Well we are living a dream and it hasn't disappointed yet !!. The weather has been fantastic and the roads are brilliant, soooo smooth with flowing series of left and right bends one after another which we were taking at 60 - 70. Unfortunatly we managed to get 2 speeding tickets - one in Slovakia and one in the Ukraine. Total cost of the fines was $70. Police have the new and improved radar gun that goes round corners to catch you !!!. We managed to get to Prague on the first day but managed to miss getting to Uzhorod which put us behind , so the next day the ride to Kiev took 20 hours with only a few short stops. It doesn't help when you have to mess around filling paperwork in at the borders - fortunatly ours was up to scratch and we wasn't detained for too long. From the border we travelled up to Kiev via L'viv,the roads started ok to L'viv then they deteriorated and only got better 60 miles from Kiev when they turn into a dual carrige way. The driving needs to be seen to be believed!!!! they will over-take, under-take or simply budge you out of the way at any time they feel, which is usually as soon as possible. Kiev,we're here and quite relieved at that, first thing to do,get to the hotel. Mark sorted that by asking at a petrol station, a few hand movments and shake of the shoulders (and of course bought a map) we we're off. We got close then asked a taxi driver who took us there. the next day (5th may) we went to AWT BMW in Kiev city center and are at present getting a service but possibly no tyre's(oh no)!! more news on this later. Having a great time, I am feeling (as Ewan Mcgregor would say) family sick but try to call/write as much as I can. Will up date again as soon as we can. Paul and Mark