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How does Romny make me feel welcomed?

I've been living in Romny, Ukraine now for a little over a year. I'd be lying if I said it was always easy, even if I said it was usually...

I've been living in Ukraine for over 15 months now and here are some of the things that really threw me off when I first experienced them...

This has been one crazy summer. I was in all corners of Ukraine working with hundreds of youth and learning more about myself.

I've been pretty lazy lately and let my work pile up, so last Saturday I got all my stuff together and said I'm going to sit in a cafe to...

I'm currently living in an apartment with one single lady in her fifties. Our apartment has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a...

Хрущовка (pronounced khrushchovka) is a type of low-cost, concrete (sometimes brick), three- to five-storied apartment building developed...

Students of my fourth form class this week started learning about asking for directions, and with that comes learning propositions. It's...

I was born in America. My blood comes from Italy, England, Ukraine, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Ireland. I have lived in...

My favorite traditional food I've had since arriving in Ukraine has certainly been вареники (varenyky). Basically like pierogi but better....

I'm always getting told to post more pictures and my camera roll currently has 1,832 pictures I've taken in the past 3 months in Ukraine...

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Hi! I am a recent Penn State grad currently in Ukraine as a Peace Corps TEFL Volunteer. Say hello & feel free to ask me any questions!