Peeling an Onion, Part VIIa
Russia or Ukraine? We struggled with that choice for a long time. As I mentioned in my blog on September 14, practical considerations created a wash between the two options due to two important factors--cost (Russia) and stress (Ukraine).Our decision-making now took on a more emotional and less rational bent. In December 2003, Jonathan and I were traveling by train from Chicago to Texas. With a lengthy layover in St. Louis, we disembarked and explored an outdoor Christmas market near downtown. A young woman in one of the booths smiled warmly at us as we walked by, and we couldn't help stopping to examine her wares. Her goods looked Slavic, and when we asked her where she was from, she told us--Ukraine!
to be continued
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