Pictures from Kiev / Kyiv



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View from the Lybid hotel:
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View from the restarant Belvedere:
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In car, going to a Ukrainian specialty restaurant (forgot to make pics inside, it has a very cool atmosphere...):
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Unlocked my phone, then stuck in a Kyivstar phone card...:
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To the Kiev metro:
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In the Kiev metro, the auto-white-balance of the EX1 fails me here:
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Shop just outside the point where we left the Kiev metro:
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From here we went walking to see some churches:
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And being around so many churches, perhaps it was not surprising to see this a wedding couple:
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Continuing to the church at the top of the hill:
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Outside near the water, going to another church :) The one on the water, which was however closed:
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Walking further:
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Taxi ride:
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Walking from the Lybid hotel to the trainstation. I wanted to see the station, and have a look where the busses to Borispil airport leave:
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There's the station:
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Beautiful doors and inside it's also very nice:
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Going further to the other side of the station:
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Here it is, busses to lots of places:
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Looking back, then going back another way, undergrounds:
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Another view from a car, going to the waterside again, same place as before, to make a trip in a boat on the Dnjepr:
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Here it is, with some great views including the titanium lady :):
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Then using the funicular up the hil to the church and walking down.:
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After that I went back to the Ukrainian specialty restaurant but I could only make 1 picture inside which was a bit dark, too bad, I forgot to charge the camera's battery the night before...

And to finish a night time look from the Lybid hotel:
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