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DAY 34: "Ukraine and the Battleship Potemkin."
Odessa - Kiev. 500 kms.
The day dawned and the bike was still where I left off. A walk through the town I started to explore Odessa with early morning light.
Central Park. Stadstuin.
Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Archaeological Museum. Statue of Laocoon.
Opera Lanzeronovskaya from the street.
The Duma, and the barrel of the frigate Tiger.
Statue of Ekaterina II.
curious building, also in Ekaterinskaya Plaza, with its antennae like a sailboat.
Potenkim Stairs calls, actors in the film The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisestein. Has 192 steps and at the top is a monument to the Duke of Richelieu.
Down the passenger terminal of the port and the Odessa Hotel in the background.
Tsarist Cossacks fired into the crowd at the top of the stairs, and among them a mother to drop dead let go of the baby stroller that falls down the stairs in one of the most famous scenes of world films , honored then in many other films (eg The Untouchables). Here the whole scene (and too long):
http://www.weshow.com/es/p/4413/el_acorazado_potemkin_las_escaleras
Here is a collage of snapshots.
I leave Kiev Odessa direction along a road almost straight ahead and speed controls on the basis of missiles I went at full speed. For my part I had to make several stops on the roadside because mother nature called me urgently to expel from my body the nerves of the previous afternoon in Transnistria.
This is how it must feel when all you get back ...
And this is what should be seen from the back row of a concert ...
Super!
I came to Kiev and I took some bearings. Although he had the comfort of having booked accommodation in a hostel, it was not easy to find.
Soviet Mausoleum that martyrs are not at the entrance to Kiev.
Mother Ukraine.
already installed, I spent the afternoon walking around on foot through the Ukrainian capital, Western and pleasant enough. As happens in Russia, living standards in Ukraine is very high in light of the luxury cars that are everywhere (especially Lexus).
Opera House.
Call Kiev Golden Gate (Golden Gate).
Independent Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosty) the navel of Kiev (and center of the world for a while during the Orange Revolution) and its monument to Ukraine.
Coexistence of the practical (Parus building or "Seafood Tower") and the mystical.
is what it is.
The bike once again slept on the sidewalk of the street, but to me safely parked in front of a luxury hotel close to the surveillance "24."
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DAY 35: "Lviv, a pleasant surprise." Kiev - Lviv - Budapest (Hungary). 1200 kms.
going to be a long day and I managed to get up with the sun.
I took another tour of Kiev to enjoy the total lack of traffic at that hour.
Cathedral of Santa Sofia and its enormous bell.
Monasterio de San Miguel on the golden domes.
's not yet 6 am and I'm kicking me Kiev.
Detail of the domes of San Miguel.
Plaza de la Independencia, "pa toa me."
Monument to the founders (Primakov park)
and went without too much trouble to Lviv, a city which for me was just passing through, but that would be a delightful stop.
With a beautiful sky like this any purpose, however humble, makes you a good picture.
And to think that a few miles from here is the Chernobyl nuclear power half of Europe's planted radioactive contamination ...
The day dawned and the bike was still where I left off. A walk through the town I started to explore Odessa with early morning light.
Central Park. Stadstuin.
Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Archaeological Museum. Statue of Laocoon.
Opera Lanzeronovskaya from the street.
The Duma, and the barrel of the frigate Tiger.
Statue of Ekaterina II.
curious building, also in Ekaterinskaya Plaza, with its antennae like a sailboat.
Potenkim Stairs calls, actors in the film The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisestein. Has 192 steps and at the top is a monument to the Duke of Richelieu.
Down the passenger terminal of the port and the Odessa Hotel in the background.
Tsarist Cossacks fired into the crowd at the top of the stairs, and among them a mother to drop dead let go of the baby stroller that falls down the stairs in one of the most famous scenes of world films , honored then in many other films (eg The Untouchables). Here the whole scene (and too long):
http://www.weshow.com/es/p/4413/el_acorazado_potemkin_las_escaleras
Here is a collage of snapshots.
I leave Kiev Odessa direction along a road almost straight ahead and speed controls on the basis of missiles I went at full speed. For my part I had to make several stops on the roadside because mother nature called me urgently to expel from my body the nerves of the previous afternoon in Transnistria.
This is how it must feel when all you get back ...
And this is what should be seen from the back row of a concert ...
Super!
I came to Kiev and I took some bearings. Although he had the comfort of having booked accommodation in a hostel, it was not easy to find.
Soviet Mausoleum that martyrs are not at the entrance to Kiev.
Mother Ukraine.
already installed, I spent the afternoon walking around on foot through the Ukrainian capital, Western and pleasant enough. As happens in Russia, living standards in Ukraine is very high in light of the luxury cars that are everywhere (especially Lexus).
Opera House.
Call Kiev Golden Gate (Golden Gate).
Independent Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosty) the navel of Kiev (and center of the world for a while during the Orange Revolution) and its monument to Ukraine.
Coexistence of the practical (Parus building or "Seafood Tower") and the mystical.
is what it is.
The bike once again slept on the sidewalk of the street, but to me safely parked in front of a luxury hotel close to the surveillance "24."
.
DAY 35: "Lviv, a pleasant surprise." Kiev - Lviv - Budapest (Hungary). 1200 kms.
going to be a long day and I managed to get up with the sun.
I took another tour of Kiev to enjoy the total lack of traffic at that hour.
Cathedral of Santa Sofia and its enormous bell.
Monasterio de San Miguel on the golden domes.
's not yet 6 am and I'm kicking me Kiev.
