May 30, 2008 in neeka: photos, ukr: brovary

Been to Brovary today, was pleasantly surprised by how little garbage I saw there. Also, tons of kids and tons of playgrounds, old and new, everywhere. I wouldn’t mind borrowing their mayor.

I’ll post more pics later; for now, here’s my favorite, of the stuff hanging out to dry on someone’s balcony:

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  1. Anonymous

    May 30, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Wow! How did you find courage to look at those fish (even through your camera?)
    Sasha

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  2. Blair Sheridan

    May 30, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Madame Brovary?
    :-)

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  3. Taras

    May 31, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    That’s fantastic — and food for thought, too:)!

    The splendid array of taranka (dried salted fish) reminds me of the losers in the Kyiv municipal election!

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  4. Jason

    June 5, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    Great photo! Warms the cockles of my heart.

    By the way, what kind of fish is that? I can’t explain why, but I have always been suspicious of silvery flat fish as being edible. Now dark brown, fat fish, them are usually pretty good eating, well excluding bullheads of course.

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