It’s been two weeks since we arrived to Odessa. And I still don’t feel like I got used to the time difference. Weird, because I didn’t experience this problem on my previous trip to Odessa. I go to bed late and wake up late. Finally, days are messed up and it makes me feel bad. I decided to break this situation…

It’s time to start working on my goals:

Sport

For a long time now I wanted to hire a personal thai-boxing coach. Said is done. I have already arranged about the first training with Max Neledva (IFMA World Championship Finalist, IFMA European Champion, IFMA World Champion,
K-1 Fighting Network 2007 Champion). I think that it’s a huge luck that Max agreed to coach me and I’m extremely excited about that!
I already have all the required equipment and I already prepared for the first training tomorrow.

Also I need to fix my bike and prepare it for at least weekly 60 mi trips. This is a great way to spend time with friends, travel and improve the stamina.

Music

I need to gather a band and start playing concerts in local clubs at least 2 times a month. I already have preliminary arrangements with my buddies who I used to play with before. So, we need to get together and decide about rehearsal schedule, track list. We’re going to play covers:
Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Rainbow, Dio, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Queen… and something from modern rock like: Muse, Fixer (my personal favorites from New York City), etc.

Travel, places to see:

  • Kiev
  • Kharkov
  • Lviv
  • Donetsk
  • Crimea
  • Dnepropetrovsk
  • Ivano-Frankovsk

We’ll probably go to Kiev soon…

 

This is a list of states where we’ve physically been to:

  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • Georgia
  • Florida
  • California

We’ve also been to Texas once when changing flights, but that doesn’t really count. So, we’re pretty much all set with the East Coast and ready to explore new lands! Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles is already on the «TOGO» list :)

I have to admit that I really love this country! It has been nothing but pleasure to live here so far.

 

Our thrilling trip to Florida begins today. There are so many places we want to visit and so many things we want to see. I’m sure, that the trip will be amazing! :)

It’s finally a real winter in Connecticut today with snow and frost; but the soul requires summer and warmth.

So, the main thing here is that we’re going to Florida by car!!! Yeah, maybe this sounds a little bit crazy,  but this is what we are about :)

The most exciting thing about this trip for me is that we’re going to Disneyland!!! Yahoooooo!!! This is my dream and pretty soon it will come true!!

So, let the adventures begin! :-D

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Just as much as I’m excited about this new blog, I’m excited about going on vacation.

Well, first of all it was always my dream to go to some tropical paradise. And given the fact that it was snowing all day long today and I’m trembling with cold, the most logical place to make the trip to is of course Florida! :-D

Speaking about dreams… Darya was also dreaming to go to Disneyland. Well, I’m convinced that dreams have to come true and it’s so cool that it works for both of us at the same time!

Oh yeah, I didn’t mention that we decided to travel by car (I know some of you will say that we’re crazy. Yes, we ARE! :) I’m a big traveler so I always wanted to travel across the states by car.

Connecticut - driveway

I’m a little worried about the trip because the distance to Orlando is about 1200 miles from the place where we live and I’ve never driven that far before! But I really hope that my altima will be a good baby and will take us safely to the first point of our trip — Orlando, FL.

We’re also planning to spend some time in Miami (south beach area) and Key West. I really hope that the water will be warm so I can swim a little bit with white sharks :)

Anyways, we’ll keep you updated about what’s going on. It’s about time to leave, so I’m going to review my checklist of things before the trip… And we’re ready to take off!

p.s. If we successfully make it to Florida, we’re pretty much going to cover all the East Coast (we’ve been skiing in Vermont one week ago). Doesn’t it sound awesome!?

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