I got a microphone!

 This morning I actually had a call time! What what?! Since me and Ben are both new, we needed to do our own introductions. I was definitely cold and the sun was IN MY EYES but I was excited to start filming my close up work. I used the knowledge from my 1 film class to talk TO the camera and not PAST it. I felt good. I definitely made some mistakes, like saying that I was afraid of getting food poisoning "up the front and up the back." What does that even mean?!

We've been keeping an eye on the news about the rebellion and they keep getting worse. Being here at this time is definitely not the safest place but we're avoiding the square now that all shit has hit the fan. Right now in bed, the headlines say that at least 18 people are dead. Whoa! 

We went to the Virsky rehearsal for Hopak dancing. Wow, my mouth was agape the whole time. The women were beautiful and the men were leaping higher than my shoulders. So impressed. They were so accommodating in letting us crash their rehearsal just 2 weeks before their nation wide tour. We even got to learn some dance moves that were very hard. The girl track was significantly easier than the boys', but the floor was so warped and splintery that it was nearly impossible to turn, though Lainey did say that the lady teacher was at least happy with me because I was getting it??? (I wasn't getting it). 

After dancing, we went to a traditional Ukrainian type restaurant that was decorated like a grandma's house during the communist era. We tried all kinds of traditional things, like dumplings with potatoes in them, pea pancakes, and black currant dumplings which were tart and delicious! And while we were sitting there, apparently shit went down at the square and the government stopped all metro service….so we walked all the way home.

The architecture is actually very pretty here, and I am sorry I haven't taken more pictures, but I never have a chance to take my camera out or my phone….I am relying a lot on the crew to do it honestly. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be better.

We went back to the mall for dinner. Nothing fancy, we just didn't want to cook. We walked around and the boys posed with this weird looking "Huff" the magic dragon….notice that he's copping a feel?

And of course, we couldn't go home without stopping back at the grocery store for more vodka. In this country, vodka is pretty cheap. I would go as far as to say that a shot of vodka is cheaper than a bottle of water. And they have a lot of it!

We all got to pose with vodka, minus Marcus. Sad face! I actually LOVE this picture as we're all different. And how uncharacteristic of Lainey to be chugging vodka! 

 And another one bites the dust with a prank. Lainey was the next to fall asleep in the middle of the communal area. We covered her in random shit, like crab chips (which we tried earlier and got some great near puking shots of Jonathan), empty beer bottles, and Chuck Norris! I am now really afraid to fall asleep in the living room as it's now happened to 3 different cast members.