Seeing the sights in Kiev

While waiting for our document to be processed by the SDA, we took in took in a few sights within walking distance from our apartment—that is after we slept in this morning. (Yes!) ¬We are a bit worn out after three days of walking a hilly city with broken side walks and cobble stone streets. (We better get used to it.) Like yesterday, today’s post features a lot of photos with captions only because we have more time on our hands to assemble it this way. Since we will be traveling to Odessa tomorrow and settling into new quarters we will probably be fortunate just to make a single paragraph post. So, enjoy today’s offering. ;-)

What’s next? Dima just called and said everything is “on” meaning the SDA issued our document so we will proceed with our trip to Odessa on Thursday. Our document will to travel to Odessa via an 11-hour, over night train ride where our facilitator will make sure it is delivered to the right hands. Renee and I will take a car to Odessa during daylight hours. This way we can see the country side and villages. In Odessa, we will meet our friend, Michelle, and Oleg, our facilitator in Odessa (not the same Oleg we worked with here in Kiev) then settle into a new apartment. If everything goes very well, we might even get to pay a visit to Internot#4 and see Yuri!(?)

Prayer request: Safe travel to Odessa and, if we see Yuri, that the meeting goes well, especially for Renee, who will be meting Yuri for the first time. Thank you.

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Saint Michael's Monastery of the Golden Domes - (above) sits upon a high bluff which over looks the the city and the Dnipro River.



Independence Square - (above) Sight of many public demonstrations including the student hunger strike against against the old Soviet socialists in 1990 and the "Orange" Revolution of 2004-2005. The glass dome in the foreground of the top photo is an underground shopping mall called, Globus.

Globus - (above) Globus is Ukraine’s largest, modern-style shopping mall. Two underground levels of the usual stores. (Liz, contrary to what you might think, jeans and shoes are not cheaper in Ukraine.) We perused a book store and found a large, heavy, hard-cover history of Ukraine printed in both Ukraine and English. The book is loaded with photographs has helped to interpret the sights we have seen. But, the real reason we purchased the book is to provide Yuri with a resource for his cultural history.