Ukrainian Heritage Festival in Minneapolis

[ahka]

I had a wonderful day communicating with my friends.  In the morning I called my friend in Germany then my friend in Kiev and talked to several friends here. 

Then I took kids and my friend with her son to the Ukrainian Heritage Festival in Minneapolis.  The weather was great!   There was music, dancing, singing, food, games for kids and a lot of people.  I was surprised that it was very inexpensive unlike all other festivals that I have been to before. 

It was interesting to listen to real Ukrainian language and even speak some myself.  I saw one woman there that looked just like my theatre director from Kiev 20 years ago.  I asked her if it was her but it wasn’t.  However, we found that she also finished same university as that woman did.  I met some people that I know there.  Michael enjoyed playing games and even though he didn’t always make on target, they still let him get a prize.  They gave ice-cream for free.

Michelle stayed in the stroller for a long time but then of course got tired and wanted to run around.  I really liked that event and would love to come back next year.   

In the afternoon when we came home, unexpectedly we had a full house of guests and I fed them dinner that I cooked on the spot.  I really enjoyed being surrounded by friends!

After dinner we went for a walk in our neighborhood with our friends and kids.  It was gorgeous evening but kind of cool.  The day ended with tea and Michelle's pearls that I will write about separately.

Comments

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

Wish I'd known about that, that sounds like fun. There are so many festivals in the Cities that sometimes it feels like I'm missing out on a lot when I don't get to as many as I'd like.

[agusovsky.livejournal.com]

I know, my friend and I were wondering how to find similar festivals for other cultures, for example Greek, or Italian or Scandinavian and whatever else :)) Do you know of any? Now, we know abt this event :)