Miranda Loves Travelling - My Travel Diary - Page 368

 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…

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…

 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…

 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…

 This is one of the places our guide took us during the Kiev city tour. It is called the Golden Gate, but it is not gold at all. According to her, when people went…

 The title of this statue is ‘A Rain Drop’. There is a big drop on his face. We found this near the children’s park in Kiev.

 This is a children’s park in Kiev. You can play with these statues made of small tiles which often are seen in typical Japanese public bath. On this Sunday, it was full of families…

 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…

 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…