September 18, 2009

We made it to Amsterdam with two hours to spare before our flight to Keiv. Finally, at 1:00, we were on our way. It had been a breeze so far, but as soon as we landed at the Keiv Airport, we knew we were out of our comfort zone. People were crammed into about 8 lines trying to get through customs and immigration. A man approached us and told us it would be a two hour ordeal and he was with a VIP service and could get us through in 10 minutes. (for a price) We had been told this was well worth the money so we took a chance. Five minutes later we had our luggage, passports stamped, and standing in the lobby meeting our contact. Then we were taken to our apartment. The building did not look that great but the apartment was very nice and clean. About an hour later our contact took to exchange money and buy some groceries. Finally, we were back at the apartment and could get some sleep.