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Kiev. This woman sells cigarettes, not by the pack, she sells them a piece, so you can buy three cigarettes. Because her “shop” does not have the legal minimum shopfloor space of 25 square meters, she can not obtain a … Continue reading →

The tube you see fitted to the house is a gas pipe. Ukrainian regulation says that all gas pipes must be visible and accessible, and yellow. And there is no way around it, so you build a nice new house … Continue reading →

Péage in France.

You may be forgiven to think this is some backyard alley, but it is a normal street, somewhere in the town of Novograd, 70.000 inhabitants, Ukraine. They have electricity and some houses have gas, but there is no fresh water … Continue reading →

Seven workers looking at  Andrejevski Uzviz in Kiev. This street is on the Unesco Cultural Heritage list and I think the Kiev city planners are trying to get it back in shape before the Euro 2012 football tournament. Not sure if … Continue reading →

Easter mass in a Catholic church in Ukraine. When the priest starts the ceremony he asks everybody to go outside in front of the church, and there he tells about the death of Jesus Christ and what it should do … Continue reading →

A young mother showing her newborn baby in front of the altar in a Catholic church in Novograd, Ukraine. One striking difference with a church in The Netherlands is the age of the visitors. In The Netherlands Catholic churchgoers are … Continue reading →

Meat market in Novograd, Ukraine.

7/11 in Kiev, they call it a kiosk.

Cat in an appartment building.

Visited my lawyer today for some legal advice. He tells me how he spends his days with a coffee mug, a dictaphone and stacks of paper, waiting for the weekend or a holiday.