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Coretta D. Doll Alumni of the Year 2008 (Blessed)
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Date Posted: 09:48:38 12/11/08 Thu
In reply to:
Laura Slifer, WIN Int'l Board Member
's message, "Our 2nd day in Kiev..." on 15:24:21 12/10/08 Wed
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>Our second day in Kiev, Iryna arranged a tour for the
>Globe Travel Team so we could see and learn about this
>city. I believe I speak for all of us when I say we
>were very surprised at the beauty of Kiev! The
>buildings and architecture were incredible and full of
>history; much of which, sadly, is riddled with tragedy
>and struggle. I say this with admiration for the
>people of Ukraine whom are definitely survivors. I
>wish I could post ALL of our photos but I am hoping
>these will give you all an idea of the experience we
>had. The city is full of gorgeous cathedrals (called
>'louvras') two of them above. The entire inside of the
>first one (yellow) is completely covered in the most
>breath-taking hand-painted murals ~ none of which
>have had to be restored! You could even smell the oils
>that were used to paint them....
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>Here, we are at Kiev's Golden Gate. Years ago, this
>was the only entrance into the city and was said to be
>impossible to infiltrate... as you can see, they were
>right! In the second photo, you see one of the many
>monuments in the city.
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>This monument was titled simply - "The Cat". It is
>told that this is a monument honoring a cat that lived
>in a store across the street from the Golden Gate.
>This statue is said the be the ACTUAL size of the cat
>and if you touched the tip of his tail, you would
>receive good luck.... needless to say, ALL of us felt
>it necessary to touch the tail of the cat!
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>This last photo is of the "Well of Good Wishes". This
>well is located within the central "courtyard" of the
>final cathedral we visited. In the middle of this
>structure you can see the well with a white cross on
>top. Just below this cross are four metal arms that
>protrude from the well with a flat surface on the end.
>It is said that you take a coin, wet it in the water,
>place it on the end of this metal arm and make a wish.
>If the coin sticks, your wish will come true ~ if it
>does not..... better luck next time! Cammie, has your
>wish come true....?
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>A special thank you to, Nadya, our tour guide for the
>day. She was so knowledgeable and excited to tell us
>of the history of her home city!
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I totally agree with you Elizabeth, just beautiful. And Laura thank you again for doing such a great job with this posting.Really does make your heart proud. Merry Christmas!