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One last full day
Was I feeling better? No, not really. I still felt like i had a fever but regardless, a handful of benylin and a carmel maciatto got me out the door on monday morning. I headed south from the hostel to see the new football stadium for next year's Euro Cup . From there i found myself wandering down the streets gazing at the arcitechture and finishing some last minute soveneer shopping.I worked my way to the Motherland ...
Trial By Fire
... in front of the Cash exchange window, where I was approached by a nice looking young man with an official looking badge around his neck, offering me a cab ride to the city. Without thinking, I told him to wait until I changed my money and then I 'd need the ride.
Here’s where it gets scary!
I changed my nearly 500 euros into, like a million of the Ukrainian money, (There were so many bills, they wouldn't fit in my wallet,) then I ...
Filling in pieces of the Ukraine Blog
... all modestly dressed, with our heads covered. Our local guide, said this is a major problem. There are some older women, not necessarily right in the head, who spend all day at these cathedrals, and they view tourists as defiling the holiness of the site. We could still hear her screaming outside 10 minutes later.
The other major pilgrimage/tourist site was in the lower lavra. This is where the monastery was first founded. Basically one has ...
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!
... of the first people to approach me was an older man, probably in his 60s. He was an Australian who had come to Ukraine for dental work (don't ask me, apparently it's very good here and is cheaper than at home, even with the flight). He was nice enough, but basically started flirting with a young Russian guest, playing with her braid and generally kind of giving off that gross, lecherous old man vibe. He said that he enjoyed ...
STOP THAT PLANNNEEEE!!!!!
So the trip and flying finally commenses!! I can't believe that I packed all my stuff into a tiny suitcase and am ready to go!!! So excited, and I feel quite organised. I have two hours between the first flight to the second flight so I don't have to worry!
Mum and I drive to the airport and it is slowly sinking in the scale of the adventure that I am undertaking...eeek and the organisation of it all. Plus we left at ...



