Random Factory tour: So today a group of about 40 women from IWCK (International Womens Club Kiev) went on a tour to a Christmas Ornament Factory. It was about an hour outside of the city & while I generally hate being in the car, enjoyed the beautiful fall day...
It was a cool & very manual process - starting with 'medical glass', heating & blowing it...
(....of course, no safety goggles!)
And painting them by hand.....
(Given her love of markers & glitter, I may have just found Zoe's calling!)
Children's performances: Xavier's class performed at an assembly demonstrating what they learned in their first 'unit of inquiry' around kids rights. They sang about responsibility, acted out a skit about cooperation.......
...meanwhile, Xavier hid behind his peers (3rd from the left)
...and generally refused eye contact with anyone in the crowd (I am not sure how I caught his eyes in this one!)
So for now, acting & public speaking do not appear to be Xavier's calling....(he reports he wants to be a Lego creator when he grows up - so at least we have a plan!)
Moving on to other cultural enrichment.......
Brittney Spears: She came to town last week!
A Swedish friend of mine asked, "Aren't you a little old to go to a Brittney Spears concert?!". To that I replied, "As a fellow American, it is my patriotic duty to attend her musical performance!" And while part of that is true - I want other American artists to come here - the bigger driver was the appeal of seeing who else was there and just what people wore to a concert here!.........
(typical scene here, woman on the left in total hot outfit, guy in semi-sloppy jeans type get up)
The show was pretty good - we had 'semi-obstructed' side stage seats which turned out to be fabulous as we could see the props / Brittney getting on stage
And as it turns out, we didn't stand out as 'old'. Ticket prices are similar to US prices - which is a ton here.....
So here's to getting some culture and not 'acting your age' this weekend!
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