The thing in Ukraine is that winter lasts much longer than you think. You wait and wait for the cold and snow to break but it doesn’t for a long time and then one day it just does. You can spend more time outside and the sun stays out a bit longer. You and your bubble emerge from the long dinners inside that were keeping you sane and you can bring a blanket and light a fire and be outside for long brisk days.
On our last long break in winter we usually would have all scattered to the four corners of nearby Europe, but with quarantines and closed borders the whole bubble was in Kyiv, so we decided the best option was to dacha for both weekends. Even in the cold we bundled up and headed on long walks, played music, swam in the warmish indoor pool and could just imagine the warmer days that were coming.
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