Introduction
the eighth day
of the Journey
the outskirt
after the last breakfast
the monument
after the walk in the park
the ceremony
the participants stood round in circle
the synagogue
on the way to the next stop
in the city
the participants went out and about
politics
the day the group entered the Ukraine
the hotel
after the adventures at the city centre
the flight
after 8 extraordinary days on Polish and Ukrainian soils
the airport
at the air port
began in Kiev.
after the last breakfast
of the Journey
the group visited
the infamous Babi-Yar outskirt
where the last ceremony
of its kind
took place in the rain.
the local synagogue
was the next stop
and after a few hours
out and around
in the big city
it was back to the hotel
for the last check out
of the Journey.
before climbing on the buses
for the last driving
of the Journey
and arriving at the airport
for the short night flight
back to Tel-Aviv
where at the air port
it was the right moment
to say good bye to everybody
and to the organiser
say thank you very much.
of the Journey
the group went on to visit Babi-Yar.
the infamous outskirt of Kiev.
the participants walked in the park.
looking at the various monuments all around.
enjoying the last drops of rain of the Journey...
the participants reached the main monument.
Nachman and Avihu like many others took photos
before the participants gathered together
for the last group photo of the Journey.
for the last ceremony
of the Journey
and the most rainy of them all.
from all of the first generation participants
it was Nachman who took part in each of them
and back on the buses he was rewarded for that...
some of the first generation participants
like Dora and Gitta took photos
with their friendly good old mates
before the buses arrived
at the local and last synagogue
of the Journey.
in the centre of Kiev for a few hours.
some of them searched for a gift
and then went to the main square of the city.
others wanted to the go to the football match
of the European championships at the local stadium
in which Dynamo Kiev won but it was all-ready sold out...
was the same day
that a new government was formed.
the former velvet revolution supporters
felt betrayed
and filled independence square
with tents in order to protest.
it was back at the Lybid hotel to check out
and to take some last photos on Ukrainian soil
before getting on the two buses again
for the last driving of the Journey.
arriving at Kiev local air-port well in advance
in order to take some more photos before flying...
it was now back on a rather smaller EL-AL plane
on the relatively short flight back to Tel-Aviv.
the chairman and the organiser and everybody else
were presumably both tired and satisfied
as the plane landed at Ben-Gurion airport
for the formal and practical conclusion of the Journey.
both TAL veterans
Nachman and Tuvia
like many others
approached Yehuda
with only one word.
THANKS.
