Today I saw the president of Ukraine and his wife. No way to beat that in the Netherlands. We don’t have a president. Maybe a prime-minister. But even him I never even saw. Let alone his wife. (Does he have one already?).

But today, within 150 meters of our home there appeared to be a special performance celebrating the birthday of Christianity in Ukraine. Special to be there for a little while. Including orthodox choirs. Centre of Kiev. Just around the corner.