My four days in Kiev have been fun and interesting so far.  I am able to practice my Russian now since Ukrainians seem to understand Russian, and the two languages are not terribly different.  The hostel I am living at is a short walk from a little theme park along the Volga river complete with communist arch and sculptures.  People here in Kiev seem to be fassionable and friendly, and love to chat.  One of my favorite things is to walk underneath the roads where there are all types of resturants and people selling wears, candy, flowers and various things.  It's like every major street has its own little bazar underneath, and they can be quite colorful.  I have discovered that some of the outwardly hiddious looking communist era apartment buildings are actually quite nice inside.  There arn't allot of museums here, but just walking around the city is interesting enough.  It is not as much of a touristy place as the other cities I have been to.

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