Yesterday we toured more of Kiev including the Lavra (another Ukranian Orthodox monestary complete with entombd monks in a couple of caves with shrivey, leathery hands) and the WWII monument. I'll tell you about that when we get back.
Today we headed out to Alister and Sarah's Dacha (or country home) in the countryside about 1 1/2 hours from Kiev. Beautiful area and the house needs lots (!) of work. We learned to waddle and daub. We're exhausted but are about to enjoy a classic Kiev torte so this is all for now and update this again later. Meanwhile, Google waddle and daub and pray for us because we just found out Istanbul is flooded as we speak.
