вулиця Хрещатик

Khreschatyk Street, Kiev, Ukraine.

31 December 2013.

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... Around the corner, lights pierce the fog. We are walking along Khreshchatyk Street. More and more people, the music gets louder. Suddenly we see a barricade and people warming themselves with braziers (or rather old, rusty barrels that serve this purpose).

and... I don't know what to write next. Seriously. It's hard for me to stay in the New Year's Eve festival mood of that day, knowing what happened next. 22 days later, five people died in this place, which was only the beginning of the bloodshed during Euromaidan. At the end of February, "green men" appeared and occupied administrative buildings in Simferopol, Crimea. In April, a war breaks out in Donbas, with no end in sight today.

And on December 31, 2013, while no one expects it, music plays on Independence Square, and people come from all over the country, to dance and share food. They thank us for coming from abroad and support.

Київ Пасажирський

Kyiv Passenger Station

December 2013

Київ Пасажирський an accidental stereogram.

I don't remember much. The smell, the sounds, the temperature outside, the scratching of my old yet warm sweater. Memories are shrouded in fog, beyond which it is difficult to see anything; Just like the capital that day.

It is December 31, 2013.

It's cold in Kiev. I would say that the first thing we do is head towards the Motherland Monument, but you can't see shit in this fog.

I'll take a quick pause here for a little wink towards the Ukrainian Railways. It's not just about the plackard places, the samovar in the carriage, a tea for 2.50PLN / 0.50EUR (10 years ago); or the potential of meeting your travel companions. All this deserves a separate post. But. At this moment, let me just mention, that it's an overall great way to cover long distances and stay overnight at the same time. There is a train from Lviv, at 23 with minutes, which arrives at the Kiev Passenger Station at 7 in the morning.

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Railway station blues. Less than 20 hours ahead.

January 1, 2014, just before dawn.

Despite the loud festival in the center and people coming from everywhere, there is relative peace at the station. Interrupted occasionally by the musicians accompanying us in the waiting room.

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accidental stereo story

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