Romantic, eh? One of the many charming attractions of Kyiv--just the three of us sitting around our kitchen table sharing a scrumptious meal while gazing into each others' eyes. That's how I'm choosing to view it at least. We're all in the process of trying to adjust to the ten hour time change, so in hopes of regulating Rawly's system, we opted to try for a late bedtime tonight. We were just sitting down around 8:30 to eat dinner when the power went out (luckily we had finished cooking!) about about two hours later and it was back on. One thing I do not recommend is trying to entertain a tired toddler and stay awake yourselves without the use of the electric light bulb.
Yesterday was the end of our 20 some-odd hour journey across the Atlantic. Amsterdam handed us two trips through customs and an 1 1/2 hour delay; we arrived at last to our home sweet home. We were greeted at the gate by one of the friendly bus drivers and then again at the door with the all too familiar cloud of cigarette smoke (oh where are the joys of clean Camp Creek air???) Traffic jams aided to our final homecoming two hours later. Our constant fear since last October break--the stench of humid mold filled our lungs as we opened the door. Next the washer overflowed, and then the breaker kept breaking from our new AC unit. Welcome home:) We're back for year three--third time's always a charm--so let's see what the future holds!
It was so good to visit with many of you over the summer. We always hope to spend more time with more people, but the reality is that summer vacation is not so much of a holiday as we generally hope. We were able to relax and watch Rawly enjoy discovering the world in which we live; what more could we have asked for?
Dial up internet prevented us from being "connected and we did also have a little snafu with pictures on our digital camera, so I'll try to update our summer adventures as best I can in the upcoming weeks.
May the romance continue!
Ta-ta for now, ARK
