Well, our questions were answered today and we found out just what a "water museum" entails. I don't know exactly what I had been picturing, but what we got was a virtual tour of the water cycle in Ukraine. We made a trip as "raindrops" down from the sky (in an elevator) into the crevices of the earth, into the rivers, into plumbing pipes, and into the sewers. It was quite a journey. We got to pet rats (dead), fish (alive), and then stood in a kiddie pool full of bubble solution and were put inside giant bubbles. Oh, and we saw this big toilet. "This," said our tour guide, "is the largest toilet in Ukraine." Let's hope so. All in all, it was quite cool.
There was also a river-digging exhibit, where you got to shovel sand and redirect water currents, which was great and all, but you could only stand there and dig for five minutes before being shooed on to the next thing. This was hard on our shovel-loving daughter, who is accustomed to splashing at Playscape (Children's Museum) until her brain turns to mush. We promised to take her to the playground to dig this afternoon, but the first snow since our arrival put the damper (literally) on that plan. The dreary weather, however, provided the perfect opportunity for the ever-resourceful Nana to make Christmas cookies with Ellie. She is currently whiling away her life blissfully in a world of multi-colored sprinkles.
We are off to dinner in a few minutes at a Cossack-themed restaurant that my parents have never tried. Always a little dangerous. Tomorrow (da da duh!) is the circus! Ellie and I have never been to a circus (nor, to my knowledge, has Leah), so I am exicted to see the tigers eat some clowns. That is what they do, right?
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Becky, Mollie and Erin say the Water Museum sounds fascinating. Erin is remembering an upside down toilet somewhere at Disney World, but we're thinking it was all a bad dream!
We have had great fun at an indoor waterpark that had a ride called Sasquatch, but we all think it resembled a toilet bowl. Sit in a tube, go down a chute, and then round and round in a humungous bowl and then whoosh! down a chute to the lazy river.
Hope you have a good trip home and we're anxious to see you and hear more about your trip. Love Becky, Mollie, and Erin (Pat's at work - poor guy - and Megan is having a sleepover for her birthday)
Andrew says: That toilet would make a good detour on the Amazing Race.
A detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons. In this detour, teams must choose between two options at the Kiev Water Museum: WIPES or PIPES. In Wipes, teams are wrapped in toilet paper and flushed down this toilet, the largest in Ukraine. In Pipes, teams are stuffed into the Kiev sewer system, where they will nibbled on by rats, the largest in the world.
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