by nickw | Oct 19, 2023 | Ukrainefest
And, after yesterday … … … Breakfast, again; the short car ride to Slavutych, again; The Green Line Metro, again; Slavutych to Lukianivska, again; a twenty-minute walk to Okhmatdyt National Children’s Hospital, again; retracing my steps from previous times, again. I...
by nickw | Oct 18, 2023 | Ukrainefest
If it’s possible to have such a thing on a journey such as this … today is the day I had most been looking forward to; not least because I have so been looking forward to meeting Serhiy Hrynenko and to reconnecting with Olena Yuzvak; two quite remarkable individuals....
by nickw | Oct 17, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Mr. Blue Sky … so, a beautiful autumnal day. And, after breakfast, I headed to Kyiv; alone and to see some sites and to gauge the mood. Dmitry drove me to Slavutych and the The Green Line metro to Zoloti Vorota; you take the escalator and emerge directly beside...
by nickw | Oct 16, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Monday Morning Blues … we awake to a miserable, soggy, wet day in Kyiv; breakfast of the usual; gritschke, meat from a recent feast, eggs and coffee. I had intended for today to be a day of walking Central Kyiv; to visit some sites and to gauge the mood; but, maybe...
by nickw | Oct 15, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Up for a leisurely breakfast of gritchke, eggs and meat from last night’s feast. The early afternoon saw Oleg give me a lift to the city; he was heading to check his craft ale brewery and me to a meeting; he dropped me aside Arsenalna metro station; from here, I...