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Monday, January 14, 2008,8:33 p.m.
SOME MORE SHOTS OF THE CITY OF KIEV
Other shots of the city.... This is mostly just pictures, since some people only want to see pictures! (That's a little shout-out to my buddy Dan - enjoy!)
These pictures were taken from the window of our apartment. This is the opera house and the square beside it. While in Kiev we were able to see performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet and Puccini's opera, Madame Butterfly. I was in heaven! (Though reading cyrillic alphabet surtitles made knowing the opera's story line very important! I think I understood more of the Italian singing than the Ukrainian surtitles!)
Same shots but at night (on New Year's Eve, where the fireworks went all night, and I do mean ALL night - until 7:00am!!):
The buildings in Kiev are very colourful, though we were told that until Ukraine's independence (1991), all the buildings in Kiev were black and dark grey. The only building that we saw that still retains its dark grey colour is the former KGB building.
Kiev was never built for vehicle traffic, by the way, so cars park on the sidewalks. It is not uncommon to have to scoot out of the way as you're walking down the sidewalk because a car is driving towards you! Pedestrians don't have the same kind of clout in Kiev as here in Vancouver. We were repeatedly told not to just cross the street without looking the drivers in the eyes, so they don't run you over! We were told that that the number of cars in Kiev increases easch month by 15,000. And nice cars, too! Hondas, Acuras, Toyotas, Lexuses, etc. Not too many American cars, though! I think I only saw about three Chevys, which was interesting.
These pictures were taken from the window of our apartment. This is the opera house and the square beside it. While in Kiev we were able to see performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet and Puccini's opera, Madame Butterfly. I was in heaven! (Though reading cyrillic alphabet surtitles made knowing the opera's story line very important! I think I understood more of the Italian singing than the Ukrainian surtitles!)
Same shots but at night (on New Year's Eve, where the fireworks went all night, and I do mean ALL night - until 7:00am!!):
The buildings in Kiev are very colourful, though we were told that until Ukraine's independence (1991), all the buildings in Kiev were black and dark grey. The only building that we saw that still retains its dark grey colour is the former KGB building.
Kiev was never built for vehicle traffic, by the way, so cars park on the sidewalks. It is not uncommon to have to scoot out of the way as you're walking down the sidewalk because a car is driving towards you! Pedestrians don't have the same kind of clout in Kiev as here in Vancouver. We were repeatedly told not to just cross the street without looking the drivers in the eyes, so they don't run you over! We were told that that the number of cars in Kiev increases easch month by 15,000. And nice cars, too! Hondas, Acuras, Toyotas, Lexuses, etc. Not too many American cars, though! I think I only saw about three Chevys, which was interesting.
