Fighter Plane

Ever since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, a lot of stories have flooded the news about this history-making moment. However, among the headlines that have caught my eye have been ones with a supernatural reference to the Ghost of Kyiv. What is that? A myth or an urban legend ofContinue Reading

Yesterday I was doing some Christmas (and personal) shopping at Lakeside Collection, when one of their sidebar articles caught my eye: Unique Christmas Traditions from Around the World. Presents under the tree and milk and cookies for Santa — it’s what Americans do every year in anticipation of Christmas. AroundContinue Reading

I heard on the news the other night that Chernobyl is planning to open to tourists in 2011.  The Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Ministry will open up the previously sealed “Exclusion Zone” around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. That means anyone interested in journeying to the actual plant itself will now be ableContinue Reading