The first impressions. Back to the UK for a few weeks' holiday and the pleasure of transiting Kyiv's Boryspil Airport.  With the Euro 2012 football championship looming, UEFA and the international community are focusing not only on the stadiums where the games will be played in Ukraine and Poland, but on the rest of the infrastructure needed to support the passage of hundreds of thousands of football-crazed Europeans.  For many visitors, their trip to Europe 2012 will be their first time in Ukraine.  That makes the championships a fantastic opportunity for this thrilling country to show itself off in the best possible light. Gateway airports like Borispil will be a key to forming favourable first impressions.  Passing through on a busy Friday afternoon, I try to imagine what impression the airport as it now is would leave on a visiting European football fan.  Much work is in hand to improve Borispil.  But is it enough?  As someone who's keen to see the Europe 2012 held in Ukraine, with the maximum benefit for the country's image, I hope the Ukrainian authorities can do everything possible to ensure the investment in the airports, roads, hotels and other infrastructure needed make it a success.