A few more pics ... I wish I had more but it was so cold the first week taking pics was the last thing on my mind!
A view from the hotel window, before I got my apartment:
Lenin:
A monument in the central square. Apparently the New Year's Eve party here was incredible. I wish I was there to see it:
Also visited a few museums including the Chernobyl exhibit. A very sobering a sad thing with hundreds of photos of children, residents and reactor workers who died.