Country Info
- Kiev
- Capital
- Hryvnia (UAH)
- Currency
- 48,760,474
- Population
- UA
- Country Code
Kiev Slideshow
Kiev
Travel Blogs from Kiev, Ukraine
In the Borderland! (the Ukraine!)
I will meet up with Jim at the airport here, and, hopefully, we will be met by a Ukranian ...
Crimea or BUST!
Tonight I am off to Crimea for my site visit. I will spend the next two years in a city called Armiansk. Its in the northern part of Crimea and from what I know, was founded by Armenians. It is also home to Ukrains largest chemical plant...sweet. I am ...
Mini saia, dente de ouro e gunters!
... por aki opta por mete/lo na boca....sobre a forma de dentadura!!:P ehehe!e o chamado sorriso amarelo!:) Acerca das cidades...Kiev e uma cidade brutal...adorei...e tem umas igrejas e palacios q parecem de contos de fadas!e e uma cidade moderma e mt ...
heading East
Fly on LOT Polish airlines from Milan Malapensa Airport to Warsaw and then to Kiev. Stay at ...
Capital Culture
Ah the romance of travelling Mr. Stokes...with you of course always....So onto Kiev and another train journey to top the last one....no only joking....well it did have some interesting characteristics of it's own! We had to go 3rd class because of the ...
A Day at School
... subsequent lessons, I often found myself teaching in a barren class with maybe a picture of Taras Sheshanko, the poetlaurette of Ukraine and some spider plants (another favorite classroom accruement). But, as the saying goes, the only constant in life ...
Tardy updates i know but such is my joy at ...
Tardy updates i know but such is my joy at being back in the good ol' UK(raine!) that i have neglected my duties to keep you all informed as to what's been going on in my life! you may think that i have finished my travels but i hope that this is ...
Kiev - one part frustration, one part relaxing
I left you in Lviv, Ukraine and took off for Kiev on the night train. Kiev didn't have a brilliant beginning for me and it turned into a city of frustration. First of all, it was pouring rain when I arrived at 7:30am on July 10. Usually not a good ...
A difficult good-bye
... ; Since it was a summer Saturday, the area was filled with Wedding parties taking pictures! We think that the brides in Ukraine believe that the more flounces, sparkles, sequins, lace and frills that you can fit all at once on your dress the ...
Kiev
We're coming HOME!
... nbsp; In the afternoon, we met some friends from Edmonton at Maydan Square. We relaxed and enjoyed the entertainment for Ukraine’s Independence Day Celebrations. Later on at home, we did some last minute packing and talked one last time ...
Kiev!!!!
... -expensive, but the food was fantastic! I had Ukrainian beer, green borsht (it had beets and spinach)!, mashed potatoes, and chicken Kiev! Woohoo! Cross that off the list, I ate chicken Kiev in Kiev and it was delicious!!! Since I could barely walk ...
Getting Started
Saturday, July 10th We arrived safely at the airport and were driven to our new flat. Our land lady, Tatianna, prepared a lovely lunch, complete with borsch, torte, cherry pyrohy and calo! Our facilitator (Lydmila) did not waist any time and we had 1 ½ ...
All the paper work is done!
... and bought Marco an icon of St. Volodymyr, in honour of his birth name. We found out it was a special day in Ukraine for blessing flowers, so we bought a bouquet and had it blessed just outside the Church. As we were walking along Volodymyr Street, ...
Kijow / Kiev
... prostej Biszkek jest zaledwie 3433 km od Kijowa, a wydaje sie ze to tak bardzo daleko! ________________________________________________________________________ Ukraine’s capitol welcomes us with a cloudy sky, we honestly hope it will change. Anton ...
First days
... rural villages still don't have central heating or electricity. Each few acres of the museum is dedicated to a certain region of Ukraine, and all the cottages are attractive and a little different from each other. Here are a couple of the windmills: ...
"In the Nuclear Fall-out Zone..."
... safe and healthy as possible, the children being top priority, we need to temporarily evacuate the citizens in the nearest towns of Kiev Oblast. For these reasons, starting from April 27, 1986 2 p.m. each apartment block will be able to have a bus at ...
The Lavra Area
... , but it was fun looking at the pictures), and a museum of ethnography. And just walking around the grounds took me a few hours. And at least I did not buy a scarf for nothing, for in ukraine women still need to cover their heads when they enter a church. ...
Kiev
Wczesnym rankiem 7:25 udal sie pociagiem do Warszawy. Stamtad na lotnisko, gdzie po jakims czasie niepewnosci czy jednak bedzie nocowal w Warszawie :) wyruszyl do Kijowa przez Wilno :). Taaak :D przynajmniej nie samochodem lecz samolotem. W Kijowie ...
Fun in the snow
In true American form - some crazy PCVs were playing football in the snow on one of the sunny days in ...
Trans-Siberian railroad not in my cards
First, let me apologize for any grammar/typo errors with today's story. My Internet connection right now i s a 2x3.5 inch iTouch screen with tiny keys. Plus, I must use the one finger when typing technique. I'm thinking trains and I don't go well ...
Am Ort und Stelle
So, the journey is over. 4086 km 18 cities 7 countries 5 currencies I'll try to add photos during the next ...
Back in the U.S.S.R.
... the difficulty of communicating in Russian are quite true. But once you get comfortable, it's really a knee slapper of a destination. Ukraine is said to be warmer than Russia and a bit more user friendly as it is desperate to join the European ...
