I found out that I would need a Visa to go, also two letters one from my friend Anatoli inviting me to visit him, and an official one from the hospital. It took a few months to get this organised,writing
to my friend, writing to the Ukrainian Embassy in London, waiting for the hospital to send a letter
of invitation, organising time of work. When I eventually received my two letters I sent them off
to London along with my Visa fee and passport. However the Ukrainian Visa section returned my
papers without a Visa due to some irregularity in the letter from the hospital. I had by that time arranged the dates I would be off work, so I now had a race against time to resolve the problem getting my Visa. I had some difficulty finding out the cheapest way to travel to Ukraine because I
could not afford to fly with my extra luggage for the hospital. I went by bus and train. By bus from Glasgow to London on to Warsaw, then by train to Kiev. This first trip was to eastern Europe
was for me filled with many different experiences such as finding my way from the bus station to the railway station in Warsaw, and attempting to buy a train ticket for Kiev. If it had not been for
Tanya a Russian girl travelling to Oddesa I would probably still be in Poland !
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