Walking Virtually Kyiv

Read from top.

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Adminitrivia

As with Angkor Wat Virtual Walk, will be mainly phone screenshots, which read better top to bottom. Reading from bottom up works better chronologically, but matters more on longer walks. [Walking Virtually, Angkor Wat]

#s match “Activities” as listed with recording program. Postcards placed were they appear in the online Journey page, rather than by mileage.

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The Conqueror: VIRTUAL CHALLENGE FUNDRAISER, Stand with Ukraine

Initial post [Walking With Ukraine] pending

Start. 0 km.

“Mariinsky Park is one of the largest green spaces in Kiev, venerated by many as the city’s ‘soul.’ ” GPSMyCity: Mariinsky Park, Kiev.

7 March 2022. 1.5 km. Walking 1 mile; logging as 1.5 km for ease of math. Total 1.5 km. #1

City Park. Several parks make a long stretch of green space next to the Dnieper river.

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The Mariinski Palace.

8 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 3 km. #2

The road ahead.

9 March 2022. 1.3 miles -> 2 km. Total 5 km. #3

The road ahead.

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Saint Sophia Cathedral.

10 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 6.5 km. #4

The road ahead.

St. Andrew’s Church to the left.

11 March 2022. 3 km (2 horses). Total 9.5 km. #5

The road ahead.

13 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 11 km. #6

The road ahead.

High School No 114 off to the left.

Postcard

14 March 2022. 5 km (How to do an inadvertent 5K. Park .5 mile from destination. Walk 2 horses.). Total 16 km. #7

The road ahead.

Billboards at home are tedious. Billboards abroad are exotic and interesting.

16 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 17.5 km. #8

Didn’t get screen shot.

17 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 19 km. #9

Heading to one park.

Leaving another park.

Sign for zoo.

Zoo.

Postcard

19 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 20.5 km. #10

Map. No streetview available.

20 March 2022. 1 km (.55 miles -> .88 km, rounding up). Total 21.5 km. —

Didn’t log. Did not add later. Would throw screenshots off kilter for next two days.

22 March 2022. 1 km (.6 miles). Total 21.5 km. #11

The road ahead.

Market.

24 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 23 km. #12

Second time the streetview has been blank, see 19 March. Undoubtedly a matter of a gap in the archives. Hard not to see it as ominous.

26 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 24.5 km. #13

The road ahead.

Local eatery, closed for business at the moment.

28 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 26 km. #14.

The road ahead.

29 March 2022. 1 km. Total 27 km. #15.

Another black/blank streetview. Didn’t go very far, therefore map looks similar to above.

30 March 2022. 1.5 km. Total 28.5 km. #16.

The road ahead.

31 March 2022. 1 km. Total 29.5 km. #17.

Looks like I forgot to check streetview after this walk.

Halfway.

Postcard

1 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 31 km. #18.

2 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 32.5 km. #19.

3 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 34 km. #20.

The road ahead, artistically.

And now a word from our sponsor.

4 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 35.5 km. #21.

The road ahead.

Postcard

7 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 37 km. #22.

Parking area of the National Museum of Folk Architecture.

8 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 38.5 km. #23.

The road ahead.

Historic windmills off to the right. I think part of the National Museum of Folk Architecture.

10 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 40 km. #24.

No streetview. Still at park. That’s a lotta park.

12 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 41.5 km. #25.

Note beach off to the right.

13 April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 43 km. #26.

M. M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden

The road ahead.

14 April 2022. 3 km, 2 horses. Total 46 km. #27.

The road ahead.

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27 April 2022. 1.5 km. Shops at Grand River. Total 47.5 km. #28. []

The road ahead.

29 April 2022. 1.5 km. Barber extra. Total 49 km. #29. []

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M.M.Hryshko National Botanical Garden

01 May April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 50.5 km. #30.

02 May April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 52 km. #31.

The road ahead.

03 May April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 53.5 km. #32.

The road ahead? Not sure why we are suddenly in trackless snow.

Postcard

04 May April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 55 km. #33.

The road ahead.

Notification is for the postcard.

The buildings behind.

05 May April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 56.5 km. #34.

The road ahead.

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Ukraine travel blog: House with Chimeras – the most mysterious building in Kyiv

07 May April 2022. 1.5 km. Total 58 km. #35.

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