Showing posts with label Kiev. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kiev. Show all posts

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Outskirts of Kiev



Kiev is a large city of 5.6 million inhabitants. We decided to veture into the outskirts. So we took the metro (underground) till Lisova (Лiсова) and changed for a bus, which let us further away from the center. We'd reached the outskrits, still Kiev, but very different from the center.

You find there the typical style of architecture during the time of the Soviet Union. It's named plattenbau. These buildings still exist, but the problems have increased, as I'll tell you later. It looked very peaceful there, lots of green, a school, basic shops, cosmetics and tattoo included, but ...



Typical plattenbau in the outskirts of Kiev



The schoolyard



Hairdressers, cosmetic center, tattoo inclusive



A few shops, including a dairy




Next stop: China

...but the following scene couldn't be photographed. We watched the police arrest a man only in his trousers, while the godfather with his two pitbull terriers stood 5 m next to us also watching the police. We discussed this later and came to the conclusion, that the oppressive soviet system also subdued crime, which has risen since the fall of the iron curtain. Now, the police catches small fish, while the masterminds can act as they wish.

Not a big adventure, but going off the beaten tracks of tourism is always rewarding.

Related links for this travel:

Statues of old Old Comrades or Leaders http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/02/statues-of-old-old-comrades-or-leaders.html

New Logic or No Interest in Business http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/02/new-logic-or-no-interest-in-business.html  

The Burnt Muffin
http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/11/the-burnt-muffin.html

Love locks from the Black to the White Sea http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/11/love-locks-from-black-to-white-sea.html

Antoniyevo-Siysky Monastery (Антониево-Сийский монастырь) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/antoniyevo-siysky-monastery.html  

On changing Moldovan Lei in Odessa
http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/on-changing-moldovan-lei-in-odessa.html

The Very Basic Guide to Russian http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/the-very-basic-guide-to-russian.html  

Crime and Punishment (St. Petersburg) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/crime-and-punishment.html  

Hram Ilias – the hidden silence near the Red Place in Moscow http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/hram-ilias-hidden-silence-near-red.html  
Kishinev – the prologue of this year’s travels http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/kishinev-prologue-of-this-years-travels.html  



Friday, February 15, 2013

New Logic or No Interest in Business



Once at Kiew we were interested on how to get to get to Chernobyl (correct is Chornobyl Чорнобил). It has been the scene for the worlds most severe nuclear disaster, or you might say that Fukushima is even worse. You might also add, that the idea is morbid, kind of catastrophe tourism. Nevertheless, we explored how to get there.

The name of one of the travel agencies arranging such tours is: New Logic (Нью Логшик). But it seemed that that logic applied is erratic.

New Logic isn't easy to find, but we did it; later you might appreciate why I don't give elaborate directions. We went downstairs into the agency, where four young women and a man were having a slow time as we were the only customers. One sipping tea, no one greeting, no one asking what kind of business lead us to their office. After some time we were able to contact one of the women, who seemed to be very happy to tell us, that one needs 10 days in advance to book us on a tour.

As we weren't to keen on the Chornobyl tour, we left the office in good spirits, though the experience at New Logic has been clear of logic.




Related links for this travel:
The Burnt Muffin http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/11/the-burnt-muffin.html

Love locks from the Black to the White Sea http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/11/love-locks-from-black-to-white-sea.html

Antoniyevo-Siysky Monastery (Антониево-Сийский монастырь) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/antoniyevo-siysky-monastery.html

On changing Moldovan Lei in Odessa
http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/on-changing-moldovan-lei-in-odessa.html

The Very Basic Guide to Russian http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/the-very-basic-guide-to-russian.html  

Crime and Punishment (St. Petersburg) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/crime-and-punishment.html  

Hram Ilias – the hidden silence near the Red Place in Moscow http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/hram-ilias-hidden-silence-near-red.html  

Kishinev – the prologue of this year’s travels (2012) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2012/10/kishinev-prologue-of-this-years-travels.html