Ukraine

After a few hours I headed down the road to a town called Dubno. I got a hotel and found dinner. I had a hard time communicating though. In Western Ukraine the language mostly spoken in Ukrainian. I do know some Russian and maybe someone who grew up speaking Russian can interact and understand Ukrainian but for me no. The older people who grew up in the Soviet Union know Russian as well as Ukrainian but many of the young people either refuse to speak Russian or dont know it well. 

THe menu at the restaurant was in Ukrainian and I asked the young waitress if she could help me. She tried and we finally figured out what things were with hand signs and animal noises lol.

There is an old fortress in Dubna that I strolled around.

There was some pretty heavy fighting for the fortress in WWII 

Before I left in the morning I checked my email and I had a message from Ed. He needed some help with his bike and wanted to know if he could still come and stay with me in Kyiv. Only a day or two MAX he said. I dont want to be in Kyiv but I need parts thats all just a couple days!.