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Vilnius, capital city of Lithuania has one of Europe’s oldest Medieval Old Town. The entire Old Town is a UNESCO Heritage Site. From Kiev to Vilnius, the flight duration is only about one and a half hours. Lithuania is the first Baltic state that I visited out of the three. From here, I travelled north to Latvia and Estonia (the other two Baltic states).

Kiev is a colorful city. The weather was pleasant and I enjoyed my stay in Kiev. Although most people heard of Ukraine for the wrong reasons (eg. Chernobyl disaster, Euromaidan, eastern Ukraine crisis, MH17 plane crash), its capital Kiev has a lot to offer tourism wise. Now is the best time to visit Ukraine since the local currency, Ukrainian Hryvnia, is at all time low since 2015.

St. Sophia Cathedral is Kiev’s best known landmark. No visit to Kiev would be complete without visiting St. Sophia Cathedral. The cathedral was named after the Aya Sophia cathedral in Constantinople and was surrounded by other churches dedicated to patron saints. The monastery was built between 1017 and 1031 in honour of prince Yaroslav the Wise, to commemorate his victory over the nomadic Asian Pecheneg tribe.

After visiting Andrew’s Descent, I continued to visit other attractions in Kiev. This includes Children Landscape Park near Andrew’s Descent, St. Michael’s Golden Dome Monastery, Golden Gate and Maidan.

Andriyivsky Uzviz or in English, Andrew’s Descent is a historical street which links the administrative part of Upper Town Kiev to the historical commercial lower town, Podil. At the top of the street is St Andrew’s Church where the name of the street is derived from.

[LITHUANIA] Vilnius City Tour

[UKRAINE] Kiev Travel Recommendation

[UKRAINE] Kiev - St Sophia Cathedral

[UKRAINE] Kiev City Tour

[UKRAINE] Kiev - Andrew’s Descent

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