Okay, that's it. I just finished the last bit of work I need to take care of, and can now focus on what I'm going to do in Ukraine for the rest of this week. I haven't had nearly enough time to prep for this, study my Russian, or secure the kind of preliminary contacts I would need to get a "real" story out of this.
But hell with it. I just need to get away from work for a few days and chill out. Spend some time thinking about something else for a while. Even if I don't get published this time, I'll have good background material for the writing project I'm working on. And there are worse things than taking a week off in new places, especially places as interesting as those I'm heading for.
At the secret agent party the other night there were a lot of travelers (most of Klaus and Zorana's friends are internationals in some way or other). I had some great conversations about other cities that may make the list after I get back from Ukraine... Baku, Samarkand, Bangkok and Vientiane.
It's never enough, never enough time and so damn much to do...
More soon.
Posted by case at June 6, 2005 04:42 PM