My reflection on my trip home.
I want these photos to be here because every visit home feels incredibly precious now. They’re not aesthetic, just very “in the moment”. This trip was probably the most emotional one yet, maybe because it’s been the longest time I’ve been away, a whole year. I soaked up every moment with my loved ones, yet it still never felt like enough.
I spent a lot of time wandering around the city, dear Kyiv, the war has already left such a visible mark on your streets, and yet you live, you live so fully. It was also so inspiring to see Ukrainian businesses continue to bloom despite all the challenges and the tough realities of working in Ukraine. I loved discovering the new
@china.hi restaurant and visiting the beautiful
@gunia_project showroom, where I picked up some gifts for my friends in Bali.
I ate so much delicious food, went on long walks, saw movies, and one of the highlights was the day
@ninabliadze and I went to the
@ukrainewow exhibition. My heart broke right at the entrance, it was a weekday, yet there was a huge line of people who came to see just how “wow” Ukraine is. It kept breaking throughout the exhibition, from the pride, the beauty, the sheer greatness of Ukraine.
As someone from Luhansk who hasn’t been to the city where I was born in over ten years, and doesn’t know when I’ll be able to return, I truly cherish every chance to come home to Kyiv. I’ll keep coming back from any corner of the world. I don’t even try to rationalize flying halfway across the globe and spending so much money, it’s simply impossible not to.
Kyiv, I already miss you. 🤍
