Photo of a gas station

I nearly shared with you a photo of a gas station in front of bright orange sky
Other possibilities were some nice if dull photos of the hotel.
This is also a photo of the hotel, a little further down the hall past my room.
Bear in mind the first 80% of the hall is conventional and my colleagues’ rooms are completely conventional. 
Mine is the interesting one. 
The next day I found more interesting aspects. 
And my room number is 69. 

Today we put together a great presentation about what we learned but the person we were going to give it to first had to cancel so we spent the rest of the day going through emails. 

Tomorrow I begin my trip, inshallah. 

Tonight we got KFC, yes KFC for dinner. We just had everything we were interested in at the hotel and it is interesting to see how fast food is done in different countries. I could have shared a picture of the KFC.

“ Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Canada has frozen the equivalent of $104 million worth of Russian assets and blocked roughly $234 million in financial transactions” This includes a monster plane that can transport wind turbines.


A week or so my friend who married a Ukrainian was in a vyshyvanka and holding what looked like a medal for running which was confusing because she doesn’t run. Well, in Ukraine, the traditional attire is a vyshyvanka. 
Typically made of cotton or linen, these shirts feature embroidered patterns along the front, collar and sleeves….. “ The Ukrainian diaspora had a run in Washington DC to celebrate Ukraine’s 33rd Independence Day, ie 33 years since Ukraine split from the former Soviet Union. “The vyshyvanka run raised funds for United Help Ukraine, with proceeds going to humanitarian aid, medical care, and mental health services for the Ukrainian people.”