gentlemen and others...finally this week I make my first trip to UKR...to Nikolaev in fact to see a girl whom I seem to get along with during communications via skype and email...so we give it a whirl now...i can retire soon and am thinking of an expat life...Anna has her own business and is just finishing her Magisters degree this month and will begin the MBi in the fall season, so now seems the time to do the physical presence thing...her family is good, her parents and grandmother seem to accept me as I am, so now is the time to see what the real reactions are to each other...i think one can know at the first or second meeting...we shall both see, how much of this attraction is steeped in virtual imagination and real assessments...if the meeting is not to our liking, there is more of Ukraine to see and Europe is wide open with visaless travel for me (Amer)...well, wish me luck or not, this trip will be an interesting event , much better than working......bye for now, i will report in probably as time permits...Armin Bond, I amy contact you separately in PM...be well all, cv