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[12 May 2008 | 13 Comments | 329 views]

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is a continuation of the travel tales - from a trip Josh and I went on in the Ukraine a couple of weeks ago. If you missed the first post, you can read it here. Our first day in the Ukraine was pretty rough. The following morning, Paco, the a Spanish backpacker, wrote down a few hotel names and addresses on as mall piece of paper for me. We parted ways and I …

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[26 Apr 2008 | 2 Comments | 106 views]

    To be in a country in which few people speak English (even in the capital, Kiev) is such a strange experience. It puts you at the complete mercy and dependence of others. Thank God the people are so kind here. They have been unbelievably giving and helpful to us. Josh and I have been in the Ukraine since the 21st of April. I booked our tickets on a whim. I haven’t done any major traveling since I had my son Josh, and now he is 3 years old. He …