I’m writing this quick note from a small village called, situated not terribly far from воловець (see map). We drove out here this evening, and a beautiful drive it was. I wish I could share pictures now, but alas I didn’t bring my computer. Anyways, I digress. The drive was about two hours from Uzhhorod and after arriving here we had dinner and I was informed that we would have Vespers with Litya tomorrow evening at 8pm; 6pm local time. Excuse me? I felt like I was watching TV for a moment when they would tell you the time of the programming for central time zone. Evidently I’ve travelled far enough away from the big city to discover something called “час місцевий” or, essentially, local (or village) time. Village time, you see, is two hours different from Kyiv time and does not partake in Daylight savings. After the initial shock of the concept passed I gotta say I love the principle of it – I wish we could all dump Daylight savings as well. Something has to be said for life in these villages. It may he a hard life but these people are some of the most amazing, gracious, and hospitable people I’ve ever met. Yea, they’ve got their quirky ways, but maybe they are onto something because I think, at times, we’ve lost entirely too much touch with this old world charm. Anyways, word to the wise, if you travel into the Carpathians be sure to know what time zone you are operating in.