Hotel Hyatt Regency Kiev

... costumes which were so cute! Scott played his PSP (5-0 with the Browns in Madden baby!) Then we cleaned up around the apartment, washed dishes and put in a load of laundry. Unfortunately we were just now able to get the washing machine door open! I guess there was water left in a compartment of our front load washer and so the door would not open for anything! Scott is becomming quite the handyman and fixed it! I was worried that we were ...

Arno writing:We found out that our second appointment to see children available for adoption probably won't be till Tuesday.
Yesterday we went to the Pyrohouse Museum of Folk Architecture. We caught the metro from Maiden stop on Independence Square all the way out. We then had to catch a small yellow minibus to the museum. These minibuses are everywhere and cost 2 grivna/person to ride. You just give the money to the driver. The museum is an open ...

... As Stalin's starvation of 3 million Ukrainian peasants was directly targeted at the area of Ukraine my mother's family was from. The monument had been very recently erected as the Great Starvation is still a controversial topic in Ukraine- like most Soviet and Nazi atrocities.

For lunch we met Ross's parents at a divine Georgian restaurant. What a delicious introduction to East food.

In the afternoon and evening we explored the area ...

... its says to avoid mushrooms cause you never know where they came from and some are still contaminated from the explosion in 1986) Then we went to the Chornbly museum, saw the mass amount of peope and children that died from the power plant explosion in 1986. Was very interesting, not that i could read much! There were some parts that also had an english caption on it! On the walk ...

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... fun and a memorable experience. Needless to say, I don't think anyone noticed I was even there and I made it home without a glitch. Fireworks went on all night from every corner of every neighborhood. It is like a 1950's 4th of July - that is before the laws were toughend up. All the buildings are made of concrete so the fire danger is minimal. The news doesn't report injuries or accidents so I think all is well!! The Ukrainian Christmas is ...

... with us. Dinner was at 7:30 there was an appetizer (salad type dish), soup, main course, and dessert. There was a menu and most courses had 2 to 3 options to choose from. There were tables of 2, 4, or 6 (they can hold 200 something passengers, maybe 220, but there was only 120 of us, and 100 crew, so they only opened one dining room, but there were two on the boat). John joined us and our 3 become a 4 for the trip- very nice for meals ...

... Monday to be an English teacher!! The Embassy is working on getting me a passport and the school will work on the VISA end of things. Olga, the founder and lady I work for picked me up at the Peace Corps office and got me settled into an apartment - it even has a washing machine and hot water! There are two other "teachers" arriving within the week. I am anxiously awaiting my new English Teacher roommates and life in Kiev. After two weeks of training ...

... to see what they looked like on the inside. The area is called Podil and it is the river plain below the Kiev hills. Lancie said to me "there are some Americans, I heard them talking". I tried to speak to them, but they ran away. I guess I look too much like a local and they thought I was trying to sell them something. We were tired after several hours of walking so we took the subway home. It costs 10 cents per person to ride the ...

... TV-Sender die ersten Wahlbefragungen bekannt: Der Block von Julia Timoschenko legt mehr als zehn Prozent im Vergleich zur letzten Wahl zu und landet mir 32 Prozent nur knapp hinter der Partei der Regionen von dem Ministerpräsidenten Janukowitsch. Jubel bricht kurz aus, Turtschinow hat sichtlich Schwierigkeiten, sein Lächeln zu verbergen. Er verspricht, dass Julia bald kommt. Sie kommt tatsächlich - eine Stunden später. Der Raum ist brechenvoll. Julia ...