Radisson Sas Hotel, Kiev

... where I was but followed what I thought was the correct direction and soon arrived at a street corner I knew. whew for that. Did not want to have to go back to the tunnels to retrace my steps. Still no grocery store.<br>Supposedly the groceries are in the basement of this luxury department store with shops like Tiffany's and other equally high end retail establishments. It's not where I would put a grocery ...

... Lauren was eventually able to find Helen and she helped her find some pierogi type dumplings and I just pointed at some things to the server that were like a cabbage roll and some chicken - which also turned out to be very good. We then headed back to the apartment for a bit. For dinner we decided to tone it down and went to the local McDonalds...<br><br>Until tomorrow, <br>Scott &amp; Lauren

... Street (close to where our apartment is). Lancie wanted our facilitator (Luba) to try the giant chocolate truffles they sell at the Ukrainian cafeteria. I bought a few groceries while they were eating. We ended the day people watching on a bench along Khreschatyk Street. On the weekends they close the street for pedestrian traffic only. Most of the females wear skimpy clothes and high heels in the Summer. Actually, they wear high heels all the time.

... female wore high, high heels. The women were beautiful, but dressed like street workers. A theme that would continue throughout my entire time in Ukraine. <br> <br> Our evening consisted of supper at the Howell apartment followed by a very "brisk" taxi ride to the train station for our overnight train to Lviv. The train station in Kyiv is beautiful. It looks baroque and very western. I was rather scared at the crowded station as we had been repeatedly warned ...

... status, h** moth**'s prescription medication, the volunte**'s fear of walking alone at night - before using the more than 100 pages of records to expel h** from the Peace Corps following h** affair with a married teach**. "I was crying. I felt like I had already survived this. . . .I only had a few months left," said Lord, now a case manag** with an agency that assists people with AIDS in Rochest**, N.Y. "I was sent home without my belongings, without saying goodbye to ...

... a few church holidays. St. John the Baptist is a big one. Many people do the polar bear dip in the Dnipro River to commemorate St. John baptizing Jesus. There are also tons of people at all the churches getting 2 liters bottles filled with water blessed and then taking it home to bless the house and people. The rivers were filled with people and the churches were packed. The monks would spray all the people with holy water as they came. Interesting.<br ...

... trips, evened us out. That night we had fireworks for their Independence Day Celebration. Later when we got back to our rooms my bed was turned down and there was the daily liter of bottled water out. So, in reference to the General Lee - our boat was named after General Lavrinenkov, however, we can't quite manage to figure out how to say his last name so I have dubbed her the General Lee ( I hope Bo and Luke won't mind, she is a worthy vessel).

... 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 ...

Arno writing: We didn't have hot water or heat today, but we are doing OK. We have a gas range and I lit the burners. It warmed our little apartment pretty good. We did a walking tour today down and area called St. Andrew's decent. There is a beautiful church there called - what else- St. Andrew's Church. The area is named after the first Christian preacher in the area. We visited numerous vendors selling their goods and visited around 4 ...