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The weekend started off with a disappointment. Although my brother and I had made the necessary reservations in advance, the Ukrainian authorities unceremoniously cancelled our planned trip to Chernobyl. The good news is, once we were over this initial letdown, the weekend could only get better. I find that emerging economies are the most interesting…
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So New Year’s was a blast. We had a slow evening. We went to the shopping mall and bought smoked game, potatoes, vegetables and spices, went back to the room and cooked a New Year’s feast for dinner. We had a kitchen area in our room which we used–and abused. When we were done there…