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Europe » Ukraine » Kiev April 7th 2016

Today I got a call from Laura. Sergei was going to come by and meet up with me, to show me where to get real cigarettes from. Thank god the lights were driving me insane. He had a gentlemen from Belgium with him named Peter. Great guy, works for Bridgestone. IT professional like me. We got a long splendidly. He actually is part of the Bridgestone test bed so he plays with a lot of tech. We talked about Arista switches, and other things like WAN Links, etc. I suggested Riverbed or Cisco WAAS for link speed increases in the wan. Explained a little how they impact WAN traffic. Peter is a great guy, loved meeting him. We even talked about China and the great wall. He says I will greatly enjoy my time when I ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev April 6th 2016

Wednesday I went down to Independence Square and did some shopping for things I left at home, a razor, shaving gel. Well I will never forget those again. I appreciate my gel, and my razor a lot more. It is not hard to navigate the town center at all. I am told that the center is the only part of Kiev that has 2 McDonalds next to each other as well. I then bought some flowers for Julia, of course a day later they are starting to die. I even proposed to her. This means that I want to marry her, but there are steps in that too that we will have to take. Like getting her over to visit the states, and then if she is good with it, marry back home. This came to ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev April 5th 2016

Tuesday Julia and I went to the cinema. Watched Batman vs. Superman in Ukrainian Language. I followed it as far as the story line, but now I need to watch it in English. I found that Imax messes with my head, lasik and the 3d glasses do not mix. I really do not see the difference in it and the normal movie screens either. But it was a great movie, and the best part I was with my queen. Afterwords we were going to go to the upside house and the mirror maze, but they closed at 10. Back home we came. It was very fun with my dear.... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kyiv April 4th 2016

Started the day out with a hot shower, the Ukrainian hot water is really hot. Then did some updates, checked on Facebook, and went to have some Apple and ginger tea. Was good tea, hot but really good. I think tea here beats the quick stuff we do in the USA. Even the restaurants back home can not compare I think. Well most of them. Nice sweet apple slices in it. Then we walked around and I was shown some architectures from the city. From the chocolate house, which has some interesting city. To state buildings, independence square, and through one of the chapels. My heart will be coming soon. It was not that difficult to adjust to the time difference since I work nights. The 7 hour difference was a piece of cake. I changed ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev April 3rd 2016

So the trip was delayed one day,thanks to JetBlue flying staff. That and some person that felt threatened by me. Oh well I am here. I am sore and beaten up by the flight. That took forever to get here. My queen was waiting for me. Such a beauty. Customs was pretty relaxed in my opinion. After I got done I went to eat with Laura and my queen. Tried some new foods. I must say, the dumplings were good, for having mushrooms in them, the cabbage one, not so much, but it was okay. I am just not a big cabbage eater. Chicken was dry but it was good, the mashed potatoes though at that restaurant was lack lustre, but the beer was good I had 2 of them. Laura taught me a few more ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kyiv March 28th 2016

Started to pack last night, will continue to pack through the week. Still have a little bit of shopping to do to get ready for the trip.... read more




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