After this we headed for the Pechersk Lavra. This is an enormous religious complex that grew up on the site of a monk's holy cave. To get there, we went by Metro and walked the last one and a half km. The Metro station is the deepest in the world - twice as deep as the cavernous ones in Moscow and Washington. There seems to be some correlation between those cities with deep underground train systems and those that would make good nuclear targets.
Pechersk Lavra took us from mid morning till the end of the day to explore. It has cathedrals and churches, all the monastic buildings and a complex cave system where we wandered holding a candle to see the dozens of glass topped coffins of deceased monks. We didn't join in the local custom of kissing the coffins or the icons. We also visited several museums inside the complex including church treasures, icons and a large archaeological museum.
There are an abundance of steps, stairs and hills and we trod everyone. What it doesn't have is many tourists. Pechersk Lavra deserves its World Heritage ranking.
Out for dinner, we decided we should have chicken kiev. Chicken Kiev is not a Ukrainian dish as it was invented in New York based on the Ukrainian dish, chicken supreme. Our chicken was anything but supreme!
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| Altar details inside the cathedral. |
Approaching the cathedral.
2 comments:
Again, everything is very shiny. And hearing Chicken Kiev is not from Kiev is like finding out that pavlova was invented in New Zealand!
After all that walking I guess you're back to your pre-cruise weights.
xoxo
Di
Never been a chicken Kiev fan anyway.
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