Well, hello there.
What are we up to today?
Oh, hello.
We are up to an apartment tour here in Kiev (Київ).
Yeah.
We're going to show you yeah our Ukrainian apartment that we've been staying in for just
over a week.
Uh huh.
And it is right behind through that arch.
Yeah, and we're on a beautiful street.
Yeah, we really are.
Like check out these buildings.
Tada.
It looks like it could be it looks like it could be in Paris or Buenos Aires.
Like, yeah it is pretty amazing.
Alright, so let's watch for traffic and lead the way.
I'll follow you.
Well, here is the building.
Lots of construction happening as you can hear.
This building is not quite as nice as the one that we just walked by.
You can tell that is has got a bit of faded charm here.
Hehehe.
A little bit rundown on the outside but it is quite nice inside.
Yes.
We are only on the 2nd floor, which is a nice surprise.
We tend to always be on the 4th or 5th floor and we have to carry up our big luggage.
That is so annoying.
So we're happy to only be on the 2nd floor.
Let's go take a look.
Let's go in.
You know what is the scary part?
It looks like there was an electrical fire over there.
Anyways, let's continue to the second floor.
Sam has the key.
Here is the key.
In we go.
I'm going to take you in and then you are going to show us the apartment.
Haha.
Come on in.
Okay, so time for the tour.
We've just come in through the main door and first up is the bathroom.
Is the bathroom.
We may as well show you the bathroom.
Let's go in.
Come on in.
Oh, the lights are already on.
Good.
Da dun.
So we've got a tub and a shower.
You kind of have to climb into this tub.
It is pretty high.
Yeah.
More than what I am used to.
Yeah, the shower is perfectly adequate.
I wouldn't say it was my favorite part of this apartment.
Like it did the job but um it was okay.
It wasn't huge.
And moving on to the rest.
What have we got?
Sink.
Toilet.
A washing machine which is always super exciting.
That is mandatory.
That is a must for us now in an AirBNB.
We need to have a washing machine.
It is so annoying doing laundry otherwise.
And that was the water heater.
Yeah.
So we always had hot water.
Alright.
Nothing else to show you.
That is it.
That is the bathroom.
The bathroom is not the most exciting part.
No, it is not.
Lights off.
Close the door.
The most exciting part for me is just the sheer size of this place.
Yeah.
This is a big a nice big apartment.
As you'll see.
Tada.
So this is our living area.
And we've got some lovely teal couches going on.
Yeah.
Bit of a retro vibe.
Definitely a retro vibe.
Maybe stuck in the 70s or 80s slightly.
Yeah.
But like it is a wide open space which is what I really love.
Absolutely.
Yeah, TV we never touch the TV.
We didn't even check to see if it was working.
No.
There was like you know some storage space we didn't use that at all.
No.
Um, this was Sam's little work station right here.
It was wonderful.
Tuk tuk tuk.
It was wonderful and for a little while we were actually brought the table in the kitchen
and we brought it out here when we were having like a co-working space.
A coworking space.
As you fall.
And I almost just fell because like if you look down here there is a little ridge.
Oh my gosh.
But yeah, super high ceilings.
Oh, it is a little echoey in here.
Yeah, it is ridiculously high.
So I'm 6 feet tall and it is like at least 2 and a half if not 3 of me to the top of
that.
It is not that much.
I would say two of you.
Two of me and a bit of change.
Alright.
Haha.
We'll say that.
Yeah, so if you come this way we've got our kitchen.
Yep.
So we have another table with some chairs and little stools.
We have like our coffees and our little snacks here.
So I do a bit of cooking here.
I just made pasta but look at these pots.
Oh yeah.
They are like some heavy duty like old fashioned pots.
And this kitchen also has like a super 70s 80s feel to it too.
Yeah.
Check out that.
Check out the microwave.
Green.
Yeah, green.
I think there is green color reminds me of vintage I don't know why.
Yeah, I don't think this color is so popular anymore.
No.
But yeah, a big fridge.
We only have cheese and salami in there.
So we don't really need to have a look around.
Yeah, that is very true.
Um, yeah in terms of utensils there was nothing in particular that impressive.
You can just see that they had they actually had nice they had everything we needed.
We had wine glasses, we had lots of cutlery.
Water.
We should talk about water.
Because we found out apparently you are not supposed to drink the tap water in Kiev (Київ).
So we were boiling water for the first few days and then we just started buying these
because they were super cheap.
Yeah, I think like maybe if you're local that might be a different situation but it reminds
me a bit of like when we were in Lima, Peru.
Everyone was like don't drink the tapwater but all of the locals were drinking it.
Yeah.
Like you always ending up drinking some in the shower or brushing your teeth.
Yeah.
That is true.
I've never had issues.
That is true.
That was the kitchen.
That is the kitchen.
And then there is only one more room left.
That is right.
The bedroom.
So come in.
Come in the bedroom.
Don't trip.
Aaah.
Baaa.
Just kidding.
Hahaha.
Actually I, you are such a boy like playing with little cars.
Psssh.
Let's confession time.
We've both stubbed our toes really badly.
Yeah, we kept tripping over it.
We kept tripping over that.
But yeah, we had a really nice big bed.
It was really comfy.
Yep.
Um, lots of space for clothes.
I'm just going to move over here.
We actually bothered unpacking and like putting our stuff in the bedroom.
Oh yeah.
Show how big the drawers are too.
Like we have these.
These are nice and big.
So we were using those.
Yeah, we're all packed up.
We're actually just about to leave so and then we had a huge wardrobe over here that
we used as well.
So we really appreciated the space.
And sometimes we feel like when we've been on the road too often especially if we've
been staying in really small accommodations we start to crave something that feels more
a bit more like a home and this place was big enough to give us that sense of feel.
Like yeah, we actually like our we didn't feel cramped in here at all.
It was a nice big apartment.
Nice and spacious.
Dadada.
Maybe you can tell us about the price for this place.
Yeah, I'll finish things up here on the couch.
Alright, alright.
So final thoughts about this apartment here in Kiev (Київ).
We really liked it.
The location was fantastic.
It was quite central.
We were nearby like metro stations.
We were nearby parks.
We were nearby really good restaurants.
Lots of restaurants, bars, cafes.
Oh my gosh.
So yeah, that was fantastic and also the other really cool thing was the price.
It was in the upper 20s like just under $30 US dollars and we found just by looking on
AirBNB that you can get fantastic value in say the 20 to upper 30 dollar range.
You can get a really nice apartments.
Big spacious also all different locations throughout the city and so yeah if you're
coming if you're coming to Kyiv (Киев) you can definitely do it on a budget you don't
have to spend a lot of money like there is no need to get like a 50 or 60 dollar place.
Unless you want luxury.
Yeah, for that price you do get luxury.
I guess so yeah.
You would at that price.
But in the 20 to 30 range you can find excellent value and yeah we would highly recommend this
apartment.
It was really cool.
Everything worked.
The internet was fine.
Um, yeah just a great neighborhood and the only thing we regret is that we don't have
a few more days here.
Because we really liked the city and we would have liked to stay in Kiev (Киев) a little
bit longer.
Yeah, one week flew by.
One week just went like that.
But it is time to move on.
We are packed up so time to go.
Next up is Lviv and yeah stay tuned because we'll also do an apartment tour there as well.
Okay.
Bye.