Detail of the domes of San Miguel.
Plaza de la Independencia, "pa toa me."
Monument to the founders (Primakov park)
and went without too much trouble to Lviv, a city which for me was just passing through, but that would be a delightful stop.
With a beautiful sky like this any purpose, however humble, makes you a good picture.
And to think that a few miles from here is the Chernobyl nuclear power half of Europe's planted radioactive contamination ...
verily I am here.
In a day of 1200 kms. I wanted to make only a brief stop in that city for lunch and browse a bit, but the truth is that the end was several hours enjoying the beautiful city center, I would say a mixture very successful Ukrainian city of character but with clear influences from both Czech (Prague Stare Miasto) and Poland (Rynek Glowny in Krakow, for example). Not in vain have I been told then that the historic core (Aviv) is UNESCO heritage.
Uspenska Church (Assumption).
Fedorov Memorial Ivanovic, a prominent professor of physics. In its place is a bazaar of old books.
Ei!
Rynok the center of Central Square. City Hall.
The source of Diana.
Neptune fountain.
Chapel of Boim family offers extraordinary view of figures (I say this by the carvings of stone, not the blonde ripped pants ...)
Taras Shevchenko Monument.
Women walking a huge pig.
Opera and Ballet and Ukrainian soak.
Monument to the heroes of the country or something.
Details 1: apiol wild.
Details 2: Soviet coat. CCCP, until this trip, I had not realized that in reality is in Cyrillic SSSR, ie Soviétskij Socialistíchieskij Respublik Soyuz (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
Details 3: lots of hugs and groping for much muscle I see ... lol.
mid-afternoon start riding towards the Ukrainian border, which came and transfer seamlessly to the first control and also in the second. I looking forward the Hungarian border (sometimes borders between several kilometers) and can not find more time I drive ... until I realize that I spent second control should not be Ukrainian but Hungarian. I went into Hungary without me even noticed ... and it's silly me! Enter
Magyar territory, again follow the signs in our alphabet and to the end and now go to countries that already know and are included in the Green Card or protocols for repatriation insurance, which meant to me the adventure had already finished, and that was just to reach home with the exception of the stop in San Marino. As I was short of adrenaline that I did not buy "Vigneto" (rate of motorways) to give a little excitement and passage through Hungary and stay awake and alert to the controls.
The sunset caught me well in the monotonous roads flanked Hungarian by endless rows of trees.
I've always loved planting trees and geometric accuracy, it is natural but artificial at the same time, right?
When night and I came to Budapest highway (many years after the last time), time to walk a while through the pedestrian zone, change some money and celebrate in a yanquee my burger back to the Western world.
Chain Bridge, that is the Chain Bridge linking Buda and Pest.
Detail of one of the lions.
In a day of 1200 kms. I wanted to make only a brief stop in that city for lunch and browse a bit, but the truth is that the end was several hours enjoying the beautiful city center, I would say a mixture very successful Ukrainian city of character but with clear influences from both Czech (Prague Stare Miasto) and Poland (Rynek Glowny in Krakow, for example). Not in vain have I been told then that the historic core (Aviv) is UNESCO heritage.
Uspenska Church (Assumption).
Fedorov Memorial Ivanovic, a prominent professor of physics. In its place is a bazaar of old books.
Ei!
Rynok the center of Central Square. City Hall.
The source of Diana.
Neptune fountain.
Chapel of Boim family offers extraordinary view of figures (I say this by the carvings of stone, not the blonde ripped pants ...)
Taras Shevchenko Monument.
Women walking a huge pig.
Opera and Ballet and Ukrainian soak.
Monument to the heroes of the country or something.
Details 1: apiol wild.
Details 2: Soviet coat. CCCP, until this trip, I had not realized that in reality is in Cyrillic SSSR, ie Soviétskij Socialistíchieskij Respublik Soyuz (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
Details 3: lots of hugs and groping for much muscle I see ... lol.
mid-afternoon start riding towards the Ukrainian border, which came and transfer seamlessly to the first control and also in the second. I looking forward the Hungarian border (sometimes borders between several kilometers) and can not find more time I drive ... until I realize that I spent second control should not be Ukrainian but Hungarian. I went into Hungary without me even noticed ... and it's silly me! Enter
Magyar territory, again follow the signs in our alphabet and to the end and now go to countries that already know and are included in the Green Card or protocols for repatriation insurance, which meant to me the adventure had already finished, and that was just to reach home with the exception of the stop in San Marino. As I was short of adrenaline that I did not buy "Vigneto" (rate of motorways) to give a little excitement and passage through Hungary and stay awake and alert to the controls.
The sunset caught me well in the monotonous roads flanked Hungarian by endless rows of trees.
I've always loved planting trees and geometric accuracy, it is natural but artificial at the same time, right?
When night and I came to Budapest highway (many years after the last time), time to walk a while through the pedestrian zone, change some money and celebrate in a yanquee my burger back to the Western world.
Chain Bridge, that is the Chain Bridge linking Buda and Pest.
Detail of one of the lions.
Buda Castle.
I had intended to get along and sleep in any service area of \u200b\u200bthe highway, or I left Budapest in the direction of Croatia and the first area on grass fell surrendered after more than 1200 kms. to ride from Kiev.
Here, lying in the grass on my jacket, is exactly where I slept some hours with the bike in the area of \u200b\u200bthe highway.
Here, lying in the grass on my jacket, is exactly where I slept some hours with the bike in the area of \u200b\u200bthe highway.
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