2℃, a bit
warmer when we woke at 6am but got colder as the sun rose then settled
on about a high of 6℃ for the morning. When Pavel arrived at 9:30 we
dropped a bag of washing off at the hotel, 5kg for €2, very
reasonable, and headed for the bus.
It
was cold outside. The warm bus ride to the subway then about 8 stops
to Kiev university station. Fast,warm trains arriving every minute.
They move 1.5 million passengers a day. St volodymyr’s which was a
“new “ cathedral built early 1800’s But the internal paintings
took 15 years and were of the Old style. Cathedral is still active.
Some modern art was
displayed and a replica of Mary’s eyes made by Easter Eggs, real
eggs painted by hand. Some 1000.
St Michaels , St Andrew’s and lots of monuments. We lunched at a large cafeteria. Borsch (soup), chicken Kiev (had to) and a wonderful soft cheese dessert. Ate far to much…
These flowers were amazing and she sells them all in 3 days!!! John bought me one and it's stem was 90cm long, the longest I've seen.Pavel was great and kept taking us indoors to warm up. As a tour guide he was good and respected our space, I would recommend Pavel on to anyone visiting Kiev. We had gotten quite cold in the morning wind but the afternoon was not quite so cold till the sun set.
We
visited the scene of the Euromaiden demonstration in December 2013 thru January 14
where 111 demonstrators were shot and killed, but the president did
resign and escape back to Russian with many suitcases if cash. So I
guess it was successful.