Eurobus 2 Ukraine – May 8-24, 2009Days 1 and 2 – Warsaw

On the first day of our journey we met in Warsaw to get to know everyone and board “our” bus.After a welcome meeting and night out on the town (some of us got to explore the Polishspecialty of “beer + juice” for the first time in their lives and were quite pleased), we jointly participated in the Robert Schumann parade and keynote address the next day. We then took thefirst ride in our beloved vehicle to get to the dorm where we would get some rooms to spend thenight and make some fabulous new friends.

Day 3 – Polish-Ukranian Border and Volodymyrets & Dubrovytsia

After a long drive and crossing the border, our first day in Ukraine allowed us to see the beautifulcountryside and finally arrive in Volodymyrits late in the evening. We spent our first night alltogether in a hostel far from any other civilization – a nice touch after all the “big-city-life” inWarsaw. After going to a wonderful school and giving our first training sessions the nextmorning, we continued to Dubrovytsia by bus and set up a photo exhibit and Q&A-session for thelocal youth. In the evening, we continued to Korosten by bus.

Day 4 and 5 – Korosten

Arriving late in the evening in Korosten, most of us had the pleasure to stay in host families. Asfor me, I can confirm that my first impression of Ukranian people was entirely confirmed by our incredibly hospitable host-family: They were being wonderfully open and welcoming, and wehad a wonderful time, chatting away until late in the night.In the morning, we went to do another training session in the local school. This time creating alarge map of Europe all together, which was a lot of fun for everyone.