Blogs from Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
October 23rd 2011
Pe 21.10. Jetlag painanut pari päivää aika hyvin ja nyt perjantaina klo 17 lähtö 5hlön voimin Kiovaan viikonlopuksi. Air Balticin lennolla ja Riiassa on ruhtinaalliset 30min vaihtoaikaa. Onneksi ei ole mukana kuin käsimatkatavarat, joten ei pitäisi olla kuitenkaan ongelmaa. Kiovasta on varattu ihan ytimestä Hotel Ukraine, jonka omalta parvekkeelta on ihan huikeat näkymät itsenäisyyden aukiolle.Lähdettiin kävelemään ympäri keskustaa ja hakemaan jotain safkaa. Löydettiin aika kiva bistrotyyppinen paikka, jossa otettiin borschia ja pelmeneitä.Hyvää oli ja sen jälkeen alkoi unikin maistua. Maistettiin myös jotain paikallista paloviinaa, johon on sotkettu hunajaa ja chiliä – aika tiukkaa tavaraa. La 22.10. Brekkarin jälkeen mentiin suoraan oopperalle ostamaan illan näytökseen, Tsaikovskin Jolanta, liput. Sieltä jatkettiin Golden Gaten kautta St.Sophien kir... read more
September 19th 2008
We were lucky to have met Iryna on the train, from Kiev she spent holidays with her parents in Crimea, she speaks good English and bless her she offered to show us her city. We watched a movie on my storage device then slept, the cabins are open in the train but the beds are quite comfy but could not sleep well. Glad to get off the train finally after 17 hours but Kiev is cold and gloomy. Iryna showed us where to buy train tickets at the station and she took the subway with us, we promised to contact her once we are settled in our hostel. The direction was confusing, I asked locals around and pointed to the right direction, when we got to the street we thought is where the hostel is a ... read more
Part 11: Kiev / Chernobyl (Days 24, 25, 26 and 27)
Published: September 20th 2008Europe » Ukraine » Kiev » Maidan Nezalezhnosti
September 18th 2008
Kiev is full of people trying to get somewhere in a hurry. Buses, marshrutki (public minibuses) and metro trains cram residents in, making the London Underground at rush hour look deserted. And why not. Because unlike neighbouring Belarus, Ukraine seems desperate to shake off its former communist shackles and make its way in the world. Russia, its influential neighbour, has expressed an unease about Ukraine joining NATO. And the port of Sevastopol remains a potential flashpoint between it and Russia. But despite years under its command, Ukraine doesn't seem to be afraid. Kiev's official population is three million people. Unofficial estimates have it at double that. Arriving bleary-eyed at rush hour, we were tossed mercilessly into the husle and bustle. Swarms of people almost carried us to the metro station from where we would catch a ... read more
