So, arrived in Kiev on Sunday and, so far, it's been a nice place to visit.
It helps that the client have put us up at a very nice hotel (
Premier Palace) and have provided a driver to take us to and from work.
Also managed to get out to restaurants in the evening - a couple of traditional Ukrainian restaurants and a Belgian (!) one last night. All very good, although one of the traditional Ukrainian dishes we tried (at the behest of our client) was basically thinly sliced pig fat with seasoning - not to my taste really, but you have to try these things. Also, very cheap. One of the Ukranian restaurants cost us about £6 a head for main course and beer - the other two have been about £10 a head, but we had starter, main course, beer and vodka in those.
Looking forward to the weekend now when I plan to get out and have a proper explore in daylight and, of course, buy presents for the family for when I get home next Thursday.