Ukraine
Travel Blogs from Ukraine
Court Day and long awaited photos
Phillip Levi Salley is now officially our son. Court was about 15 minutes long. Tomorrow starts the official 10 day wait so we will be able to take custody of Phillip on December 6th. It will take a couple of days to get his passport and new birth ...
Arrived in Ukraine
We flew into Lviv yesterday afternoon, made it through customs and arrived at Victor and Lida's around 2:00. They picked us up at the airport and we stayed at their apartment last night. We barely sat down and the food was on the table; they fed us ...
One knight in Kiev
Skipped like a stone across the pond to land two hours ago at Borisopol. Hermes was kind. Morpheus didn't even try. Did my American Zombie act through passport control, scribbling my entry visa in line to proffer to a heavyset woman in braids, changed ...
My first nights in Zgurivka
Well guys, I don't have much time to write unfortunately. I'm still getting the whole communications thing figured out. Eventually I should be getting a cell phone, but right now I can't even figure out how to get the regular phone to work. At least I've ...
EEEWWWWW!
Just had to share this... so I'm sitting in the internet club in my town, and I feel something hit my head. I figured it was a fly, so I just kind of brushed it away, and then I didn't feel anything anymore. So I'm typing away, writing emails, and then ...
Ukrainian Introduction
... Day) in the Ukraine--the first day back to school! The day prior...I kept seeing people buying flowers all over Chernivtsi (Ukraine)...and...I was beginning to wonder in Ukrainians were the most romantic people ever! But..alas...the flowers were for the ...
Into the Ukraine for our 2nd rest day!
Hi everyone, Greetings from the Ukraine. After a horrible day yesterday we finally made it to the Ukraine. We left early to get to Chernivitsi for our rest day as early as possible. 5 miles down the road, however, and Dave has broken 2 spokes! We manged ...
Odessa
Im glad to be in Ukranine! Was the worst idea I ever had to enter fucking Transnistr. They are fucking around on the border like hell. Without black many you would be trapped in that fucking place for ever. On the 17th of September ther will be a ...
Back to school!
Fall is in the air, and school is back in session. It started on September first with the "First Bell Ceremony" which is really cute. It's very similar to the last bell ceremony, really. The girls all wear black dresses and frilly white aprons, like ...
And on the seventh day
Poor Kate is down with the flu. A sunny spring Sunday calls for idle pursuits like a few hours with a book on a bench in a pocket parks and at cafe command posts. As god said, in The Book of Coupon if I'm not mistaken, 'Verily we roll along, but it's ...
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Day 5 with the children
Before we went to the orphanage we decided to go to the local family owned Kobassa store around the corner and buy some sausage for supper. The lady was surprised when I told her it was O.K. that the sausage did not have any fat in ...
"You didn't eat that, did you?"
Well we survived our week without our coordinator/translator Zhenia...probably. We were sitting in the kitchen this afternoon catching up on things, enjoying some tea and coffee, when Zhenia noticed the bag of mushrooms sitting on the sink ...
Day 4 in Chervonohrad
We woke up a little earlier Monday morning and went for a long walk before going to the orphanage. We took a different game and played that along with Snakes and Ladders as well as introduced them to our families via my iPad photostream. They ...
Russian language
... dictionary totally nonfunctional! The city of Chernihiv is absolutely spectacular and a not to be missed event if visiting Ukraine. The first recorded history of settlement is around 400. The churches are amazing. We visited St. ...
Ukraine living
A few things about where we're staying... We are living with our taxi driver, Pasha, and his wife who works at the orphanage we go to everyday. She makes our breakfasts and dinners. Breakfst has consiste of eggs, potatoes, cheese, coffee, ...
Po pierwszym dniu
Dzisiaj duzo sie dzialo. Obeszlismy caly Kijow za dnia i noca i bylismy na obiedzie u Babci Siergieja. Obiad wspanialy - prawdziwy barszcz ukrainski, ziemniaczki, salatka, mieso a na deser lody - myslelismy, ze jestesmy w niebie. Chlopcy ciagle cos ...
My Poetry
I'm inspired to type some of the poems I've written in my diary, even though they're personal. Hope they say something interesting or meaningful to you, Liz Orange Revolution November 21st "It's beautiful!" I gasped. Then I saw the frustration ...
Yalta in Crimea
On the way to Yalta I made a stop over in - Bakhchysaray, a tatar palace and near by was a cave town Chufut-Kale - Manhup-Kale, a cave town as well - Balaklava, that is a town on the coast. I visited there a Soviet submarine base. The nuclear ...
Seki
Salam, von Lahic ging es mit dem Bus zurueck zum Highway wo ich mit einem LKW nach Seki gefahren bin. Dort bin ich erst um 12:30 eingetroffen, auch wenn es nur 140km waren, der LKW war nicht der schnellste, aber auch nicht der billigste. Seki hat ...
Kate and the Golden Gate
Turns out getting tickets on the night train to Lviv is no lead pipe cinch and with a flight too steep, I need to re-jigger the itinerary, cancel my Lviv hotel for Tuesday and book in here at The Radisson. The room reeks of cigarettes and an ashtray ...
Graduation, Camp and Visitors
... locals! One of the saddest times has been watching them realize what it means to be a citizen of a developing country like Ukraine. When we had tea with the library workers they clearly recounted their lives, salaries, struggles, and Olya told us ...
Kiev
Changement d'echelle en arrivant a Kiev: le Dniepr est impressionant de largeur, on a beau s'elever sur les collines ou au sommet des clochers, les barres d'immeubles des banlieues s'etendent a perte de vue. La ville en soi est plutot jolie, toute ...
First Weeks in Sokal
... are ending me, even if I can't find the means to let everybody know individually (especially responding to e-mails right now). NOTE: my PO Box address (you don't have to write in Cyrillic, and it is so easy) a/c 51 Sokal Lvivska Oblast 80000 ...
Last Bell and the Little Ship
... I heard a story on Radio Svoboda ("Liberty Radio") yesterday about an American ship with weapons discovered near Fiodosia, Crimea (Ukraine). I'm still working on my listening comprehension of radio news, so I understood only 70% (which should be taken ...
My weekend in the village
This weekend I went to a village a little ways south of here with a woman who teaches English at the pedagogical institute in my town. Her name's Nadia. Another teacher there, Natasha, went along with us as well. All in all it was a very interesting ...
The Ghana Train
... on at once. What a cacophony but it was fun to see them enjoy themselves so much. They are actually in the Ukraine studying but I never did find out studying what as they all starting singing again. How nice to be serenaded down the line ...

