So here goes,
Getting into the rythm of preparing lessons and learning ukrainian. Just as busy as college. Had an site placement interview in which I pushed for the Carpathian mountains, but don't think I got them. Email remains rare, snail mail would be awesome. I'll write about the pictures next time, after I see what they are. No time now.
And the answer is no, there is a slightly newer bus that we use between the town and our training village.