Well I'll spare the gory details but my recent travels have been riddled with inconveniences and minor tragedies. I'm just glad I make enough money, I couldn't imagine being repeatedly stranded like that and not being able to afford the hotels.
Anyways, I'm finally in the Ukraine. I've never felt so truly lost, but it's an adventure for sure. Oddly enough, my conversational Russian is acceptable, but my basic "survival" shit is failing me. It's the simplest little 2-word phrases that take you by surprise. They blurt them out and you just sit there like an idiot ... whereas in a conversation you can figure things out in context, when the salesperson asks you if you need a bag you have no context to figure it out. It was like "do I need a what now?" Or earlier when I had money exchanged, apparently if you want to exchange it back you need a certificate, some word I'd never heard before, a proper term for that specific thing. I felt funny, I had no idea what she was asking and some other customer had to explain it to me.
It's going to be an interesting adjustment.
Anyways, I'm finally in the Ukraine. I've never felt so truly lost, but it's an adventure for sure. Oddly enough, my conversational Russian is acceptable, but my basic "survival" shit is failing me. It's the simplest little 2-word phrases that take you by surprise. They blurt them out and you just sit there like an idiot ... whereas in a conversation you can figure things out in context, when the salesperson asks you if you need a bag you have no context to figure it out. It was like "do I need a what now?" Or earlier when I had money exchanged, apparently if you want to exchange it back you need a certificate, some word I'd never heard before, a proper term for that specific thing. I felt funny, I had no idea what she was asking and some other customer had to explain it to me.
It's going to be an interesting adjustment.