The "fluffy employee" at the café made me laugh — every great café seems to have one, and they're always the real reason people come back. I also loved the detail about your daughter's shifting seasons: winter when she was little, with the birthday and holidays bundled together, and now autumn on top. Kids recalibrate their whole worldview every few years, and it's fun to watch. The missing squirrels are a shame, though — Kyiv's red squirrels are famous. One question: does this city have a different park mascot instead, like pigeons or crows running the show?