Yesterday we went to a reconstructed 19th century Ukrainian village on the outskirts of Kiev. It was truly amazing. There must be about 100 buildings that make up the village-homes, windmills, churches, barns, ect. All of them are empty now and are preserved to look exactly as they looked when first built. The homes are mostly white adobe with thatched straw roofs. We walked inside some of the homes. The inside is also made to looks like the homes looked 200 years ago. White towels fringed with traditional red sewn designs, motar and pestels, baby cradles, ect. It was amazing. The buildings were spread across a hilly landscape. Trees, gardens, and fields separated the houses. We spent five hours walking around the village and still didn’t see all of it. No one lives in the
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