well the girl I met on my last trip wound up not working out. I did meet another girl in Kiev before going to see her since I didn't think she was all that interested based on emails we exchanged. the girl in Kiev was great we will be good friends but nothing more. after getting to Sumy to see N as she will be called, I spent a couple days with her before deciding she wasn't serious. we had a good time but no real connection. Since I had Pete traveling with me we went to see some sights and enjoy the local scenery and food. one of the interpreters I used suggested I meet another girl since I had a few days before going back to Kiev, I said ok and she arranged for me to meet 2 girls she knew. the first girl was great we hit it off and just when we were getting to know each other I had to go meet girl 2. Girl 2 was great looking but a bit shy we had a good time after eating we parted ways and she invited me to see her again. so here comes the best part I called girl 1 to see if she wanted to spend some time together and she was up for it. we took a taxi to get her and ordered sushi for all of us at the apartment. we stayed up half the night with 4 of us ( Pete, Interpreter, girl 1 and me) having a good time talking. she came to see me off when I was going back for my flight. we hit it off and email each other daily now. she speaks some English but not that much, she can read and write in English and is studying all she can. I will go back in October and write an update as things progress.