点评:When planning my trip to Ukraine, I learned of Kateryna in a post on a Rick Steves travel forum, in which the writer, a Mr. E., of Texas, and a frequent traveler to Ukraine before and after the Russian invasion, had written, “I trust her with my life. Always good in this situation. Her client list in the last few years has included world dignitaries as well as guys like me…”
I wanted to be in Kyiv on July 4th, America's Independence Day, to once again feel what it is like to be in a land of the free and home of the brave.
Kateryna drove and walked me through Bucha, Irpin, when I mentioned my appreciation for Banksy's art and mission, she took me to see an authentic Banksy spirited away to a construction site, the Sophia, the Wall of Remembrance... Without Kateryna's guidance, historical and cultural knowledge, my eyes would have been have shut to all I was seeing. She opened Kyiv up for me; not only its intense present, but its very long history and varying eras. Kyiv is truly--even now--one of the great capitals of Europe.
If you want to get the very most from your time in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine, Kateryna is the person you should connect with.
翻译:在规划前往乌克兰的行程时,我在里克·斯蒂夫斯旅游论坛上的一篇文章中得知了卡特琳娜。文章的作者是一位来自德克萨斯州的E先生,他在俄罗斯入侵前后都经常赴乌克兰旅行。他写道:“我把自己的性命都托付给她了。在这种情况下,她总能处理好一切。近几年,她的客户名单上既有各国政要,也有像我这样的普通人……”
我希望能在7月4日,也就是美国的独立日那天抵达基辅。重新体验一次身处“自由之地、勇敢者之家”的感觉。
卡特琳娜开车带我游览了布查和伊尔平。当我表达出对班克斯的艺术作品及其理念的钦佩之情后,她便带我去观看了一幅真正的班克斯作品——它被转移至一处建筑工地上;此外还有索菲亚教堂、纪念墙……若没有卡特琳娜的指引以及她所具备的历史文化知识,我根本无法领会眼前所见到的一切。她为我打开了基辅的大门;不仅让我领略到它充满张力的当下,基辅拥有极为悠久的历史,历经了多个时代。即便在今天,它也绝对是欧洲最重要的首都之一。
如果你想充分享受在基辅及乌克兰其他地方的时光,卡捷琳娜就是你值得联系的人。