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| My brother and I in front of St. Michaels Monestary. |
Two main reasons why I went to Kiev. 1) To be a tourist, of course, and 2) to ship my brother off, back to the States. My brother was visiting Ukraine for the summer, and now he's going back to school.
We took an overnight train to Kiev, which was composed of playing durak, a traditional Ukrainian card game, with my cousins and brother, devouring bread-kubasa-tomatoes and napping on the hard benches. We arrived at Kiev at 6am and did a walking tour of the city. We visited the parks, monuments and the old colorful monestaries that were all over the city. We even saw a political demonstration (I have no idea what it was about because Ukrainian politics are impossible to understand).
The Metro in Kiev was busier (and more packed) than the 8am morning rush in D.C. And the escalators were twice as long as DuPont D.C.. Imagine that!
By noon, we were dead tired. Three icecream cones and some fries later, we headed to the airport to see my brother off. After wandering around the city a bit more, we took another overnight train back to Lviv.
I absolutely love the hardcore national Ukranian pride within the train stations. The trains were colored light blue and yellow (same as the national flag) and everty time a train arrived or departed, they played the national hymn. Very nice!
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| Fountain |
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| Ukrainian Train |
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| Ukrainian flag |
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