Gintama Kiev
Tr'okhsviatytels'ka 9 Kiev, Ukraine
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One last full day
... park and took some time to enjoy the site and sounds. There were only maybe a handful of other tourist there, mostly from east asia, and we were able to accomidate each other with picture taking.
After a coke and pastry i headed to the tomb of the unknown soldier and walked through the park, past the government buildings and Ukraine House to arrive back at independance square. Due to aching feet, i took my ...
Trial By Fire
... the guy and handed him my suitcase. Oh my God!! What am I stupid?? No sooner did I hand him the bag before he walked, quite briskly, through the airport. I almost had to run to keep up with him!! All the while, running to keep up with this guy, I was getting a bit more suspicious with each moment, but still, I didn’t get to scared. Usually, I just don’t have bad luck with this sort of thing and stuff always seems to work out for me in the end. ...
Filling in pieces of the Ukraine Blog
... an underground labyrinth (the caves) of catacombs where the monks worshipped, studied, and lived 1000 years ago. When the monks died, their bodies were naturally preserved, without embalming, by the caves' cool temperature and dry atmosphere. So, as tourists, we are allowed only in a small part of the caves where there are coffins (123) arranged along niches in the tunnel. One has to carry a long narrow candle into this incredibly claustrophobic maze. I ...
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!
... he went to a club for people learning English, and all the young women loved him and said, "Oh yes sir, no sir." I'm not making this up.
Of course, everybody loves a little (or a lot) attention from the opposite sex, and basically whenever you're a foreigner, you get ten times as much attention. Trust me, it's awesome (most of the time). You feel like a celebrity, like you really are somebody. It's a great ego trip. The thing ...
STOP THAT PLANNNEEEE!!!!!
... opposed to 8 which didn't give us much breathing space for traffic to reach the flight at 2....2 hour drive, plus check in and everything. When I arrive to the airport, I fing the aerosvit airlines (ukrainian air) it hits me that no one else is english....I am sure that tourism in ukraine was good?! though how many people do you know who have been to kiev on holiday??? I get my ticket and then have lunch with ...



