Well hello hello.
It is almost time to check out of our apartment here in Kiev (Киев).
Our host is going to be coming any minute.
Any minute.
So we have to finish packing up.
Yeah, like what happened to the what we had 9 nights just boom.
Oh my gosh.
We had over a week here.
Crazy.
Yeah.
That is one of the fastest stays we've ever had anywhere.
The time just flew by.
We were tired, we also had a lot of work to do and we also just really enjoyed being here
so.
Yeah.
So it is time to get going.
Sam has been.
I've actually been responding to YouTube comments.
Youtube comments.
Yeah, getting caught up.
I'm way behind on that too.
Sam's favorite thing.
Favorite thing.
I love when you guys leave us comments.
I try to get back to all of them.
Yeah.
I know I'm really behind because of last week but.
I read them but Sam answers.
Yeah, that is true.
Um but yeah anyways I need to finish packing so we'll see you guys in a bit and yeah we'll
be heading to the train station soon.
Beep noise.
Update.
Nice and sweaty because there are no escalators or elevators in any of the metro stations
we've seen.
At least not to get into the station.
Yeah.
But anyways we're at Tietrana.
Two stops to the train station.
Let's go.
But there is going to be a nice long escalator ride to get to the platform.
Yeah.
These escalators here in Kyiv (Київ) are epic.
Absolutely epic.
Train sounds.
Made it
to the train station.
We sure have.
Now that we're leaving Kiev (Київ), I want to talk about my favorite experiences
here in this city.
That is riding the metro.
Metro.
First reason I like it is that it is so cheap.
It is only 5 in local currency which is actually less than 20 US cents per ride.
So you've gotta love that.
And then the other thing that is really cool is just like how deep it is underground.
You have these epic escalator rides to get there.
And then but the third thing that is kind of cool is just how busy it is too.
Like all times of day that we've taken rides it has been packed.
Like people really use it and you can see why.
It is affordable and it is just a great way to get around.
And it is also very rustic and noisy and makes a lot of you know.
It makes a lot of noise while you're on it and you also like it has very abrupt stops
and sometimes if you don't brace yourself you actually feel like you're going to get
like tossed over.
But it is really cool.
Definitely take the metro if you're in Kiev (Київ).
So we've made it to the train station.
Tickets in hand.
And we've just looked at the departure board.
I would like to point out that is the worst departure board I've ever seen in my life.
First of all the letters are like bright red and neon green.
And you stare at it for like 3 seconds and it starts blinding you.
So not very helpful but we did find another old fashioned sign that actually announces
our train so we've got a bit of time.
Going to get some lunch and yeah that is the update.
Hahaha.
What do you got?
We are having a McDonalds lunch just because it was convenient.
Yeah.
So large french fries, orange juice, chocolate muffin for the road and I'm water fasting
so I get to watch you eat.
Sam is on one of his fasts.
Yeah.
Anyways, sometimes McDonald's is actually not a bad place to hang out if you're at a
busy station especially if you've got time to kill.
Because you know like you kind of you're getting reliable food, you know what you're getting
anyways.
The other thing too is like you can sit down for a while and like you can stay you can
kill time.
And the other thing that is kind of cool is that you get access to decent washrooms too
because you don't know if you're always going to get those in certain stations.
So we have all of that and we have quite a bit of time to kill.
Our train leaves at shortly after 2 right?
Yep.
And right now it is only 12:54.
Well someone has picked up a new talent.
One of my many talents.
Learning to read Cyrillic.
I know the first one says muffin chocolate.
That is my chocolate muffin.
This one says free which is my fries.
And the next one is juice.
So yeah.
And you know what?
All of that food came to less than $3 US dollars.
That is like about two seventy five or something.
Pretty cheap.
How are them fries?
Crispy.
Maybe double or triple fried.
Seriously?
Okay, so we've killed all the time we needed to.
And so our train is leaving in about a half hour so we're back in the station.
We are platform 2.
Now we just have to find that.
And it is quite a grand station I must say.
It is beautiful.
Okay, so we've got our seats.
And what is really cool is we upgraded to 1st class.
It wasn't that much more.
We'll let you know the price of the ticket a little bit later on.
But if you take a look over here you can see how it has different classes.
