Kiev, Ukraine Travel Blogs

Stick it up your Volga.
Aug 28, 2009

Work trip to Kiev.

Kiev - A Majestic Capital
Aug 15, 2008 (96 photos)

... .  50C in the sun + humidity!  The problem was that it was virtually impossible to eat out past 22h00 in downtown Kiev... weird.   Another thing that struck me was that so many leaves in the trees were brown and dead.   I was ...

Living The Dream
Oct 11, 2007 (100 photos)

... !!! St Michaels Monastery was next. There use to be one here that was years old, but the Soviets knocked it down. Once Ukraine became independent, a copy was built and is meant to look the same. For a building that's 7 years old, it certainly looks ...

Over river, through woods to Babushkas house we go
Sep 29, 2005 (46 photos)

... moved and sad. Badass uncle Lonya teared up, I did, even Mama did for only the second time that I've ever seen. Before coming to Kiev, I wasn't sure what to make of close family that I'd never met. How do they fit in my life? Do they know me? Do I ...

Sightseeing in Kiev
Nov 12, 2005 (12 photos)

... pictures. It is very cold today and windy. We walked thru several parks, saw a WWII memorial museum, Ukraine's Statue of Liberty, Kiev's Palace, Kiev's Arch which I think signifies freedom, and a beautiful view of the Dnipro River. We will be leaving ...

Kiev Day 2
Oct 10, 2009 (15 photos)

... until OSU kicks off and i have to find a site that might show the game, so this'll be quick... Today was a beautiful day in Kiev.  Temp was about 60 and the sun was out which is great walking weather for me as it kept my sweating to a minimum.  ...

Layover in Kiev
Feb 3, 2006 (2 photos)

Short layover. Fur hats.

Autumn in Ukraine
Oct 22, 2008 (12 photos)

... WTO accession on the service and consumer agricultural cooperative segment of household plot or peasant farms (subsistence farmers) in Ukraine and what effect this will have on Heifer program recipients. The Heifer staff has been wonderful and speak very ...

Merry Christmas
Dec 23, 2008

... traditional western Christmas, some celebrations started last Wednesday with the arrival of St. Nicholas to certain children's homes in Ukraine.  It might be a religious holiday though and many Ukrainians do not celebrate.  It is much more low- ...

Departure City: Kiev
May 10, 2007

In Kiev, we will spend the weekend touring, attending the opera and enjoying more of the culture before heading back to the land of comfort and overabundance.

Back Home
Jul 21, 2009

... I didnčt care how much it costs. I'm hoping to go to Bila Tserkva, which is a town one hour outside of Kiev, for Okasana's birthday. I am leaving Ukraine on Friday for Zurich and then on Saturday night, I will try to find an overnight train to Rome so I can ...

Kyiv - Walking around the city
Jul 22, 2009 (7 photos)

... . I know I always say that and never do but this time I am serious about it. I want to spend next summer in Ukraine and speaking Ukrainian will definitely help. Someone on the bus to Kyiv asked why I didn't speak Ukrainian or Russian and I replied good ...

Going on a train
Oct 13, 2009

Zhenia our coordinator will be here in about 10 minutes and we are finishing packing all of our stuff.  He will pick us up and then we will run a few errands before we get on the train.  It is a 9 hor train ride to get to her orphanage and it is ...

Museum of Architecture and Folklore
Jun 6, 2008 (5 photos)

... for us.  Another volunteer's host family offered 4 seats on a bus to our cluster to visit the Architecture and Folklore Museum of Ukraine.  My name was one of the first on the list as this is (or somewhere near to it or close to the subject ...

The New Year
Jan 30, 2009 (7 photos)

... reading just about 12 degrees, the sky clear and people were joyous.  Kreschatik (the 5th Avenue/Pennsylvania Avenue of Ukraine) was filled with people adorned with tinsel, light up ears and sabers, colorful wigs, thousands of bottles of champagne ...

Passport, overnight train to Kiev
Nov 10, 2009 (5 photos)

... !  After picking up the passport, we needed to make some serious time back to Pasha's in order to make that evening's train to Kiev.  Had I known how that was going to go, I would have told him to take his time.  More on that later.  ...

Kiev, Ukraine
Jan 7, 2002 (37 photos)

See photo album for pictures and stories.

Independence Day 2008
Aug 24, 2008 (11 photos)

... nbsp; It was very cool to see all the military branches march down Kreshatick Street.  It is my understanding that the Ukraine Military is very critically underfunded and has about 200,000 volunteers all told.  It looked like the entire force of ...

Prvi prestop
Mar 18, 2009

Po nocni voznji iz Moskve sva tukaj ujela vlak za Budimpesto.

Kiev
Apr 3, 2008

... skill!  I want to read all the information that I have in English, but feel I should be studying my Russian.  Ukraine is definitely a bi-lingual country.  They even have a third language that is a mix of Russian/Ukraine.  It is indeed ...

Day whatever: Lost track of Time.
Aug 20, 2008

... volunteering for the Peace Corps. She really interesting to speak with because she helped us prepare for the differences in Ukraine. Anyway, like I said the train was overnight and that meant that we crossed two borders. The Hungarian border as we ...

Teaching English
Jul 15, 2008

... Community college for the underprivileged and disabled has also got some ideas for a project.  They have 60 branches around Ukraine and 46,000 students!   I have been in contact with my University professors and advisors and they are happy ...

Kiev, Ukraine The whole shabang!
Aug 31, 2008

... his computer so he just blocked the most popular sites. That morning we found out that it was Independence Day. The day the Ukraine separated itself from the Soviet Union. We were all excited about going out and seeing the parade and the sights. Hope ...

Lavra Monestary
Jul 30, 2008 (5 photos)

... could present themselves and the flexibility/inflexibility of the organization.  I do not think John F. Kennedy had the Peace Corps Ukraine type of administration in mind when he created the Peace Corps back in the 60's.  I wish it could have ...

Babi Yar
Nov 1, 2008 (2 photos)

... 1103;р , Babyn yar; Russian: Бабий яр , Babiy yar) is a ravine in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. In the course of two days, September 29-30, 1941, a special team of German SS troops supported by other German ...

Attack of the Babushkas
Jun 22, 2009 (21 photos)

... in the afternoon and it was soon time to leave, Oleg drove us all the way back to our hostel door in Kiev. We experienced the legendary Ukrainian hospitality in our two days and one night spent in Borodyanka; Pasha's family made us exceedingly welcome ...

CHAPTER 9 - MOLDOVAN POLICE ACADEMY
Jun 18, 2007 (50 photos)

... that. But sadly we do have a deadline ahead. We have arranged to meet a friend of Pierpaolo's in Kiev thisevening, and this guy has travelled 9 hours across the Ukraine to get there. It would be a bit rude not to show up on time for an effort like that ...

Fork in the road!
Jun 18, 2008 (5 photos)

... so fortunate to acquire such an awesome bunch.  I know you will make huge strides for the promotion of a free and transparent Ukraine and the empowerment of its people - I wish I were with you!  You are my inspiration and I will live vicariously ...

Good-bye to Khust, Hello to Kiev by 14 hr. train
Jul 12, 2009 (53 photos)

... delivered to Estonia. We discussed Vasyl Mondich’s evangelistic travels and the need to buy a church building in central Ukraine.  He gave his perspective about how the Church in Khust finances his travels and about the Church building.  ...

Kiev Coda
Jun 3, 2006

... luminaries. An enormous mosaic of Mary survives and, as the legend has it, as long as it does, so will the city of Kiev. Climbed countless steps up the bell tower to a horrifying height above the square for a few quick photos and a whole lot of vertigo ...