Kumanetz

Nice day in the city. It looks like cruise ships had come back – the city is teeming with the passengers. We had been here for a while – we start to recognize and greet regulars in the streets. As for McDs, we practically live there. I order my coffee and Georgia’s pastry and they deliver it to our table.

Before lunch we dragged Dan out and went to see the oldest cellar in the city and associated Ukrainian resident-painter. He was pretty silent the whole time. Only spoke with Georgia who shared our entire family history. He is amazing. It is like 5-6 different artists working there. Even in the same media the styles are completely different.

In honor of all Ukrainian we decided to have lunch at Kumanetz close by. They pulled off a pretty decent Ukrainian borsht with unsalted pampushkas but it went downhill from there. Chicken salad with feta cheese consisted of dry croutons, dry feta and dry chicken cubes. 2 soups, dumplings, and 2 sides, 3 juices  =  40 euros. Make your own choice J.

Preparations for the Medieval days tomorrow had started in the town square. Hurray! 

Kids went to the Zoo with Irina today. They checked out one of the picnic areas and turns out that they have a big closed in baby animal area. Baby animals were baby goats, ducklings, chicks, turtles, even a snake. And you could feed them fruits. Kids had a blast.

When we were having our 11pm cup of coffee with cake at the Kehrwieder Chocolaterie we found a journal with entries from tourists who visited the coffee shop. The final entry probably was made today. It was by American couple Dan and Deborah from St. Louis, Missouri who are in Estonia for a month. These are our final days here. I am a little jealous of them. Hope they have a really great time! Skipped on the free pickle today. Maybe tomorrow.