DaSvidania Ukraine...


Goeie Morgen Everyone,

First of all I would like to apologize for my Lazyness... Since Anne Sophie and Alex have left last week end (snif!) I have had to deal with more things than expected. Anywayz, I am on the verge of leaving and that gives me a mixed feeling of excitment and sadness. Heading somewhere else with the impression that I haven't seen what I should have, "real Ukraine", will certainly be a excellent reason to come back to this country en devenir.
But Ukraine also rimes with various human styles. In a little more than a month I have met stuburn civil servants, smart business men, creative artists, charming women, great friends, total morons and humping dogs. Pick your category, mates! It was trully a pleasure to meet you all and I hope our path will cross again very soon... Kazantip for example...;) We could all dress as rockets? Guess who is in the Rocket?
As far as activities are concerned...Kiev had still a lot to offer, so I took as much as I could! Next to my ritual Dj Session @ Pret-à-Café, we went to the Opera, to watch la Traviata, which ended up not being such a great experience after all... Bad Sound, Worse Acting, and the Worst Voice, so I didn't make it further than the 2nd act. Then came the time to "farwell" party together! Diner @ Amy & Favio's who il cocinare piu meliore de Kievi!!! We then had a great party @ Orangeria where I could show some more dj skills in front of ... 10 people! Apparently you don't compete with R&B in this country ;((((( So I guess some of you are interested in my next destination.... WelL I will soon be aBle to tell You All more about it, so wait the next post! hint: It's a very polite place??? heu heu

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Andreas Toscano said…
So that's the rocket costume... Cheers, mate. Good luck on your next destination.
10:43 am
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