondering why I titled this entry "Jail"? Well, that's because while we were at the open-air market, James said I should get a picture of what we were seeing, because it was truely amazing. And I did as my husband suggested only to be IMMEDIATELY approached by two police officers demanding to know what I thought I was doing!! Thank God, Olga was near by trying on jeans and heard the commotion and came to our rescue. Apparently this is a "private" market and we were not allowed to take pictures in there. Hmmmmm, could it be because they are worried about copy-right laws????? There is so much that is a rip-off the real brands, that maybe that is the reason. Anyways, they let us go and nothing else was said about it. I should also add that people just try on the clothes right there in the open - no big deal. We saw both men and women in their underware trying on different things and tried not to stare :)

Ooops, dinner is ready . . .more later.