Kiev

Raindrop

 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.

Ukraine

An appealing park

 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…

Kiev

Discussion about the culture

 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…

Kiev

Blue sky and blue wall

 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…

Kiev

The brothers from Macedonia

 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…

Kiev

Kiev is like USSR

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,…

England

Open House

 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…

England

Dockland

 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…

Bulgaria

Go to mass

 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…