The hot water is back!

We arrived here on Tuesday and some time on Wednesday the Kyiv (Kiev) Public Works Dept. shut off our hot water for repairing a problem somewhere in the system.  Perhaps it was the building's water heater.  Each room has a 1 1/2 inch hot water pipe running down one wall.  You want to feel warmth from it before turning on your shower.  The COLD is on the LEFT here!  So for the first 4 days here we coped with warming water and washing the way people did 100 years ago.  It happens, just expect it now and then!   When we arrive at our apartment in Kremenchuk next week, I'll do a posting showing the mundane stuff like this that differs from what we are accustomed to in North America.
Our weather is trending toward the warm side, mid 80's coming.
Kyiv is at 50'45" North Latitude, this would put it about 350 miles North of Ottawa, Ontario  or Minneapolis, MN.  Kremenchuk where we are going is at the same latitude as is International Falls.  49' North.
Daybreak comes at 4AM, sorry to say that I know this.  The sun rises about 4:50AM.  It's dark at about 10:30, our family and  friends in Minnesota will relate well to this.
Today we'll sort out what we need to bring for our stay in Kremenchuk, we don't know how long we'll be there, it's on the order of a few weeks for sure. We're both getting eager to meet Anya and can't wait to see her expressions.  There will be officials around for the first part so ti'll be interesting for sure!  We thank you for praying and now ask for God's wisdom as we begin!

A couple more pictures:

An '''accordian bus' We have not ridden one yet, wouldn't want to be sitting in that center part!!

The B terminal in Frankfurt is named after  the Bayer family, you probably have some in your medicine cabinet