Leaving Kiev

Cassie: Kiev has been great. The room service pizza and Discovery Channel watching was just as awesome as I thought it would be. We caught the metro train into the city yesterday, walked around for a bit, saw some beautiful buildings, churches, markets, streets all on our way to the Chernobyl Museum. After wandering around there for a bit we got Graeme a haircut on the way back to the metro station so he’s looking like a spruce goose.

The metro gets so full of people. We waited for maybe half an hour yesterday morning to get onto a train that didn’t have a crush of people on it. There were literally people squashed onto the closed doors. It’s amazing how many people are being ferried into, out of and around the city at any one time.

Dinner last night was yum and fun. We got chicken skewer kebabs, lavash bread, salad, a delicious pepper sauce and bbq sauce. Basically a put it together yourself meal. After we ordered and were waiting for our meal, a cat and dog sauntered into the marquee style, outdoor cafe thing we were eating at. They were even walking around in the kitchen area. Well, after coming out of the kitchen area the cat crouched down between us and the table next to us and started to spew. OMG it was disgusting. Yes, yes there was the sound of a cat throwing up, and yes, there was a smell. To top it off, the dog kept eyeing it off as if it wanted to eat it but didn’t. I couldn’t help but think, hmmm, it just came from the kitchen, hope our meal doesn’t have that effect on us! It didn’t, it was awesome despite cat spew in the vicinity.

Here’s some photos of our day out: https://picasaweb.google.com/twomagadan/AroundKiev?authkey=Gv1sRgCOaNuc3xgojEoQE