Telford to Kyiv by train via Berlin

A random idea for my 40th birthday, a week after going to the 2006 V festival at Weston Park, was to go to Kyiv in Ukraine from Telford in Shropshire by train, via Brussels and Berlin. This journey inspired me to love digital photography and has since developed into such a passion that I now have my camera with me nearly all the time.... there are many stories to tell about this journey like the train changing wheels at the Ukraine border, like meeting a Glaswegian in Berlin for a history walk , like having to buy a return ticket in Kyiv (i could only get a one way!)...... the moto for the journey was "Life is Good" .... and yes I still have the T-shirt