Well at least for the next few days anyway… We made it safe and sound- although I must say that 19 hours on a plane is horrid for anyone, especially when the planes are packed!  All of our luggage made it- and we made the terminal shift in Gatwick with over an hour to spare!  (Jake voted to use the hour for breakfast at Garfunkel’s) Paul gives the highest reviews to Ukraine Air International’s food and service!!  We went through Ukraine immigration and customs with no issues- again- nothing like the horror stories we had heard- and certainly not worth the $180 each to go VIP!  Everyone was very nice and accommodating …once we got our 345lbs of stuff loaded onto carts, although the magnetic rocks took some explaining for the customs officials.  We were met by Svetlana (the primary coordinator here in Kiev) and Natasha (our facilitator for the SDA appointment)- as well as our two drivers (one for us & one for the luggage).  Despite what everyone said, neither of us thought the driving was that scary- although all three of us (Paul, Pam & Jake) shoved into the back seat of a compact car was unsettling.  We were settled into our apartment and immediately struck out unsupervised to find some food.  We managed to find the mall, the food court and a local market.  Jake was disappointed that the market only contained the Ukrainian essentials like bread, water, juice and cigarettes…so the McDonald’s napkins we swiped will have to do for toilet paper for now!!  So far we were able to communicate in German/English with all of the shopkeepers- so we will head out tomorrow to do some sight seeing- as well as get some greater sustenance.  The apartment is classic European with 20 ft ceiling and chandeliers.  The entire apartment has one bedroom, a sitting room, kitchenette and bath- and is about the size of our living room.  Poor Jake had to sleep on a pull-out love seat… never seen one of those before?!?!  Although we have a modem and internet connectivity in our apartment- you have to have a ID and password to access it.  We will work on getting that fixed today- in the meantime, we will stroll to the local wi-fi café and get this uploaded.