Okay, I've not posted since I got here, so I've got an awful lot of catching up to do.

27th August: flew into Kyiv, got picked up by [removed], the school director, and went for a nice Ukrainian meal, before heading back to my new flat to unpack and rest. I'll post pics of all this kind of stuff soon, but I can't connect my phone yet...

28th August: We had an induction at the school for the whole day, chiefly for new teachers such as myself, plus [removed] and [removed], who are 'new' here but have been teaching for a good while now. After that was done and dusted we went out for beer, food and a good time. I ended up in the Caribbean Club with some of the Ukrainian office girls and a couple of other guys. Very expensive - 60 UAH on the door for guys (use http://www.xe.com for rates - it's expensive, trust me). Fun time though - but I did have to get it early-ish the next day, so not terribly wise (and it took us an age to find my flat via taxi).

29th August: Second day of induction, just a half day. I walked back from the school to my place to scope out the route, and how long it'd take, and swiftly set out for the evening meal at a Japanese restaurant. I got to the meeting point a bit late, though, and everybody had gone. I then found that the place they were initially going to was too busy, so they took a marshutka (cheap minibus) down Prospekt Peremohy to another place. I had no idea that it'd take almost an hour to walk there, but never mind. I felt knackered and a bit pissed off when I finally arrived, but I suppose these things happen. This, however, would not be the last - or worst - thing to happen to me in the first week.

More tomorrow.