International Hostel Tatarka Kiev

... I have to hope I can get some better information from my guides as to a true internet place that is close to the apartment and to where the real market is and also I will leave the apartment in the morning with computer in hand just in case I find a Wi-Fi somewhere, then problem solved. Geez. This is my 4th former Soviet Republic and 2 have been exceedingly difficult to tour. I sure hope this one improves.

<br><br>I finally get the eggs as part of an enormous breakfast and just manage to get back on the road by 10 a.m. There is a similarity about the landscape since entering Poland. Fertile flat farming land looking very prosperous in Poland, less so in the Ukraine where some of the farming is still done manually. From a biking point of view it is long straight roads. Today the quality varies from potholed to smooth concrete/tarmac. On and on ...

... first knew them. [<br>We had a few other very needed subjects to discuss and did so at brunch. <br><br>From there we went to Ivan&#8217;s Shturmer Office. We call him the Kinko&#8217;s of Ukraine. There we downloaded some immigration documents for said issue and filled them out. <br><br>We then drove around town and Ivan showed me all the curbing sidewalks that he has been contracted by the city to do ...

... city, more fancy statues, gargoyles, balconies, and decorative borders. We enjoyed our walks always looking up and around where we were We stopped at the store for some water and I saw some cabbage rolls, so I got 4 for dinner. What a surprise when I cut it open. Have a look at the picture. I did a load of laundry in the little washing machine. Relatively no humidity here so everything will dry fast. There ...

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... Frunze, Melnykov and Olena Teliha streets and St. Cyril's Monastery. A Wikipedia paragraph above sums up Babi Yar better than I ever could. This is a huge inner city park just steps from the Metro (subway). It ...

... no one - just a powerless Ukraine (quite a jolt for self esteem when you think about it) At the end of August we have a three week vacation. My plan is to visit 10 different cities/towns/villages in 13 or 14 days. Traveling will be by bus and train. I hope to visit many of my PC friends. The American English Center where I work has schools in 3 of the towns and I hope to engage teachers with maps and knowledge for advice and camaraderie. I ...

... have a good sense of direction! The Golden Gate was impressive, but doesn't live up to its name, especially when so many 'golden' things are actually made of gold. This gate, not so much. Made completely of wood and stone, it was the main entrance to the city for over 1000 years, and is famous for its strength. It was huge, thick, and impossing, but not gold. We walked all through it, up it and around it, it also afforded some nice views. After that we walked ...

... abandoned to the wilderness years ago. Ukraine's population is in steady decline, and is forecast to halve again over the next 30 years. I read the small amount of history on Ukraine I had on the way in: this can be concisely summarised as them getting overrun since time immemorial and rarely being on the dishing-out end of proceedings. I laughed aloud at one point on reading one of the most pragmatic and concise political speeches I had ever heard. In 1991 the ...

... tanks on the street. We headed back to the hostel and me and Julia stopped on the way for some pointing fun at the market to acquire some salami and cheese for a very late lunch. I think the lady behind the counter got a kick out of our attempt to order, she couldn't stop laughing! Once we were a little bit cleaned up we headed off to the Opera. I had never been before. Good thing I bought the program so I could kind of follow along. It was pretty good though, all in Russian ...