Site Seeing

St. Michaels
The Church at the Museum
On the balcony just before we left. Anna took the picture.


Today Alice took the day off and we went out to see Kiev. First we took a taxi to the museum of Folk Architecture and it was a scary taxi drive. I swear they make their own lanes. At this place they showed how houses were in different times. Like the ones with thatch roofs and no windows to churches. It was really quite interesting. They had windmills and flowers. Some were open, some were not but we were not allowed to take pictures inside but I really don't know why. Especially at the church's. Then we went to Outdoor market that is where most of the people in Kiev shop Mall are expensive. Then we took a funickula (a cable car that goes up and down) to St Michaels, the church that the Russians destroyed in 1937. They dismantled it then blew it up. In 2000 they finished replacing it.You can still see the old pieces that were left there. Huge concrete- like pieces. The we went to MacDonald to get ice cream. Yes there is Mac in Kiev. It was a big one too. Then we went to a Soviet Dept store called Zum. Still more stairs. Alice and I walked a total of 10.11 miles today and burned off 800 calories. But I have not a candy bar since last week. Then we came home. So that was the first day of touring.