So, I wanted to get a few pics and thoughts up of our trip to Ukraine.  It was a great trip - spent time family and friends, relaxed, ate great food, saw beautiful environs and historical places, played card games, etc.  I include here just a few of my most cherished pics.  I will post some of the rest (for those who know me, I take lots of pictures) when I have access to high speed internet.  This post is being posted old school - dial-up.

The Carpathian Mountain foothills - outside of Lviv.                                                                    

We took a drive and came to this lovely area and

a went for a bit of a walk.  It was very nice.

A night train from Lviv brought us to Odessa where we

boarded our ship.  We were given the opportunity to

attend a ballet at the Odessa Opera House.  

The Opera House is pictured left.

The Black Sea

Yalta Harbor and

my feet in

the Sea.

Up the Dniper River we go.  We were ferried to this island, Fisherman’s Island, where locals wait to sell us all sorts of goods.

Our boat and our captain...

and my two favorite pictures

in Kiev........

Well, hope this post won’t take forever to load, but I do hope you enjoy the pics.  Catch you on the next post. 

Jessica