Riviera Hotel Kiev
Sagaydachnogo Str 15 Kiev, 04070, Ukraine
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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 ...
You Can Ring My Bell
... mood was to take it real easy. My tour wasn't until 11:00 and I knew right where to go, how to get there from my location and how long it would take. (Or so I thought.) So, I did my usual morning routine and prepared myself for the day ahead. I dressed in a light, cotton-linen shirt and was comfortable, ready for the hot weather.
I began my journey, crossing the street and heading straight up the hill, heading in a beeline to the ...
"In the Nuclear Fall-out Zone..."
... of us, people, and that we can't blame it on some outside force. Chernobyl is almost a metaphor for the entire Soviet Union, I suppose. It claimed an untold number of lives, and when one little mistake was made, the entire thing blew up. The total number of liquidators - those who helped clean up - will probably never be known. The death toll almost certainly won't, nor will the long-reaching health issues. Many of the liquidators were young men ...
Chernobyl
... of the country left uninhabitable forever.
After another ride on the frantic Kive subway system, we exited at the nearest stop from our hotel to face a very long escalator ride at a 45-degree angle. We must have been on that machine for several minutes before it reached the top. I did not know that there were any escalators that long or that steep. It was an engineering marvel, to say the least.
We ...
Cuties in the Woods!
... were very protective of they reproductivity and sat on bright colored foam mats.
I sat and joked and teased some of the younger kids while all of the older boys played soccer. Except for Pasha. Pasha and I talked about the Beatles. He's a big fan of 'Yellow Submarine'. And I'm a big fan of Pasha. He thinks I'm hilarious, for no good reason. I have not done anything funny yet. I am not being modest. I have no idea why this child finds me so funny.
Later in the ...



