Market Collapse: I'm Safe in Ukraine

This morning, the roof of a huge collapsed in Moscow, trapping over 80 people, and killing 50. I have been to this market, it is huge and very crowded. I am safe, quite safe. In fact, I am not even in Mosocw, nor in Russia. I am in Ukraine this weekend, visiting the beautiful city of Kyiv (Kiev). This weekend is a long holiday weekend, and Navina and I decided to do some traveling. We are staying with student teachers at the Kyiv English Language Center. They are really awesome hosts. Josh is a student from Maine, and Jane is from Loma Linda, California. Fortunately, everyone here speaks Russian, and some even speak English. The atmosphere here is definitely friendly to tourism, much more than in Russia.

So, tomorrow, we are getting up early and going to the Zoo, then visiting Kiev's oldest Cathedral and its underground cave monasteries, then visiting the World War II museum, and its 62m high towering monument.

Saturday night we will ride back to Moscow by train, in the oh-so-comfortable third class sleeper cars of Russian trains. Lets just say, its an interesting experience.