I am going to Odessa tomorrow morning(not Odessa Texas). I will leave by private car at 5:00 a.m for 6-8 hours. They talked about an overnight train but could not get me a private compartment. I asked if the car had a mini-bar. Yulia couldn't translate mini-bar(or wouldn't). Yulia totally keeps me out of trouble, she doesn't drink much. I know, I know, I would have to get the only translator in the Ukraine that doesn't drink vodka. I'm considering this a good thing. I(we) will do a 1 hour talk and ride 6-8 hours back. Hopefully this weekend I will get to see more of Kiev as I have the weekend off.
I had another adventure at the grocery store when I decided to buy Ukraine wine. This guy kept bugging me while I was looking at the wine. Finally, in english, he said "I am the wine steward". (Oh, come on, we are in a grocery store). He really was the wine steward, I told him what I wanted and he picked a bottle of wine for me($8.00 American). I decided he was pretty nice even though he scared the crap out of me at first. It was really good wine(sorry Teresa and Bob, went off the diet).
I went home and there was a terrible racket going on in my apartment. I looked and looked and finally decided someone was trying to drill a tunnel into my apartment(my guess was the wine steward). If he made it in I didn't notice as I was watching SEA PATROL. There's a guy on this show that looks just like Andy from the sitcom with the UPS guy. He hasn't improved much. When I woke up this morning I could hear children cheering(no, it wasn't because they saw me in my PJ's). The school next to my apartment had set up a rink and they were playing ice hockey. It was fun to watch.
The interesting thing about the crop insurance is they don't have all the government reporting that we do. They decide what might be the highest yield for an area and a person can buy what they want up to that point. The government pays around 5% of the premium and that's it. The farmers don't trust the government(can't imagine why).
I won't be posting tomorrow as I will be enroute to Odessa(minus mini-bar). I will see some of the country outside of kiev so hopefully that will make the long ride go by quicker. By the way, farmer is pronounced fierma(feeairma) in Ukraine. If we average this out I should know about 5 words by the time I return.
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You crack me up! We should scrapbook your trip when you get back - I know that's not your thing but your blog would be fun to do! Yea for all your walking and oh well for the wine. I actually think you are entitled giving all you are going through! Wine sounds better than vodka! Hope your speech went well. Teresa
Roxann, you can always say you are giving up the sauce for Lent. Wheat price $11.68,corn-5.42,milo 5.18,cotton dec.85.83. Do you have access to there markets? Teach them well. Gary
So did you find out what the racket in the apartment was?
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