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Kiev: Update

Monday Jun 08 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio

I have enjoyed my short stay in Kiev immensely and am looking forward to more exploring in this part of the world in future. I had the opportunity to have fairly intensive conversations with only 60 or 70 people, representing a reasonable cross-section of the country (from what I can tell). Aside from it being a very different culture (in terms of language, alphabet, history and architecture), it was evident to me that the people of the Ukraine share the same concerns, dreams and issues that we have in our part of the world.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: blue_zone cartesian_paradigm community dan_buettner growing_older intergenerational_relationships kiev

First Impressions: Kiev

Wednesday Jun 03 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio

I am in Kiev, Ukraine this week. This is my first time here. In fact, it is the first time I have been in this part of the world or to a country using the Cyrillic alphabet. I am not prepared to write a travelogue since I just arrived a day ago, but sometimes first impressions are fleeting but useful. In this case, my first impressions are reflections on an ‘old’ country that (from what I can tell) has yet to be discovered by the tourism industry. Even at one of Ukraine’s annual festivals, I see few foreigners and most that I do see are reportedly from neighboring Russia.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: aging culture eldering history internet isolation kiev