A day of touring, both organized and on our own. Tourist sites are mainly churches and monasteries. We did visit the museum of Ukrainian history. A great deal of green space in Kiev. The city does have some run-down areas but there is a lot of restoration taking place. Traffic is absolutely horrendous in the downtown. Many central square areas have no lights and it is every car for itself (kind of like the traffic around the Arc de Triomph in Paris). Weath...

Arrived in the Ukraine (Kiev) yesterday after a day in transit in Frankfurt. Today was a relatively relaxed day. we did a bit of a walking tour of the centre of Kiev this morning and moved to the river cruise boat (Lomonosov) this afternoon. tomorrow we tour Kiev and then begin cruising down the Dniepper River tomorrow night.