Beyond expectations

by Oleksandr Kasian (Ukraine)

A leap into the unknown Ukraine

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It was the second month of summer, I was walking down the street listening music. The song is over, I'm getting the phone, I see... The call. Friend of all my childhood, best friend. I pick up the phone enthusiastically, and I hear the words I've been waiting for so long. "I came, I'm here in Kyiv". After a couple of hours, I was already standing under his door, waiting for long conversation. A lot of questions, a lot of new things, we've both changed in a year, we have to make up for it, I thought. The night of conversation went smoothly into the night. And then I hear him sparklingly say, "Listen, why don't you come over for a week now?" A week later, I was sitting in the car with documents and backpack, thinking about what we were going to do. The road was quite long, as we drove by car, on the way we drove to a small restaurant, still in Ukraine, we got to Polish singers who were able to create an atmosphere for further adventure, having a little snack we continued our journey. Before we got to the grant, we stopped at a small hotel, and although the night was very short, about 4 hours of sleep. I had a better rest than ever, and after 4 hours of sleep we continued our journey on a positive note. At the end of the trip, as I was approaching his house in Wroclaw, I slept a little, and woke up in a small cottage town and realized that we had arrived. There was no noise from the windows it was a spacious apartment with a beautiful lawn on the street, where you could actively spend your leisure time. Not thinking long, we immediately decided to go to the center to see the neighborhood. I put on running shoes and a T-shirt and went where my friend took me, we went out on a perfect road, there were very few cars and a lot of green areas. My friend offered to wait for the bus, but, I, as a walking enthusiast, I insisted on going by myself. As I was getting closer to the city, things were getting more familiar; I had already seen the construction of a new tram line and tall buildings with a shopping center. A friend immediately took me to the very center of the city on rather ragged streets. On the way, we managed to ride the tram, which drove us directly to the sights of the city - the bridges. The city was full of bridges that passed through small, winding streams. Creating many beautiful planes, each of which has its own attraction. One of the most beautiful was with an old, tall cathedral. We climbed up the narrow aisle to the dune, which overlooked the historic part of the city. We left the main hall, where the huge organ was located. We went to a completely different place, the embodiment of all that the civilization of people has achieved in this time - Sky Tower, a viewing platform at an altitude 200 meters. A completely different atmosphere, the whole city as in the palm of your hand, including those bridges that seemed to be big from below. The next point was a huge terrarium in the zoo, which was the largest, it took all day walking. It was a completely different place, which did not fit into the urban style. The huge area with a different climate gave a strong contrast, forgetting about the noise outside you could immerse yourself in the beauty of the perfect other world. After a couple of days of walking, in small places, a week later I realized that I was getting used to this city, which is incredibly easy to get people to. I drove home by bus, it was long, hard, but when it got really hard, I remembered those moments that gave me inspiration, gave me the strength to move on, those memories I received would stay with me and I would be able to relive them in difficult moments. So came my leap into the unknown, which ended up where I started.