So, our first (and quite possibly ONLY) sushi lunch in Kyiv. Mine (pictures above) was fine, but I'm not a big sushi fan in the first place, so I wouldn't really know the difference.
Brian's lunch, which even after adding the ENTIRE wad of wasabi to the soy sauce,
he said it was barely edible!
he said it was barely edible!
Interesting decor in the sushi place. The host and the waitress were both friendly and spoke enough English that we could communicate! The host asked if we wanted smoking or non-smoking (in English), and the waitress even knew to ask us if we wanted "gas or no gas" in our water! Overall a very pleasant experience.
So ... down into the underground mall we went ... it is VERY Westernized! Most stores have an American name on them ... Levi, London Fog, Hallmark, etc. And, unless we can't read the prices correctly, they seem reasonable for a similar mall/store in the U.S. Ecco boots seem to run about $150 - $200, which would be about the same in the US. Of course I would not purchase them at this price, but that's what they would cost retail at the mall store.
Now, it is quite possible that we cannot read the sign correctly. Case in point, Brian tried to pay the street vendor 2 grivna for my coffee, which cost 8 (8 grivna = approx $1). The sign had several numbers on it, and the one he thought was the price as actually the amount of liquid in the cup! Not that I'd have done any better at reading the sign! :)
This photo below is also for Patty ...
we come all the way to the other side of the world and this is what we find! :)
P.S. The lady in the white lingerie is just a photo, not a real person!
we come all the way to the other side of the world and this is what we find! :)
P.S. The lady in the white lingerie is just a photo, not a real person!
lingerie store picture for me?! not because it's lingerie but because of the name--Sacramento!
ReplyDeleteYou see: its not as scary on the other side of the ocean as you thought it would be :)
ReplyDeleteSo, could you read that it says 'Sushi Bar'? C is the 's' sound, y is the 'oo' sound, W is the 'sh' and the backwards N is the long e; the small b looking letter is the 'B' sound, a is a, and p is the 'r' sound. Easy, right:0? LOL I could try to sound out the other words, but wouldn't know what they meant until I asked Karina.
ReplyDeleteIt will get easier too.
June
momacy - yes the name of the store is why I posted it for you! :)
ReplyDeleteYana - hey girl! Thanks so much for your tutoring. Brian says he's impressed, but I have pretty much said all I can say until I learn some more words/phrases. We've managed to find menu's in English almost everywhere and otherwise we just point. We had a little issue McD's but everywhere else the people speak more English than I speak Russian! :)
June - no, we couldn't read it, but the photos outside showed sushi and the design was Asian, so we figured it was the right place! :) We opt'd for Pizza Bar (written in English) for lunch today! :)
Welcome to Ukraine! I can finally web surf now that we're not in Kyiv where internet was insanely slow! I laughed at your bidet pic. We have the same pic. My husband said "Oh look, to wash your feeT!" Ummm no! Its funny how they have the weight of food so you know the serving size on some menus. we also did not know what the numbers were. Im so glad youre here!!!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I am so excited that you guys don't have any trouble getting around and speaking. We def will need to teach you more once you are back :)
ReplyDeleteMelissa,
ReplyDeleteRussian is really not hard to read once you know the sounds of the letters. The sounds never change like they do in English. Keep trying and it will become easier. In McDonald's, all the items are spelled phonetically in Cyrillic -- Big Mac, Happy Meal, etc. One item we don't have here though is Chicken Roll, which is spelled phonetically too. It's a tortilla with a breaded chicken patty.
June