We woke up really early to find that we crossed a time zone and woke up late. Then we spent 2 hours in a bank to exchange money from euros into euros. Kind of hard to explain so I won’t even try this time all I know is that I paid 15 euros to do the transaction.

So we left really late towards Rivne and crossed the town of Lutsk in the process. The only thing I can say about this crossing is that I tried to buy a drink at a store and the lady wouldn’t unlock the fridge for me and the only thing she could say in English was "no drink... no drink". Utterly amused by this situation I couldn’t help but grinning just a little.

So we made it to Rivne which ironically means flat or smooth in Ukrainian. Ironically because it is built on a stretch of hills like San Francisco. Deadly for my tired muscles but a little refreshing to not be able to see for 100 km in every direction. We were invited to stay at Dan's friend's house which was on the 7th floor in a little high-rise on the north side of town. These hills almost killed me.

Tanya had sent over a friend named Andrew to meet us and show us around the apartment. He was really nice and it seemed that he was worldly too. Friends all over the world etc. had a good feeling about him like I cold trust him.