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Well, we’ve said goodbye to the nice weather. We get up and take advantage of the spell of continuous rain that has in the meantime set in to get some writing done. Waldemar Schmitke is increasingly enjoying filling out the fact-orientated magazine contributions with just the right injection of emotion. I

Actually, the roadway on the campsite was not so noisy during the night. Since we are the only ones on the site the showers aren’t open and we have to make use of the facilities in the adjacent hotel. So I let the hot shower run for a full 5 minutes

Sunshine greets us this morning. We still have another 2 hours driving to Krakow. En route we pick up a satnav, which leads us safely in the afternoon to mineral water bottlers Zdroji Zywiec. Our contact can see us only at 6pm, so we kill time by looking for a parking

Sunday morning and it’s an 8 clock start taking the the Editourmobil in a westerly direction through Kiev. On the way, we have come to know all about the conditions of the road in the Ukraine. In the east, dire. The more west we go, the better the roads become. Our

We allowed ourselves the luxury of a day in Kiev. Waldemar wrote his first articles. In the city itself, we marvel at the many, many churches, whose golden domes gleam in the afternoon and evening sun. Then it’s time for dinner and time to start thinking about tomorrow. We are aiming

All our hard work into the wee small hours of the morning has undoubtedly taken its toll. Getting up is a real struggle and even a solid dose of caffeine fails to get us going. Nonetheless we arrive bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at our appointment with PET Technologies. This machine manufacturer was

Rarely do I come across an interview partner who, without any prompting, provides me with print-ready copy describing his company. Volodymyr Yehorenko, Manufacturing Director, is one of that rare breed. Within the space of a couple of questions we know all we need to know about the juice market in the

We still need to find Interpet, and hopefully Anastasia has instructed the satnav on where to take us. We end up on an industrial estate and the satnav duly informs us that we have arrived at our destination. There is no name plate anywhere but peering over the wall we notice

Our overnight resting place was the premises of Retal where we enjoyed an excellent night’s sleep. As we emerge blinking into the daylight, an alarming thought slowly dawns on us. Our water tank contains water from the engine cooling system. Dare we take a shower in it? Normally cooling water consists

The holidays are over. The Editourmobil is waiting in the Ukraine for us to pick it up. The two of us, Waldemar Schmitke, co-driver, and Alexander Büchler make up the third team on this, the final stage of our Go to Brau Beviale Tour. The first major challenge is on the