Glyn Thomas
I'm the author of the blog and the book "Telling Tales". I spent a happy decade in Ukraine working and living and am now settled in the UK with my Ukrainian wife and our three children. The book is based loosely on tales from Anya's past most notably the period of the Holodomor.
Telling Tales
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Category Archives: Kiev Life
It must be spring…
Because the communal heating in the apartment block has been turned off. Somewhere on some heating engineers balcony the bud of a daffodil bulb must have broken through the frost on the plant pot …thus signalling the big switch-off. Another … Continue reading
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…spoke too soon
My intentions of cleaning and chilling out were dashed last night by me forgetting the internet connection. To clarify – one man turned up to connect the internet but another was due at some time in the future to actually … Continue reading
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Here in Kiev
Well, it took a while but by anyones standards a day to order an internet connection and have it installed is pretty good going – and all for 25 dollars a month. The flat I am in is typical … Continue reading
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