Investigating Neighborhoods in Perechin

It has been our goal to investigate and learn as much as possible about the village (town) of Perechin. We want to try to spend a good portion of one day per week there walking, meeting people, getting to be known, etc. When we go on Saturdays for the children and youth ministry there is generally not time to do investigation. Yesterday Stopia and I enjoyed the brisk teen temperatures to foray out into some neighborhoods we were not specifically familiar with. Our walk took us down some streets as in the photo to the right, and up some steep streets toward he mountain behind which Perechin is nestled. As we neared and then passed by houses we were almost always greeted by some pretty ferocious dogs. Many were German Shepherds or pit bulls. A couple jumped up on their fences and it was easy to see that the fence could easily be surmounted by them. Maybe we should keep some kind of deterrent with us? But one place we were not greeted by dogs, but by the little tyke in the photo at right. He was curious to see who was walking by. He was bundled up so that he could not walk but only waddle!
Later, we met some of the youth we minister to as they were walking on the street coming from school. The day was time well spent in learning more about the environs and people of Perechin.