Kyiv is One of the Secret Splendours of Europe - UK Ambassador

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Kyiv is One of the Secret Splendours of Europe

- UK Ambassador

PR Newswire

KYIV, Ukraine, June 1, 2012

KYIV, Ukraine

,

June 1, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

"A mighty river winds through a brilliant green

landscape. A steep bluff studded with golden domes

tumbles down to the shore," writes Leigh Turner, UK

Ambassador to

Ukraine

. The British official dedicated

his most recent post, published on his official blog, to

the Ukrainian capital -

Kyiv

.

In his entry Turner names

Kyiv

one of the world's great and least known cities.

"A city of three and a half million,

Kyiv

has a vibrant arts and cultural scene,"

notes the ambassador. He salutes the hills, parks, and beaches of

Kyiv

. He lists

museums and monuments in the city as remarkable tourist attractions.

Leigh Turner marvels at the ability of Kyivers to enjoy outdoors leisure "whether

sitting in the numerous beer-gardens or open-air restaurants, strolling down the

main street of Khreshchatyk (pedestrianized at weekends and for the whole of

EURO 2012

) or mucking about in or on the river".

The ambassador accompanies his piece with a set of photographs by Mary and

Detlef Golletz. They captured some of the most beautiful churches and

monuments in

Kyiv

downtown, a beach at the shores of the Dnipro river, and

even a group of senior residents wearing national clothes.

As Leigh Turner noted in one of his blog entries, "there are many excellent

cities in

Ukraine

". Over the two and a half years of writing about

Ukraine

,

Ambassador Turner also dedicated posts to Donetsk, Lviv, Odesa, Vinnytsia,

Zaporizhzhia, and others.

And while the ambassador likes to promote

Kyiv

through his numerous posts

("

Kyiv

: Art, Football and Charles Dickens", "The First Mosque in

Kyiv

", "Extreme

Climbing in

Kyiv

", a guest post "Is Kyiv Worth a Visit?", etc.), he insists on having

"long had a soft spot for Odesa" and having "always had a soft spot for Lviv".

Started in late 2009, the blog of the British ambassador aims to deliver political

and economic messages, as well as show that the embassy takes a lively

interest in all aspects of Ukrainian life and culture. The blog is available in both

English and Ukrainian. As of

May 31, 2012

, the blog featured 215 entries,

prevailingly discussing

Ukraine

. According to Turner, most readers of the blog

are in the UK,

Canada

, and the

USA

.