The land of holidays :)

This week I get the pleasure of staying with five of the girls at Shepherd's Home! So far, I'm having a lot of fun! Only a couple have classes for 2 days, otherwise there is no school for them! I have never heard of a place having so many holidays! Of course, Easter was just celebrated this weekend, so many people are off on Monday because of Easter.  May 1 is the Ukrainian Labor Day and is a big holiday (many times celebrated on the 1 & 2). Then May 9 is Victory Day.  So within about 2 weeks we have 3 or 4 holidays! During these holidays, kids usually don't have to go to school, many people don't have to work and many things are closed!  Although, I have learned that if the kids get holidays off, sometimes they have to make up their missed classes on Saturdays! That doesn't seem fun! 

So if anyone wants more days off or to go to school less days...just come to Ukraine :) Of course, there are many other reasons why you should come to Ukraine!