4:57- Kiev

At 4:50 am we got on the train and met a very sleepy coordinator who showed us to our places. After 7 minutes of utter chaos we final set sail! Don't you just love the tingly sensation you get when something as massive as a train starts moving! 

That's the station. It's pretty empty but still...

The massive clock tower with huge letters on it spelling out "Kiev".

Watching the sun rise on a train. That's cool! 

From Kiev to Chishineu in 10 hours!

Hi! 

I'm leaving for Chishineu, Moldova, today and the trip will take us about 8 hours to pass Ukraine and 2 hours to pass Transnistria and Moldova! 

I plan to take photos of every train station I see and every pretty landscape. 

It's 5:07 am a now, we'll be arriving in Chishineu at 5:50 pm. Hope everything goes ok! 

Ps: since you will see lots of short posts today, have your eyes peel for the first train station in the series! 

And keep in mind that all the photos are taken on a moving train with an iPhone... No good quality guaranteed. 

Awesome Wedding!

Driving by we saw the coolest wedding ever- Motorbike Wedding! 

And who said that all wedding had to be traditional and boring?! 

Lots of peeps honked and the bride happily waved back, while the groom was busy being badass. 

The best part were the Best Mans' leather pants. They were really cool, shiny, leather pants. 

Apart from the awesome fleet of motorbikes, they were followed by a vintage Volga 21 (forgive me if I'm wrong, I'm not good with cars....).

I though it was too cool to be left unmentioned, right? 

Creepy City Centre

In most big cities, when you're in the centre, you know you're in the centre, it has that city-centre-ish feel, but in Kiev you never know what you will find walking around the main streets! For example:

It doesn't look like it much, but this abandoned old house is just 2 minutes away from the ill-famous Maidan (the city and revolution centre!). 

I don't know for sure, but I got a feeling that this was quite a fancy house before. Right now it's occupied by homeless people and drug dealers...

If you look closely at the photo, you will see that the second floor is occupied by people who collect plastic bags.

I got a creepy story related to that place. One time, when I was walking by with my sister, we heard a painful dog cry. The dog was so loud that we had to break into that house and set it free! After multiple failures (trying to climb the fence, wall and the nearby tree), we decided to try to go inside the house. When we finally found the main entrance, we were very disappointed with our discovery. Apparently the owner of the house was sued for financial fraud years ago, and the place turned into a dump... the doors were locked and haven't been reopened since. I honestly don't know how did the people in there get in, but we sure didn't know how to.
I hope that that dog is ok, because the people who live nearby said that they heard it cry before. I think calling the pet-saving people is the best idea at the moment.
well, enough about sad dog stories! My point is that Kiev is unexpected in every single way, walking around you might find anything!