One More Day!

Can't believe it is finally time to leave!  Ferdinand is driving us to the airport for a 10 am flight to New York.  A four hour layover and then we fly directly to Boryspil Airport in Kiev, Ukraine. The flight from New York to Kiev is about 7 hours - and there is a 7 hour time difference.  We arrive in Kiev at 9 am Sunday. The weather is the same as in Michigan.  We tried to exchange some US dollars into Ukrainian hryvnya (pronounced "grivna") before leaving, but met with limited success.  $1 USD is about $8 Ukrainian. We looked into renting a car in Ukraine and all the rentals are manual transmissions, you have to pay almost double for an automatic! Biggest challenge this week: electronics.  The computer and telephones need a special two-pronged plug converter, the Nintendos DSi's need a special USB cable, and the camera needs yet another cable.  And we had to buy a dual-voltage hair dryer and electric razor.  Things you just don't think about here in the United States!