lviv with the monks

So yesterday, a few of the monks tiok me on an excursion to Lviv. It was great. We left at about 9.30am and got back around 11pm. Some people were a bit concerned that i was coming to ukraine at auch a time of political instability; but when i tol them i was foing to stay with a bunch of monks in a monasretary in a remote place, it cooled their anxiety. But now i have been to the midst of the protest and maidan in Lviv (a little maidan) with these same monks; and ive got pictures to prove it. Haha. But in eality, it is not a bad situation in Lviv thus far. The government here seems to be on the side of the people. Besides visiting the protest sites, we also visited quite a few other exciting places. We went to Holy Spirit seminary; a very beautiful building. There are some 220 or so seminarians studying there. Quite the difference from the 7 or so seminarians in ottawa. They also had a beautiful chapel there with a gorgeous iconostas. I saw many pictures of the parriarch there; WITHOUT A BEARD!!!! He looks so weird! Also, we were told about all the rules the seminarians had there; fr. Michael, you are completely off the hook. We habe it so good compared to those guys. Lord have mercy. Then we went to the philosophy faculty of ukrainian catholic university. Beautiful building; and it looked really good overall. Very happy to see it. Also saw tgeir iconography class- i wouldnt mind studying there at all. Then we visited the student residence of the university. Also gorgeous. Can you believe the students only pay maybe 80 bucks can a month to stay there. Fr. Makari was telling me he paid even less than that for a full year of seminary. Crazy!!! Thats including everything! Anyway, all you who donate to this university, it seems like it is really going to good use. It seems like a