Hello, folks!
This is my #WednesdayWalk entry for the challenge initiated and hosted by @tattoodjay.
A few days ago I had a crazy day and badly needed to clear my head. So I called my girlfriend and asked if she would like to walk around the city center after work.
The day was just perfect for a walk, not hot and not cold. My girlfriend is very talkative but sometimes listening to someone's chatter helps me not to listen to my thoughts.😄
Actually, I learned something new from her.
Olya (that's her name) told me that this wooden two-story house is one of the oldest in Kyiv. It was built in 1946 and miraculously survived the German occupation and Soviet times.🏠
The first floor is brick, the second is wooden.
Its Moorish-style neighbor on the corner of two streets was built a little later, in 1899-1900. The wing, located on a steep slope, was intended for housing. In a long wing along another street, there were hotel rooms. The hotel was originally called "Pale-Royal", and later "Great Slavic".
The house where Golda Meir lived is around the corner, about 100 meters away. But we turned the other way and headed to Maidan Nezalezhnosti or Independence Square.
There are very nice fountains in this square, and they usually work at this time. But now the city government is saving electricity because Russia destroyed half of our power system. Therefore, the fountains do not work.
But tulips and chestnuts are blooming, life goes on.
On the way home, I passed by a large mural that decorates the building of the State Emergency Service.
It depicts a man in the uniform of a rescuer, and large wings are seen behind him. They are our true angels. In recent months, Russia has been using new cruel tactics. They strike again at the place of the previous hit when rescuers and medics arrive at the scene. Some of them died saving the lives of others.💔
The inscription on the mural says "Heroes without weapons".
I rarely go downtown so it was a very nice walk.
That's all. Thank you so much for reading and have a good day!
