Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Monday April 2

We arrived in Kyiv at 9am. Jenia met us at the airport. We were taken to the same apt that we had in Feb. This apt is in the middle of the city. We could walk anywhere. Great location. The high speed Internet was not working because a plug was broken. See, in Ukraine, people are not in a hurry to fix anything. No blood pressure problems are related to stress. We could not get to the Internet so that is why you have not received updates.

Now, back to Monday. It was a beautiful day and we went shopping for food then took a walking tour of Kyiv. This tour led us to the government center. We were by a Presidential building and the building for Parliament when we saw the protesters. The President wants to dissolve Parliament and the Parliament wants to impeach the President. What a time to be in Kyiv. While we were walking around the protesters, Jenia, our translator, phoned us. She asked, "Where are you?" Cindy explained that we were with the protesters and she ran through the crowd shouting, "U.S.A." Jenia immediately said, "Cindy, you go away from there." We finished the day with dinner then bed. We were very tired.

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