Arrival

I’m currently at “home” (as much as it feels like home so far, anyway) using slow, unreliable dial-up internet access, so this will be a short post. I just wanted to let everyone know that we made it to Kyiv safely and are slowly working on learning our way around this crazy, crazy place!

Here’s what we’ve done so far:

Convinced our cat that a 17 hour trip was worth the effort. (She’s still questioning that one.)

Seen almost all the major sites in Kyiv. (We only live about 15 minutes away from all of them!)

Learned how to use appliances using only Russian manuals and “international” symbols. (Unfortunately, they teach international symbols in US schools almost as well as they teach the use of the metric system.)

Met about half of the US Embassy community here. (All very nice and welcoming – unfortunately I only remember a few of their names.)

All in all, it’s been a stressful week, but a good one. I will send more details as soon as I can.