Dear Family,
Last post was not as thorough as I wanted so here is a recap on my trip to Dnipropetrovsk. As many of you already know the main reason I traveled to Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine was to meet Radmyla (Rada) whom I had been talking to on skype since November. We had talked everyday on skype for many hours. The flight there was long but I was relieved when the plane landed in her city. It was a cloudy day and the pilot said there was a chance we would have to land in a different city. But they were able to land us. It was a special moment in the airport when I saw Rada. She was smiling and gave me a big hug and kiss. I exchanged some money and we took a taxi to the flat she had arranged from a women she knew. After settling in we went to the market and bought food. It took me alittle while to get use to the different prices because they used ukranian money. But in dollars food was not very expensive. Rada is a very good cook. We cooked foods together and she made some really good ukranian dishes. We traveled around the city in the carbus. Its like a van and will pick you up anywhere. It was pretty cheap to ride in one. Of course Rada took me around to different places. It was could there and alot of ice on the streets so Rada and I walked together holding hands tightly so not to fall down. I met her parents, her brothers Dgeorge and Ruslan, and her sister christina. They are really kind and nice people. Rada's mother is very sweet and made some delicious borsh. Rada made some dish with pieces of liver. It had been along time since I had liver. But with alittle spicy mustard it was good. I had taken Rada and her siblings all out to the McDonalds in the mall area. Dgeorge is 19 and can eat well. While there I became very close to her family. Ruslan also speaks English pretty well and so he helped with some translation. Overall I had the best time there. Most important was that I was able to ask Rada to marry me because I love her so much. She has as wonderful personality. She loves to laugh and joke. When she is with her brother Dgeorge it is very funny. She is extremely kind and very sweet. She is very anxious to meet and get to know everyone in the family, especially little man. I know that distance may make it difficult to talk all the time but perhaps soon through email or the such she can get to know everyone. So now I filed the petition for her visa and we wait for it to be approved. Then in about 5 months she gets her interview for her visa in Kiev (Which I plan to be at) then she can come to the US. I hope all is well with everyone.
Last post was not as thorough as I wanted so here is a recap on my trip to Dnipropetrovsk. As many of you already know the main reason I traveled to Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine was to meet Radmyla (Rada) whom I had been talking to on skype since November. We had talked everyday on skype for many hours. The flight there was long but I was relieved when the plane landed in her city. It was a cloudy day and the pilot said there was a chance we would have to land in a different city. But they were able to land us. It was a special moment in the airport when I saw Rada. She was smiling and gave me a big hug and kiss. I exchanged some money and we took a taxi to the flat she had arranged from a women she knew. After settling in we went to the market and bought food. It took me alittle while to get use to the different prices because they used ukranian money. But in dollars food was not very expensive. Rada is a very good cook. We cooked foods together and she made some really good ukranian dishes. We traveled around the city in the carbus. Its like a van and will pick you up anywhere. It was pretty cheap to ride in one. Of course Rada took me around to different places. It was could there and alot of ice on the streets so Rada and I walked together holding hands tightly so not to fall down. I met her parents, her brothers Dgeorge and Ruslan, and her sister christina. They are really kind and nice people. Rada's mother is very sweet and made some delicious borsh. Rada made some dish with pieces of liver. It had been along time since I had liver. But with alittle spicy mustard it was good. I had taken Rada and her siblings all out to the McDonalds in the mall area. Dgeorge is 19 and can eat well. While there I became very close to her family. Ruslan also speaks English pretty well and so he helped with some translation. Overall I had the best time there. Most important was that I was able to ask Rada to marry me because I love her so much. She has as wonderful personality. She loves to laugh and joke. When she is with her brother Dgeorge it is very funny. She is extremely kind and very sweet. She is very anxious to meet and get to know everyone in the family, especially little man. I know that distance may make it difficult to talk all the time but perhaps soon through email or the such she can get to know everyone. So now I filed the petition for her visa and we wait for it to be approved. Then in about 5 months she gets her interview for her visa in Kiev (Which I plan to be at) then she can come to the US. I hope all is well with everyone.
2 comments:
It looks very cold in Dniproperrovsk. How was the McD's there and how do you pronounce the name of the city?
When I first started talking with Rada she would always test me on how to pronounce the city. The "D" is silent so its "nipro-petro(long "o"sound)sk. The first part sounds like you are say Ni(i is short)then pro. MCD was about the same but not as expensive.
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