So if it was second class there would be 6 people but because it is only first there
is 4 of us and that gives us lots of rooms for our baggage.
We'll show you as we go in.
Check out that.
And that is where we are sitting.
We have basically those 3 seats on the bottom.
Right there.
Alright, so now would be a good time to talk about the tickets.
And it is noisy.
The train is just taking off.
Anyways, we paid just over 500 which is about roughly $20 US dollars and this is for the
fastest train possible to Lviv (Львів).
And it takes about five hours and forty minutes so we're going to be on here for a little
while.
But it is quite comfortable.
I'm glad that we paid for 1st class because we're going to be able to get some work done.
Apparently, there is tea service so hopefully we get that too.
What are you having?
Chai.
Tea.
Complimentary?
I think we paid for it.
Haha.
This is so hot.
And we in case you're wondering we are moving.
English breakfast.
I like the cups.
They are nice and fancy.
Look at that.
I think it is just a glass of fancy cup.
Sam has been sleeping the whole time.
Train station noise.
And just like that we've been teleported to our apartment here in Lviv (Львів).
Um, so yeah we arrived right on time.
Our AirBNB host was waiting for us at the train station.
We hopped in his car and he drove us here which is so rare.
No one has ever picked us up.
Which was super awesome.
Um but yeah we're really really hungry so we are going to save the apartment tour for
another day.
Another video.
Right now we need dinner.
Let's go.
We'll take you along for food though.
Street noises.
So we are staying in a super residential neighborhood so there are not a whole lot of restaurants
around but we found a hotel and they have a restaurant.
So we're in here.
Right now we are the only guests.
The last couple just left but they have like all of these animals.
Looking at me everywhere.
Look.
There is a cow looking at you.
Cow.
And where is the other one?
There is goats and sheep.
Where are those?
Okay, let's get a tour.
Hi, cow.
Over here are the goats and sheep.
And last but not least we've got a bird.
Food is here.
I'm so hungry.
Like I said I was water fasting earlier on.
24 hours without food so I'm ready to eat.
So this is varenyky.
Varenyky.
Sorry and these are like the dumplings.
The Ukrainian dumplings.
They are delicious.
We've been eating them a lot since we've come to the Ukraine (Україна).
What filling did you get this time?
I got potato and cheese.
Ooh.
And let's take it for a swim in the sour cream.
Sour cream.
Everything tastes better with sour cream in the Ukraine (Україна).
You know the food came really fast.
I'm impressed.
It is so good.
I honest can't give you a very truthful assessment I'm so hungry I think anything would be tasty
to me right now.
It is all wonderful.
It is all wonderful right now.
And for myself I ordered the potato pancakes with chicken and a mushroom cream sauce.
Mmmhmm.
It looks pretty good.
Sam is already eating out of my bowl.
I haven't even had any yet.
It is good.
It is like a stack.
It is a stack.
That is a huge stack of potato pancakes.
It is really good in a creamy sauce.
Oh my gosh.
The creamy sauce is awesome and it also has mushrooms too.
Chicken.
Mmmm.
Isn't that awesome?
Oh my gosh.
Wow.
This place is good.
This is a hotel restaurant.
We may be coming back here.
It is a hotel restaurant.
I think it is the only restaurant nearby our apartment.
Hahaha.
We've just finished our entrees.
What are the options now?
What could happen?
Well, we've been waiting a little while.
It is either going to be chicken, a cheque, chicken and cheque or none of the above.
Chicken steak.
Oh, wonderful.
Thank you.
It came.
Wonderful.
A second ago it came and they offered us a cheque so we thought maybe they just didn't
get the main.
They forgot the chicken.
But now it is here.
And it is a lonely chicken.
It is not bad.
It is cooked with barbecue sauce.
Nice.
Mmmhmm.
I'm hungry.
And this is it.
We're ending off the video.
We're tired.
We're well fed.
Ready for bed.
I don't know why but traveling by train it always just makes me so sleepy and like leaves
me all groggy.
I think it is the rocking back and forth.
Um but yeah Sam is waving goodbye.
He's going to watch some Youtube and go to sleep.
I'm so tired.
And that is that.
We are really excited to be in this city (Lviv) and we look forward to sharing some videos
with you guys soon.
But for now goodnight.
Goodnight everyone.
Bye.