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
This is the working cover and title of my new project
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Move in … and Goodbye!
Well, we did it. 361 days in total… Just short of 4 days before a year had passed since we started work ….. we moved in to our brand new house. There have been trials and tribulations along the way… … Continue reading →
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Christmas is cancelled
Ok, so not exactly cancelled but our plans to have a nice Christmas lunch in our new home have failed. No gas until February means we are going to use bottled gas for heating – and cooking but the drainage … Continue reading →
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Tagged building a house in Ukraine, house in ukraine, kyiv Gas useless building house ukraine, Kyiv neighbours, permissions, wife
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Red tape
In case any of you think that all this has been smooth sailing let me remind you of some of the quirks of developing here: • I am still trying to get around the whole aspect of how here you … Continue reading →
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Tagged building, building a house in Ukraine, building house ukraine corruption costs, costs, Energy, kyiv Gas useless building house ukraine, permissions
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