Wednesday, July 23, 2008

A few misc. pics...

Our apartment...

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looking out the window of our apt...

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Exploring Kiev...

(other wise known as blindly walking the streets of Kiev for an endless amount of hours looking for the famous "Kievo Pechersky Lavra" or "The Caves Monastery"

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Mcdonalds...not quite as good as home!

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Ice cream...

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"Double Coffee" - looks like Kiev's version of Sarbucks to me!

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Finally...after 4 hours of grueling walking up and down cobblestone and cement streets we found the famous caves.  It took us less than 10 minutes to walk through the caves and view all the dead monk bodies. It wasn't quite what we expected but at least we can say we have visited the most famous landmark in Kiev.  Our legs hurt so bad the next day we could hardly walk.

5 comments:

Andrea Roberts said...

Great pictures!!!! Looks like the boys are having a great time.

Laura Lu said...

Dead monks...now that is worth the 4 hour death hike!

I am so happy that *snappy* is with you...it makes things so much more exciting for this here bloggy!

Sarah said...

That is so neat that you get to explore Kiev with your boys!

Dagmar said...

Dead monks!?!??! I'd walk 4 hours to see that... Don't you love to explore a new place?

liesel said...

I miss Ukraine!