Some People Should Not Be Allowed to Influence Young Minds

Today, while walking down the street, I was explaining the police extortion scam to my new Kiwi friend, when we were approached by an English-speaker. I am usually very careful about what I say, but so few people in Ukraine seem to speak English that sometimes you forget that someone might understand you. I was a little embarrassed until we discovered that she hadn't really overheard our conversation, just that we were speaking English. She was an English professor at L'viv University who hadn't decided what to do with her English majors on the first day of classes, so she asked us to speak to the class about our respective countries. Whew!

The university is in a very pretty old building and has been in continuous operation since 1661 (longer than any other in Ukraine.)
We talked with the fifteen or so girls about our countries and had a lot of laughs. The students were a little shy, but one girl was brave enough to ask a few questions.

Of course, it happened to be laundry day and I was looking a little messy when someone wanted me to stand in front of a group and represent my country. Oh well. At least I got to show them the matryoshka doll that I bought for my niece, Katie.

It was actually pretty cool to get to meet some local students. I wish we could have spent more time with them.