Sunday I flew to Kiev. \u00a0The last time I’d stayed at the Holiday Inn, a thoroughly American Tourister experience. \u00a0This time I stayed at Hotel Greguar (connected to the patisserie Gregoire), a Ukranian apartment-hotel. \u00a0There was only one elevator and most of the time I found myself walking up five flights of stairs, but the room was huge and had a washing machine! \u00a0Sunday night I had dinner with Yuriy and his wife Sasha. \u00a0He’s a superstar developer no longer working on Avid stuff, but it was delightful to see him and hear his observations on Ukraine and Agile.<\/p>\n
Monday thru Thursday I went in to the office, and worked in a three-person cubicle at the desk of an engineer on vacation. \u00a0Developers there come in late and leave late, which facilitates communication with California at the end of the day. \u00a0I met lots of people I’d only ever known through email and Skype, and had fun as well as getting quite a bit done.<\/p>\n
The street the hotel was on had several restaurants. \u00a0I went to a Georgian one (Khachapuri and Wine), two Ukranian ones (Compote and Petrus), and a salad place. \u00a0But the most interesting was a little bar called Taranka, which serves dried fish and Ukranian craft beer, which go together very well.<\/p>\n
Friday I flew to Budapest, dropped the stuff at the hotel, and walked to the train station to meet Ray, arriving from Romania (and an unplanned stop in Vienna.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunday I flew to Kiev. \u00a0The last time I’d stayed at the Holiday Inn, a thoroughly American Tourister experience. \u00a0This time I stayed at Hotel Greguar (connected to the patisserie Gregoire), a Ukranian apartment-hotel. \u00a0There was only one elevator and most of the time I found myself walking up five flights of stairs, but the … Continue reading Just Another Work Week in Kiev<\/span>