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WC Ukraine (2008)

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When it was announced the 2008 live WC would be held in Kiev, Ukraine, the question was not about "are we going?" but "how do we get there?" the two main options being by plane or by train. Some went by plane, together with "the group" (consisting of Tim , Ricardo , Erik , George , Julian , Ronald  and yours truly we went from Rotterdam (Ronald joined at Deventer) to Kiev but not directly. The plan was as follows: Rotterdam(NL) --> Deventer(NL) Deventer(NL) --> Berlin(DE) Berlin(DE) --> Rivne(UA) Rivne(UA) --> Kiev(UA) The journey If I recall correctly, the train from Rotterdam to Deventer would depart around 9:00 in the morning, everyone (but Ronald of course) was present and we all went on the train. As we got near Deventer, it was then announced that the train would actually not go there, but its final destination would be one major stop in front of Deventer due to unannounced maintenance. As a result, we had to take a bus (from Dut