In this case no news is NOT good news

We've known since before arriving that in this journey you can never trust that the time frame you are given will be accurate. On Tuesday we were told we'd have our tax code Wednesday and at the latest Thursday. Well considering we've heard nothing and it's Thursday night I'm assuming that didn't happen. Are we shocked? NO. Are we disappointed? YES. The novelty of this place is wearing of QUICKLY. We have been there done that and bought the t-shirt...or Matroyshka doll in this case :). We are still hopeful that maybe, just maybe we can still get this thing tomorrow and move forward. Just yesterday we were doing great, settling back in and confident that we'd be out of here soon. Today, not so much.

In our effort to get out of our apartment and try something new we started wandering and found a HUGE underground mall. It goes for blocks and blocks and blocks. You can find anything there...and I mean anything. Do you need clothes, toys, platform stilletos (they have TONS of those), underwear (more than I've ever seen in one place), a couch, a bong (seriously), a doll for your child that is naked and anatomically correct (I even took a picture but I'll spare you), or a sword? That's just the beginning of the things you will find in this mall. We also saw a mannequin that honestly needed a breast reduction. I've never seen anything like it but she was proudly wearing a bikini! Their malls here are different because rather than a few large stores they have MANY small ones. They were about 5' deep and 10-15' wide. The clothing stores had a small area in the corner where a curtain was hung up on a rod for a dressing room. Some areas were set up more like a craft fair where everything is more open but they were still businesses.

We also found a great park area. It was a nice area to walk around with a huge playground, pony rides, a restuarant, and of course a statue (because you need to have a statue everywhere).



I think we are going to try the Chernobyl museum in the next day or two. Saturday we are moving to a new apartment again. It's a different building but still a great location and it's not black and white! Other than that we will wait...and let you know when something happens.