Tag Archives: Monastery

Monday Morning Blues – St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Kiev in Ukraine

Euro 2020 Match Day 11 – Netherlands v North Macedonia

The match in Amsterdam is a bit of a dead rubber with the Dutch already through to the knockout stages and the plucky Macedonians on the way out of the competition. Netherlands The second city of Rotterdam is far less visited than Amsterdam, but is a decent place to spend a few hours. I went […]

Zell am See, Austria

Euro 2020 Match Day 11 – Ukraine v Austria

We kick off in Bucharest with both teams in with a shout of qualification. Ukraine Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is a vast monastery complex in Kiev. We spent over three-hours exploring in 2011 and could have spent many more quite easily. Kiev has many fine churches, with a gold dome seemingly obligatory. Austria Last time we […]