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Stopover in Vienna


During our flight from Kiev to Washington, we stayed over night in Vienna. We arrived in Vienna in the afternoon and after checking into the hotel, we took the metro (U-Bahn) to the center of the city. We did some walking, had some food in a local café and then arrived at Maria Theresian Platz, where our scheduled walking city tour was supposed to start. However, we ran of luck by then, because the rain started pouring pretty hard and our tour was canceled. Even though we still did some sightseeing, we stopped taking pictures due to the weather conditions. That is why there is only a limited amount of pictures from Vienna in this post, mostly from Maria Theresian Platz.

Maria Theresien Platz (Maria Theresa Square) is a square in Vienna city center, mostly known as the location of the twin museums facing each other, the Museum of Natural History (Naturhistorisches Museum) and the Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthistorisches Museum), which is in the picture above.

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Kiev Sightseeing


Dave and I didn’t have much time to spend in Kiev, but we were able to see some of Kiev’s main attractions. Among them are Pechersk Lavra and Andrew’s Descent. Andrew’s Descent (also known as Аndriyivskyy Uzviz) is one of the most beautiful and famous streets in Kiev.

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