As promised, here is part 2 of my blog about Ukrainian Christmas.
In the evening, I took bus #18 to Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Independence Square is where the Orange Revolution took place a few years ago. My plan was to walk through Maidan, down Khreschatyk, and then up the next road to end up by Zoloti Vorota (Golden Gate). From there, I would visit one of our KCA families and hang out with them for a bit before catching the bus home again.
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| They had about 20 of these kiosks, where you could buy anything from shashlik (grilled meat) to Orthodox icons to toys |
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| Central post office building |
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| I started my walk between the third and fourth buildings |
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| Lovely lights...plus a scary hippo |
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| Nesquik bunny! |
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| You could get your photo taken with these characters...I chose to just take photos of them with random other people. |
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| New Year's Tree -- because gifts are exchanged on New Year's Eve and not Christmas |
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| Looking down Khreschatyk |
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| Christmas greetings from a Kyiv city official |
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| New Year's greetings from president Victor Yanukovych |
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| Coke advertisement! I've also seen lots of billboards for Oreos since I've been back. |
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| Looking back toward Maidan Nezalezhnosti |
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| Zoloti Vorota, one of the ancient city gates |
PS If you want to see more of my photos, visit my Facebook page and look at the album titled, "Ukrainian Christmas 2011."
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