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Ghetto Wall in Warsaw
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Palace of Culture and Science - a gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland (Łukasz says Poland got to choose - this or a subway)
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Łazienki Palace - originally intended as a bathhouse
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Sejm - Polish parliament building
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Polish Army Museum
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Hotel Logos - jacked up rates for night of Euro game
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National Stadium, host of Warsaw's Euro 2012 games; this is the view from my hotel room
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Nicolaus Copernicus statue
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Royal Castle at the entrance to Old Town
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Old Town Square
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Warsaw Barbican - a relic of the historic fortifications that once encircled the city
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Umschlagplatz - where Jews gathered for deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp
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some Greek and Russian fans taking photos with each other before the game
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Russian team bus leaving their hotel
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at National Stadium; Russia just needs a draw, Greece needs a win
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festivities before the game
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some fans lit a fire in the stands, but this apparently wasn't a big deal
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Greek players celebrating after their lucky 1-0 win
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National Stadium from my hotel room
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Most Świętokrzyski (Holy Cross Bridge) - I went over it to get to and from the stadium
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the next day: in Kiev metro system
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Dnipro metro station near my hotel
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Bakkara Accord Hotel
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my amazing room
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borsch and pampushkas
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looking across Metro Bridge to Rodina Mat and Pechersk Lavra from my balcony
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looking across the Dnipro to my hotel from Eternal Glory Park
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Monument to the millions of victims of the Great Famine in 1932-1933
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entrance to Pechersk Lavra; it was founded in 1051 and is hugely important for Orthodox Christians
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Troitska Church at Pechersk Lavra
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Dormition Cathedral
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Great Lavra Belltower
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Dormition Cathedral from a different angle
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin at the Far Caves
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entrance to Near Caves - I was refused entry on my first attempt because people with shorts aren't allowed in
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St. Anthony started the Near Caves after not liking the communal atmosphere in the Far Caves
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I think this is the Bell Tower of the Near Caves
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entrance to the Far Caves; many monks buried in here
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on the way to Rodina Mat
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Rodina Mat
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inside Museum of the Great Patriotic War
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the view from the feet of Rodina Mat (was too busy to go up to her hand)
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looking north to the Great Lavra Belltower and Dormition Cathedral
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Zoloti Vorota metro station
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Babi Yar - over 100,000 victims of the Nazis are buried at this site
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sunset from my hotel room
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Mariinsky Palace, built in 1775 as a residence for royalty visiting Kiev
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Verkhovna Rada (National Parliament)
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House with Chimeras - presidential offices
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti, gained prominence in Orange Revolution of 2004; this month it is host to Euro Fanzone
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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
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St. Andrew's Church
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St. Andrew's descent viewed from St. Andrew's Church
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entrance to Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum in Podil
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inside the museum
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funicular back from Podil to central Kiev
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St. Sophia's Cathedral - Kiev's oldest church, completed in 1037
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at Maidan Nezalezhnosti: statue of the four siblings who founded Kiev. They are brothers Kyi, Schek, Khoryv, and their sister Lybid
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Khreschatyk, part of the Fanzone; many Swedes here
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the last Lenin statue in Kiev
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replica of the main entrance to Kiev, Zoloti Vorota (Golden Gate); Yaroslav the Wise statue in foreground
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pre-game at Olympic Stadium
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the Swedes inspecting the pitch
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pre-game ceremonies
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anthems being played
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Sweden beat France 2-0, thanks largely to Zlatan Ibrahimović, but they were still eliminated and France still went through
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I caught a 1:00am bus back to Boryspil for my 7:20am flight
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24 hour cafeteria inside where I ate
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