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What are you doing in Kiev, if you don't mind me asking? I'm currently in Luhansk
I'm writing a story set near Chicago (Park Ridge) and need a help on two things:
1) I need a local restaurant/fast food place that a teenager is likely to frequent. Just wanted to give it some local flavor. As I am in Kiev, Ukraine now doing the research is a bit difficult. So, anyone in the area who knows the spots the locals would hit, I'd be grateful for the assistance.
2) Is there any place near Park Ridge (without going all the way into Chicago) where there are some thin roads/alleys between buildings where a car could get stuck and be unable to turn around. In other words, they'd have to back out of the alley etc. I need, for plot reasons, for some guy in a car to have the exit blocked by another guy in a car. Park Ridge looks completely suburban so I don't know if that's possible. Just want to make my scene seem plausible.
Thanks.
Best, Bill
What are you doing in Kiev, if you don't mind me asking? I'm currently in Luhansk
lol fiction
street view might help you
fiction huh?
chicago, where everyone lives in harmony.
If it's fiction just make it up
Wow Lughnsk is right in the heart of the trouble area. Hope you're in the military or something similar.
I write fiction about Eastern Europe. Latest book has a large part in Ukraine so I just got my residency permit for a year. (Was previously in Riga, Latvia). I'm in Kiev for another month but will probably end up in Kharkov.
Yep, fiction. Of course you try to be as accurate as you can within the needs of the story.
Just put the story on the south side and have some people shooting each other. Would be very accurate in that case.
But yea park ridge is totally the burbs. May be hard to find that ally you are looking for
Cheers.I just made up a little line of shops and put an alley in the middle. lol.
I'll do the South Side next time.
Civilian, not military...it's relatively quiet in the city, but on patrols near the contact line it's obviously dicey. Still, at least I'm not in Donetsk Oblast anymore so that's a minor victory.
Kharkiv is a fun city, but I'd recommend Lviv (in the Trans-Carpathian region) if you want a change of pace more suitable for literary inspiration...gorgeous city with lots of history--just my 2 cents. You've probably been there already though, as well as Odessa. If you want a little taste of the risque spend the rest of the summer in Mariupol--enjoy the Sea of Azov amidst the s ing. Channel your inner-Hemingway
Thanks man. Stay safe. Yeah, I lived in Ukraine previously 6 years so I've been all over the country. Lviv is very beautiful (Looks just like Krakow Poland). I'm a big fan of Odessa for writing purposes. But, as I said, it looks like long term I'll be in Kharkov (again.)Civilian, not military...it's relatively quiet in the city, but on patrols near the contact line it's obviously dicey. Still, at least I'm not in Donetsk Oblast anymore so that's a minor victory.
Kharkiv is a fun city, but I'd recommend Lviv (in the Trans-Carpathian region) if you want a change of pace more suitable for literary inspiration...gorgeous city with lots of history--just my 2 cents. You've probably been there already though, as well as Odessa. If you want a little taste of the risque spend the rest of the summer in Mariupol--enjoy the Sea of Azov amidst the s ing. Channel your inner-Hemingway
Good stuff...were you here during Maidan?
I was living in Kharkov at the time. But during the worst of it was actually in America as my mother had some health issues I had to help her through.
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