Sight Seeing

St. Andrew's church

Inside St. Andrew's. It is not in use, but only set up as a museum.

The view from the church of the city of Kiev.

This area is set up primarily for tourists. Lining this street is vendors selling their traditional Ukrainian souvenirs. 

Many of the streets are cobblestone. Drivers park everywhere including on the sidewalks. 

St. Sophia's

 Another view of St. Sophia's

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

The Golden Gates of Kiev is a landmark of ancient Kiev and the 

gateway to the ancient city of Kiev. It is now a museum. 

This is right outside our apartment.

 This is near the center of Kiev. Little outdoor restaurants and food stands everywhere. 

Do you see the golden arches? There are two McDonald's in Kiev. 

This is the  Dneiper River. On the other side of the river it looks like beaches. 

Very strange to see fall leaves on the beach. 

See this zipline guy? We saw several people zipline across the river. Looks like fun!

Really enjoying our day together!

I bet two weeks ago this was gorgeous with full fall colors. It's still pretty now, 

but I can imagine what it looked like in the peak of fall. 

This is a very clean city, but we haven't seen one trash can!

We see these signs everywhere. Google translate says it is a notary. 

I wonder why there are so many? Probably 2 or 3 on every street. 

Under the main street in Kiev is this amazing underground shopping area. This picture doesn't do it justice. Many little shops selling phones, food, and trinkets. Then you descend two more flights of steps to this huge shopping mall with all the brand name retailers. (Nike, Addidas, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, etc.) Amazing. And surprisingly, it doesn't smell funny considering it is so closed in. 

All you smell is pastries and donuts.