Eating Snake in Ishvesk
When I arrived in Ishevsk I was assigned five great ladies as translators, working in shifts. As it turned out I mostly had five escorts everywhere I went. The first day one asked "Barbara would you like a snake" to which I replied "well not today thank you." The next day she said,"Barbara we must go and have a snake" and I replied "maybe tomorrow". When tomorrow arrived and the same question arose, I thought "well I will have to get this over" so I said "yes". "What kind of snake would you like?" "A very small one I replied" atwhich point they took me to a pancake house for, yes you've guess it, A SNACK. So many nuances in the English language there are bound to be communication problems at times, although after this I tried to look behind the words as they were spoken.
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