Just to clarify my profile, I'm not really in Kiev. I'm actually in the U.S. city of Madison, Wisconsin.In many ways, I wish I was in Kiev or somewhere with a lot of native Russian speakers because I'm sure I would learn the Russian language much faster.I had a Russian lesson via skype today with my instructor from Minsk, Belarus. She will graduate from a language institute there this summer. She speaks excellent English and has been a huge help to me so far. I also have several great friends...

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Learning a language can be a lot of fun, but teaching it… WOW!!! Life in Nikolaev Ukraine has truly been the adventure of a lifetime. It’s been over three years since Larisa and I’d taught our first English lesson together. It was February 14th…. Yes, Valentines Day 2008. Larisa knew little English while I was totally deficient in Russian. In the few weeks before that day, we had visited a number of schools in Nikolaev.&nbsp...

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