Some tidbits about riding the bus (aka “marshrutka,” aka маршрутка) in Ukraine:
1) Be aggressive when the bus arrives to make sure you get on it.
2) There is no limit to how many people are allowed on a given bus – you pack in until everyone who wants to get on is on. Sardines, anyone?
3) If the bus is too crowded for you to give your money directly to the driver/money collector, you simply hand it to the person in front of you and tell them where you’re going and how many people you’re paying for. Quite a handy system, actually. Allows for maximum sardine-packing.
My cluster left the city on the 5:45pm маршрутка back to our village one day this past week and experienced all three of the above. Fun times!
Pictures below, as usual. Above is a video of monks ringing bells in a bell-tower in Chernihiv. Surround sound!
Peace,
T.
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| Monument to the Chernobyl "explosion" in 1986. |
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| "Eternal Flame" for WWII, here called the "Great Patriotic War" |
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| Ukrainian author Mikailo Kosyoobynski |
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| Beautiful church in Chernihiv |
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| Monks ringing bells! |
Cool! I don't know if you remember, but whenever I visit a foreign country I LOVE taking public transportation. Actually, that's true of visiting anywhere in the US, too. The monuments are so cool! And a green and yellow church!
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