Ted went to the provincial archives in the morning and was able to report some success. Gail took a walk along the lake which is behind our hotel and in the middle of Ternopil. Taras and Olena then picked us up and took us to the Monastery complex at which miraculously was not damaged by the wars or closed by the Russians when they invaded after WWII. We had our own novice as a tour guide and surprisingly, he spoke Ukrainian even though it now belongs to the Moscow Patriarchy. Wonderful pictures of "baba Gail" in her "over clothes and babushka" - a requirement for entering the complex. That evening we went out to a great restaurant with the young cousins where we introduced them to the concept of a doggie bag. They were uncomfortable with it the idea, but I went up and asked for one and they quickly said yes and brought us a box like we would get roasted chicken in at Sobey's.
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