Free Day!!!

Day number 9. April 22, 2009

Today was an awesome day! We had class this morning for our Crime and Punishment book. The book is not too bad. After class, we were geting ready to go to the Church on Spilled Blood and St. Issac's Church. We all got downstairs when someone said that the churches are closed on Wednesdays. So, a phone call was made and it was decided that we had a fee day! :) Everyone was so pumped. About half of the people went back upstairs and did whatever. A group of us went to do a little shopping. We went to the military store. It was really cool. They had clothes, boots, patches, guns, knives, watches, flasks, pretty much anything you wanted, you could buy. After that store, the group I was with, split off into two smaller groups; half went to a cafe, and half went to the little bazaar/market place behind the Spilled Blood Church. It was pretty cool. They had all kinds of nesting dolls, amber jewlery, icon paintings, regular paintings, laquer boxes, just everything. So we would stop to look at one stand and the vendor ould just suck you in. If you bought something at one vendor, that same vendor would take you to another side of their little kiosk thing and see if you liked anything on that side. It was hilarious. Anywas, dinner was delicious, it took a few hours to make, but it was well worth it. We had penne pasta with a cheese sauce and chicken. We have so much left over, we will probably be eating it for the next week. After dinner, some of us stayed downstairs and just talked about random stuff. It's only been nine days, but this trip has been amazing because you talk to people a lot more than you would at school. I am so glad that I decided to go on this trip!!