Sight Seeing

We didn't have a great deal of time for sight seeing - that was left until the last day, when we were taken to Andriyivsky Descent... to go shopping. It's a steep street of market stalls selling all kinds of things - Soviet Era propaganda and military equipment; matrushka dolls; wooden Christmas decorations; musical instruments; painting and... knitwear.

However, all of their woollen stuff - is just grey and white. The coloured yarns are all acrylic. I didn't get any pix, sorry.



The street is named after the church of St Andrew... check out the teal domes. They are so vivid.



The centre of Kiev is as beautiful as ever, though there are protesters camped there currently. A whole tent village has gone up and the different factions are paid by different political parties to stay there until the national elections on Sunday. It all seems very good natured with the different groups chatting to each other.



The outskirts of the city are very different - a mixture of brand new buildings and Soviet-era blocks. There are also lots of old people who have very obviously fallen on hard times. You see them on the side of the streets selling flowers. It's very sad.