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I see dead people
lavre monetary
We caught the bus and it wasn't far from where we were based. There were several buildings and churches that we went into. The highlight had to be the caves! This is where monk were buried in glass coffins. The odd hand was visable so this was very spooky!
After this we headed back to central Kiev and on the way we stopped at Central Parc restaurant. We were starving so ordered up some decent dishes. I opted for the Chicken ...
Kiev
... and all. This is really just a connection for me."
Man, I hope I'm right...
So back in Brasov, when researching my options for getting myself to Kiev, it quickly became apparent that I would need to connect: the only direct Bucharest-Kiev train only left on certain days, and besides being expensive, would only give me one evening in Kiev before my flight to Moscow, which was absolutely not enough time for the capital city of a sprawling country with a ...
Camp Sweden!
... found, something that I did not realize, was that the Soviet Union did not let the outside world know about the disaster until pressure from the Swedish government built up. Sweden was the first non-Soviet country that the toxic cloud passed over. The nuclear plant that is about an hour away from where I live now detected high levels of radiation. They checked out their plant to see where the leak was and concluded that the Swedish plant was not leaking that the cloud was ...
'Don't Worry, You're Alone'
... up 'Sylvia' - did I mention that the camper is now called Sylvia? (after all she is maily silver in colour) and I spotted drops of diesel dripping - luckilly it was just a jubilee clip that needed tightening up. Then we filled the water up - we don't usually bother with this - the one and only time we did, last miue before a trip to Mauritania we had a major flood inside the van as the top of the tank wasn't screwed down and I quite innocently went on filling anf filling the ...
Lühitutvus Kiieviga
... We pass by a demonstration. Actually two demonstrations. For and against Tõmoshenko. The supporters sit in front of tents. The "camp" of opponents is surrounded with plastic and one can see through the gaps that there's no-one inside. That does not bother their loudspeaker going all over the neighborhood. It has been like this for some time already.
In Sevtshenko-park we meet with Roman and race through Ukrainian kitchen. Talk about life in Ukraine and that none of ...
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Express
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Impressa
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