As some of you know, I recently went on a 2 week trip to Kharkov, Ukraine for my company. I had to meet with a vendor here we are working with, and get some issues ironed out. The work itself was tidious, frustrating, and at times, never-ending, BUT, all in all i enjoyed my time here very much.
We arrived in Kharkov in the late afternoon on Monday the 13th (we were supposed to be here on Sunday, but we had a cancelled flight in Chicago that postponed us 24hrs) oh well, no big deal...got a free night in the Hilton, plus money to spend on food, no harm done.
After arriving at the kharkov airport, which, i must say probably better resembles a Turkish Prison more than an actual airport, we gathered our belongings and headed to the hotel.
The hotel itself thankfully has been somewhat "Westernized" to accommodate travelers, and people not familiar with the Russian language, it has a restaurant and lounge area on the main floor, but other than that, the mini-bar in my room suited me fine!
Well the majority of my stay was rather un-eventful outside of work to be honest, a few incidents of almost getting lost, or losing my company phone, other than that it was all good experiences.
The food, although vastly different in taste compared to American cousine, is quite tasty, especially the German beer and the French wine. the Program Manager of the company I came to visit was quite hospitable as well, and he managed to show me a good time while i was here, wednesday night he took me to Club Misto which is essentially a bowling alley, a bar, a spa, and a strip club...
well to be perfectly honest i never saw the bowling alley, the bar, or the strip club...he had rented out an entire private sauna for me and some of the workers here...the ladies i'm sure would've been great, but as I have a girlfriend, i decided that would be against my better judgement....but even still, the spa was amazing...large, large area, with a sitting area with a rather diverse bar, a seperate secluded bed area (which i'm sure would've been great to have some ladies on)..but again i forgoed those pleasures, instead i sat in the dry sauna, the wet sauna, swam in the pool and sat in the jacuzzi...
Overall it was a very relaxing and enjoyable experience for virtually my last night in Kharkov...I'll be leaving here tomorrow morning at 7 am Kharkov time, so about 11PM CST
Hopefully this little blog didn't bore any of you too greatly, just thought I'd share the experience...if you have any other questions, just ask!
Signed,
Andrew
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i'll more than likely add some pictures of my adventures once i get home...some of the architecture around here...and some of the spa:)
