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- Kiev
- Capital
- Hryvnia (UAH)
- Currency
- 48,760,474
- Population
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Ukraine Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ukraine
Day 4 in Chervonohrad
We woke up a little earlier Monday morning and went for a long walk before going to the orphanage. We took a different game and played that along with Snakes and Ladders as well as introduced them to our families via my iPad photostream. They ...
Russian language
... dictionary totally nonfunctional! The city of Chernihiv is absolutely spectacular and a not to be missed event if visiting Ukraine. The first recorded history of settlement is around 400. The churches are amazing. We visited St. ...
Ukraine living
A few things about where we're staying... We are living with our taxi driver, Pasha, and his wife who works at the orphanage we go to everyday. She makes our breakfasts and dinners. Breakfst has consiste of eggs, potatoes, cheese, coffee, ...
Po pierwszym dniu
Dzisiaj duzo sie dzialo. Obeszlismy caly Kijow za dnia i noca i bylismy na obiedzie u Babci Siergieja. Obiad wspanialy - prawdziwy barszcz ukrainski, ziemniaczki, salatka, mieso a na deser lody - myslelismy, ze jestesmy w niebie. Chlopcy ciagle cos ...
House of the Chimeras
WooHoo!!! We finally made it to the House of the Chimeras (Будинок з химерами) and I am so glad that we put this on our list of places to see. This is a ...
My Poetry
I'm inspired to type some of the poems I've written in my diary, even though they're personal. Hope they say something interesting or meaningful to you, Liz Orange Revolution November 21st "It's beautiful!" I gasped. Then I saw the frustration ...
Yalta in Crimea
On the way to Yalta I made a stop over in - Bakhchysaray, a tatar palace and near by was a cave town Chufut-Kale - Manhup-Kale, a cave town as well - Balaklava, that is a town on the coast. I visited there a Soviet submarine base. The nuclear ...
Seki
Salam, von Lahic ging es mit dem Bus zurueck zum Highway wo ich mit einem LKW nach Seki gefahren bin. Dort bin ich erst um 12:30 eingetroffen, auch wenn es nur 140km waren, der LKW war nicht der schnellste, aber auch nicht der billigste. Seki hat ...
Kate and the Golden Gate
Turns out getting tickets on the night train to Lviv is no lead pipe cinch and with a flight too steep, I need to re-jigger the itinerary, cancel my Lviv hotel for Tuesday and book in here at The Radisson. The room reeks of cigarettes and an ashtray ...
Graduation, Camp and Visitors
... locals! One of the saddest times has been watching them realize what it means to be a citizen of a developing country like Ukraine. When we had tea with the library workers they clearly recounted their lives, salaries, struggles, and Olya told us ...
Kiev
Changement d'echelle en arrivant a Kiev: le Dniepr est impressionant de largeur, on a beau s'elever sur les collines ou au sommet des clochers, les barres d'immeubles des banlieues s'etendent a perte de vue. La ville en soi est plutot jolie, toute ...
May 04, 2009
First Weeks in Sokal
... are ending me, even if I can't find the means to let everybody know individually (especially responding to e-mails right now). NOTE: my PO Box address (you don't have to write in Cyrillic, and it is so easy) a/c 51 Sokal Lvivska Oblast 80000 ...
One last sight to see
... I just can't say what it used to be like to travel here but for us on this trip to the Independent Republic of Ukraine--a free and independent state, a fledgling democracy, it has been a very pleasant visit. We always felt safe. We always felt welcome and ...
Last Bell and the Little Ship
... I heard a story on Radio Svoboda ("Liberty Radio") yesterday about an American ship with weapons discovered near Fiodosia, Crimea (Ukraine). I'm still working on my listening comprehension of radio news, so I understood only 70% (which should be taken ...
My weekend in the village
This weekend I went to a village a little ways south of here with a woman who teaches English at the pedagogical institute in my town. Her name's Nadia. Another teacher there, Natasha, went along with us as well. All in all it was a very interesting ...
The Ghana Train
... on at once. What a cacophony but it was fun to see them enjoy themselves so much. They are actually in the Ukraine studying but I never did find out studying what as they all starting singing again. How nice to be serenaded down the line ...
The Orange Revolution--Part Two
... vote in Ternopil...80% in Kiev...and...surprising support in more Eastern cities... All this bodes well for a new Ukraine... A chance to address widespread corruption... A chance to purge the system... Indeed, recent events would indicate that ...
Vodka Tasting with Henry
While hubby was out watching the parade, I went to the Viking Explorer Society cocktail reception (in other words, the returning guest reception). It was drinks with Henry and the Captain and a chance to ask questions about the ship and its ...
Independence Day 2008
... the minds! With the Georgian war going on, Ukraine is even more in the news. According to students, this is Ukraine's first military parade since the Orange Revolution in 1992! It was very cool to see all the military branches march ...
My Downward Slump
... on Yushchenko to make Ukraine a better place, but I know it will take more than a strong leader. I want THEM to make Ukraine a safer, stronger, fairer country. My students (14 yr. olds) are the first generation who was born into an independent Ukraine. ...
Borders of Former Soviet Countries
We left Istanbul with a bit of a shaky start. Our ferry was due to leave midday, so we thought if we arrive approximately two hour earlier we should be ok. It turns out that check in closed about 3 hours before take off and they did not want ...
Happy Saturday!
We have Talia!!! Hello everyone! We were busy yesterday from 7:30am until we picked up Talia from the orphanage around 6:30! Sorry we weren't able to post anything until now. It is around noon on Saturday and Scott and I made it through ...
Parachute, Beach, Pizza with Kids Becoming Adults
The idea of day camp and Teaching English as a Second Language is working out great. All the kids from the area are in one place. There are a lot of fun things to do. The kids love it all. The day begins with playing in the ...
Camp Sweden!
... at a moment’s notice. What was interesting to see was that, although Chernobyl is the famous city, that an area of Ukraine half the size of Luxemburg is now uninhabitable. This area included more than thirty towns, which now sort of stand as a ...
Wednesday (Court +8)
... she blew us kisses and then ran off to play with her group. We haven't heard anything new about the H1N1 issues here in Ukraine. We should be fine to travel out of Svalyava on the train to Kiev. We haven't heard anything either about flight ...
Traveling with a Communist
... which was rare, that I had to mistrust and dislike Russians and Communists. Then of course that would have included the Ukraine. I was also taught to be very bigoted but luckily that didn’t take very well because I have since had many ...
Court!
... though. Scott and I were talking yesterday and we really have liked just about everyone that we have encountered here in Ukraine, especially in this small town of Svalyava. The orphanage caregivers are very friendly and we can tell they all really ...