http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/Maidan-Nezalezhnosti/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Ukraine , Kiev , Maidan Nezalezhnosti en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:15:36 BST Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:15:36 BST 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 abou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/Maidan-Nezalezhnosti/blog-324752.html 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 sh http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/Maidan-Nezalezhnosti/blog-324175.html