So, I took deep breaths after my last blog entry and headed out for the day. I had to be out of the apartment anyway when the maid came in the afternoon. I went and had a coffee at Glossary and then met my friend, Anna, for lunch. While with her, I made a brief video to send to my church and then I headed off to the train station, armed with the reference numbers for my booking. 30 seconds after I approached the "internet" window at the station, I walked away with the tickets in my hand. I walked over to the Church of St. George and lit candles in front of my favorite icons and just sat in the quiet for a while. I went back to the Metro and went to the Opera House area to meet a colleague for a business meeting over (you guessed it) coffee. It was a productive meeting for about an hour and a half. When I finished, I called another friend who wanted to meet, walk, and have yet another coffee. We talked for a few hours and I came back to the apartment. It's kind of a miracle that I slept like a log last night, going to bed at 10ish and getting up at 8:30 which is late for me, even here. I met the same friend for coffee this morning and he loaned me a small carry-on back to take on the train with me. I'm going to shower, go to the market to pick up some stuff to eat on the train and then head out to the station for a 3pm train arriving Mariupol at 8am. My friend there, Sasha, just emailed that he has a place lined up for me to stay and that he'll meet me at the train. That's good news. Now I'll just hope that I have a pleasant cabin-mate for the train ride. Or at least not an unpleasant one.
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