Seen On My Walk Today

Mel and I walked to the city center today and had what in the States would be called 'chicken strips.' Here they are called 'chicken fingers.' Very tasty no matter which name you call them.

Along the way we saw some interesting billboards. Unfortunately, Kherson is in an orgy of billboards and advertisements. I don't think there is any street in the city right now that does not have at least one huge billboard somewhere on it. Maybe the dirt residential streets don't yet... But the major and minor city arteries are pathetic. You can barely see the trees due to all the signs. Sight pollution.

And speaking of pollution... you have not seen an advertisement until you have seen a Ukrainian one. They are getting worse and worse. The billboard on the left is actually 3 pictures. Here is one of them, a second one is below. They rotate.

I actually censored this first one by the tree branches covering the truly obscene part:The store right behind the sign is for Automatic Games, or in other words - a Casino. These are popping up all over the place now, too.

This second one is just a few meters away: As Mel pointed out to me, the orange sign below the billboard says 'Choo Choo' and is for a children's toy store.

This one was in a different part of the city and is an advertisement for the evening news. I think. I'm not absolutely sure of that, but is dramatic, isn't it? Ha ha!

Where is Lady Bird Johnson when you need her? I was so thankful when laws were passed in the States to restrict the use of billboards along highways. Here we need someone to say, "Enough already! Get rid of some of these, all of these! Get decent again!"

With it progressing worse and worse all the time, I can't help but wonder what the future holds. Scary thought.