So last night, they had a free concert down in the center of town. It was sponsored by Горбаль, one of the candidates for mayor. Anyways, the Scorpions played! They are huge in Russia/Ukraine... everyone knows them and was singing along to the music. I went with Lena and her friend, whose husband was working on the campaign, so we went over to their booth and they gave us a bunch of balloons on sticks with the candidates name on them, as well as blue ponchos (because it was raining off and on... and blue is the party's color). Anyways, then they let us into the VIP zone which was a roped off area right in front of the stage, where we had to hand out the balloons to people. It didn't take very long and then we were done and standing about 30 feet from the stage. It was great. The concert was awesome. The only thing that stunk was the fact that I forgot my camera!!! Lena's friend took some photos so I am going to try and track her down and get her to email me them. In the mean time, here is a video from it that someone posted on YouTube. They were really far away from the stage... we were right up next to it. But you can see how packed the square was. Good times. Today we're going to Pyrogovo, a museum of folk architecture and art. I'll bring my camera this time :)
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Hey! They played last summer on palace square in St. Pete's. Looks like eastern Europeans can't get enough butt rock. Awesome that you got in close. Enjoy the folk art museum, it is seriously one of my favorite places in Kiev.
Wow, concerts, museums, hiking (did you end up going?)... do you ever go to work? =)
Of course... I'm at work right now. I work 9-6 M-F, so I don't really get a chance to see much on the weekdays because most things are closed after work, so I have to squeeze everything in on the weekends. And I'll be going hiking/to Lviv this weekend. Oh... and I found you a headdress thing. It was 80hrv (=$16).
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