Photographs

This'll just be a long picture post. :)

There's a bookshelf in the room I sleep in.. and there are Canadian flags. :) How cool. 

You don't know the meaning of escalator until you've been to Ukraine. 

Notice how you CAN'T see the bottom?! and I had already been on it for a while.. and these things go FAST. 

Kenna doesn't love escalators at all.. especially the giant Ukrainian ones. 

So these red & white thingers are "walk under at your own risk." I thought it was because of the usually impossible thin layer of ice on EVERYTHING.. but I found out later that it's actually because of falling icicles. 

So we thought it was all funny till the branch president at church said that we should NOT walk in these areas because 200 people have died this winter in Kiev from falling icicles.. SCARY! 

I know I sort of look homeless in this picture and it makes me feel dumb for teaching in such a state.. but anyways. This is Aria. She saw my camera and wanted a picture with me. She's to DIE FOR. She hardly says a word.. but she is so expressive with her face and her gestures. And she's tiny.. and adorable. She's a favorite part of my job. 

Opera. On my first touring day in Kiev I saw this sign and got so excited because I recognized it. Opera was the first written Russian word I learned. 

Just a gorgeous building. 

Saint Sophias Cathedral. 

Another pretty piece of architecture. 

All sidewalks look like this, and if they don't its PURE ice. Walking in Kiev is nearly impossible.. 

An actual original building down town.. 

I saw a Jag down town and thought of my Dad.. too bad it turned out blurry!! 

Saint Michaels Cathedral, Ukrainian Orthodox.
It was gorgeous inside. 

Independence Square!! The famous signature of Kiev!!
Too bad it was so foggy outside. It was pretty awesome to see around there. 

This is how they push strollers and wheelchairs up stairs.
They are on every single staircase.. how smart is that!? 

I used to think my phone was ghetto..
 now my Ukrainian phone is pretty much a dinosaur. 

"Well that's a problem.." 

The great gate is on their 200 Grieva(?) bill.. Cool. :)