Rural Ukraine

We are about at the end of our trip, and I thought it might be fun to share a few pictures of how beautiful and rural it is in Ukraine.

It was typical to see horses, cows and goats tethered to the grassy shoulder of the road. I'm assuming this is "free" grazing area for local farm animals.

There were several times when we either waited for animals to cross the highway on their way home, or we just drove around them on the shoulder.

But, by far my favorite was this wagon. The amount of hay this horse was pulling was amazing, but I couldn't figure out how these guys got up on the wagon once it was full...

What the hay?

Last month, my neighbor set his Christmas tree and his other bulky Christmas decoration (a bale of hay) out for trash pickup. Calsan will pick up trees during most of January, but they never promised to pick up hay, so there it sits.

I never knew that grass grew from hay.