[September, 2011] This photo was taken in a park in Kiev. According to the guide, this gathering is for discussing culture, not politics or economy. It seems a part of process for independent Ukraine after Soviet…

[September, 2011] This is a photo of St Michel’s monastery in Kiev. It was founded early 12th century, but could not survive in the  communist era, so it was rebuild in 1998. There were other churches…

[September, 2011] This statue in Kiev is Macedonian brothers who taught Cyrillic language to Slavic people. According to the guide who took us around the city told us that these two were priests from the Orthodox…

[September, 2011] We went to Kiev in Ukraine for the first time. It is a beautiful city with the golden onion shaped domes with the very blue sky on the back ground. On the other hand,…

[September, 2011] In London there is an event called Open House. More than 700 private but significant buildings open their doors to the public. It is only two days in a year. This time, we visited…

[September, 2011] I haven’t been to London Dockland for a long time. The place I am standing is on the bridge above London Victoria Dock just outside of a big conference/fair venue called ExCel. The area…

[August, 2011] The last experience in the Ancient Macedonia tour was to attend the mass at Aleksandur Nevski church. I did not understand a word, but felt the solemness. And the voice of the choir was…

[August, 2011] We came back to Sofia, where we started our tour. Having whole afternoon, I went to the Ethnological Museum. Bulgaria is famous for its embroideries or lacework, and you can see very nice…

[August, 2011] The last highlight of the Ancient Macedonia tour was this Rila Monastery in Bulgaria. It has to be the last, otherwise, we would not be impressed by all other churches and monasteries if we…