[September, 2011] The escalator at metro in Kiev is endlessly long. The metro must be running very deep place. When we went up the escalator I felt a phobia. Because it is so long that…

[September, 2011] Regarding the Cave Monastery in Kiev which I wrote about the other day , once I understood that this complex was started with a cave, and that is why it is called by…

[September, 2011] In Kiev it seemed not very many restaurants which you can have a good meal easily. Restaurants may be the place only for the special occasions for people there. Every restaurant had decorative…

[September, 2011] One of our purposes of this trip to Kiev was to see a ballet performance in the National Opera House. Kiev ballet company used to be one of the top 3 companies in Soviet…

[September, 2011] One of the Ukrainian traditional crafts is to put patterns on eggs. These ones were displayed within Kiev Pechersk Lavra, but we saw many in a craft market in the town. Each one is…

[September, 2011] The Cave Monastery in Kiev (Kiev Pechersk Lavra) was founded in 11th century, but in the Soviet era it was broken, so recently they rebuilt it. So the new golden domes were shining against…

[September, 2011] We stayed in Hotel Dnipro in Kiev. Our travel agent had recommended to stay in Junior Suite Room rather than the Standard Room, because the standard in this country is somewhat lower than…

[September, 2011] Do you know who the president of Ukraine is? It is currently Yanukovych, who was the opposition leader when there was an Orange Revolution which was highly thought by Americans and Western Europeans in…

[September, 2011] This was taken in Kiev. This wooden cat was made by people who missed a cat which belonged to a restaurant near by. Not only this one, but there are other 2 statues around…