Driving in Ukraine

I am still visiting Sasha at the orphanage daily and we are waiting on a court date.  We have not been in a hurry for it since we are just on week 2 of the 8 week long tb test for Sasha.  But we think our court date will be October 28.  So we are starting to look at plane tickets for Scott and Ali to head back over.   We are thinking Sasha, Ali and I might be getting home in the first week of December!  Can not wait and so excited about possibly being home before Christmas!!

I am driving back and forth to the orphanage about 30 minutes each way.  Today, I stopped several times along the way to get some pictures.  Ukraine's potholes should really be called something else entirely because they are nothing comparable to anything I have ever encountered before.  There are even road signs warning you of upcoming 'potholes'.

If you see one of these, you better throw it down into second gear and start creeping along!  And there are many of these.  Then, when there is an extra bad section of 'potholes' coming up, you get this.

No joke.  And it is not like there are two distinct lanes of traffic.  Everyone uses the entire road and you weave and bob across the road depending on where the best path lies.  Scott has likened it to driving in a video game.  You are always watching for the holes and the occasional cow, goat, duck, turkey, chicken, whatever happens to be crossing/darting across the road.  Not to mention the cars coming at you head on!  But interestingly enough, I have yet to see a wreck.  It seems like utter chaos but it works somehow.  This is definitely an adventure I will never forget!