A couple of days ago, Sherri noticed an advertisement for a classical music concert to be held at St. Sophia's Cathedral tonight. So, we visited St. Sophia's this afternoon – a very impressive place, with much original since the initial construction in 1017-1031. We also found an poster for the concert there and must have asked (mostly through pantomime) three or four people before we discovered the correct place to buy tickets. That's what we'll be doing tonight.
Otherwise, a quiet day. We walked down Andriyivsky uzviz (Andrew's decent) from the old town to the lower town of Podil. This steep cobblestone street is lined with souvenir vendors and art galleries. It's super slippery, too, since we were caught in rain showers on and off all day.
We ended at the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art – it was so empty that they had to turn the lights on for us at 3:00p! Perhaps it is simply a real devotion to 'green' practices – we also noticed that every chandelier has only one working bulb. More evidence of this conservation mindset was the scolding I received from our landlord for having lights on in two rooms simultaneously.
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Now I know where Max gets his compulsion to turn all the lights on when he enters the house. Tell them you're afraid of monsters next time.
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