Hello everyone!

There was so much
to see so we went to a tourist centre and asked what we should definitely visit
in the limited time we have. They said we should definitely visit the two most important monuments, such as the Saint Sophia Cathedral and the Kiev Pechersh
Lavra (or Kiev Cave Monastery complex). Those two monuments were inscribed on the
World Heritage List made by UNESCO. All
outstanding cultural buildings are written down on this list. We were amazed by
the beauty of these buildings, fortunately we had bought new batteries for our
cameras.

Afterwards we were so exhausted so we headed back to our hotel
and planned the next day before we went to sleep.
The next day during
breakfast we discussed our plans for that day and as Julie mentioned in the
previous blog, I was going to tell you more about Chernobyl. So we decided to
go on a Chernobyl Tour, which was very interesting. We made sure we had a
guide and he could tell us that on 26 April 1986 a reactor N4 of the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Station blew up during a routine maintenance operation. Almost
nine tons of radioactive material was blown in the sky. It even influenced Belarus, Poland and the Baltic region. About 135.000 people were evacuated.

Later that day we were
so happy to be back in Europe that we were still full of energy, so we decided
to go out in some of the clubs nearby. It was fantastic, we enjoyed ourselves
and knew that the next morning might be less active.
We were so tired the
next morning that we just decided to take a bus in which we could take a nap because the other night we didn’t get enough sleep. Still, everything was worth
it. I'm writing you this blog while everyone is asleep and the next morning we will wake up in Belarus.
Just keep on
reading!
Sofie Van Laeken
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