Stahlke Adoption

Rachel's Story, Part IV

Unlike the U.S., in Ukraine where I lived there were no big buildings or malls. We had some malls, but they were nothing like the Oakbrook or Riverside Malls. They were more like markets with shops around a big field. The biggest building they may have had was an apartment that was 9 stories high, but the business buildings were two or three stories because there was not enough space in the small towns for the huge buildings. There were not any little gas stations by your house; you had to go into town about five miles to do that. Many people did not like that though, but again it was because the small towns had no room for them. The little town had one church because most people were the same religion. If you were not, you had to drive or ride your horse into town, so most people that lived in the town moved to a town that had the same religion that they believed in. Many of the towns did not have a little town hall, because there were only like 150 people in each town. That's why there was not a town hall in each town. So when I moved here, it was very hard to adjust to all the people and all the loud noises.

To be continued . . .

posted by Stahlkes @ 5:30 PM