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President Zelenskyy has me in tears with this video #LongLiveUkraine (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 OP
Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1
Tears. .Words are inadequate. niyad Mar 2022 #2
K&R secondwind Mar 2022 #3
every time we talk about rebuilding ukraine, i'm reminded of the chicago fire. mopinko Mar 2022 #4
Chicago is one of a couple of (US) cities I want to visit... electric_blue68 Mar 2022 #5
it's just the best, if you ask me. come visit. mopinko Mar 2022 #6

mopinko

(70,086 posts)
4. every time we talk about rebuilding ukraine, i'm reminded of the chicago fire.
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 02:16 PM
Mar 2022

chicago and kiev are long time sister cities. we have a huge ukrainian population.
i just know that connection is going to buzz w energy.

electric_blue68

(14,886 posts)
5. Chicago is one of a couple of (US) cities I want to visit...
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 03:49 PM
Mar 2022

Been wanting to for a long but $ issues.
Been to SF, Boston, Philly, DC, Atlanta, LA, Denver.
Seattle's on my list but that's probably not happening.

Though it hadn't occured to me to go by bus (the cheapest at least one way [well, after gas goes down more]). I've traveled across the US by bus. Then see if train is cheaper than flying. 🤔 Not the best flyer - anxiety!

It sounds like such a great place to visit (not in Summer so much, or definitely not Winter, though): culture, food, architecture, history! Even geography wise. Manhattan, The Bronx are are surrounded by rivers, sounds, bays. Where in the "reverse" Chicago "surrounds" a bit of Lake Michigan.
Yes, I've heard of the cow-lantern-barn legand. I'd forgotten how big it was! 😮

As a 2nd gen half Ukrainian-American I'll definitely have to go and have pierogis, and grilled kielbasa! Yummm! 😄
NYC has the largest Ukrainian-American population.

One of my food traditions is to visit a city's Chinatown for dim sum.

Anyway sister cities! 🌻🇺🇦🌻

🤔Forgot who NYC's sister city is. (goes to look up 👍
Oh, I guessed right in my head - Tokyo. 👍

And yes the video is so sad, yet determined, and hopeful.
How ironic that Prs Zelenskyy having been a TV person his prior visual media senses are being skillfully applied.

mopinko

(70,086 posts)
6. it's just the best, if you ask me. come visit.
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 05:23 PM
Mar 2022

i got room. up in the ne corner, in the people's republic of rogers park.
summers are good. gets hot sometimes but the lake is always cool. lots to do then.

and yeah, it wasnt a cow, it was a meteor. but still, it was a challenge and a gift.

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