We arrived on January 12th 2009, following Ukraine's holiday for Orthodox Christmas, held during the previous week.
With rivers frozen...
...and Christmas trees everywhere, like this one in Independence Square...
...it really did feel still like Christmas.
After settling into our apartment on the 14th floor...
... Andy set about his task of building a radio station which will broadcast in both Ukrainian and Russian languages.
I, on the other hand, went shopping - for a coat, boots, hat and bag:
In this photo I am standing in front of the empty building, which will become the radio station. It has three floors, plus a basement garage area - lots of work ahead...
