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            "title": "Kiev street name plates",
            "content_html": "<p>A characteristic Kiev street name plate looks like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8066.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8307.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is a bulb inside, sometimes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8438.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8322.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An old one:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8323.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An ugly soviet one:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8443.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">6<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ones on Khreshchatyk look more like car license plates:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8166.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8172.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">7-8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is also a blue design:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8382.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">9<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8448.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">10<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And also there are these weird boxes at the entrances:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-DSCF8069.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">11<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-street-name-plates-IMG_2789.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">12<\/div>\n<\/div>\n",
            "summary": "A characteristic Kiev street name plate looks like this",
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            "content_html": "<p>Samara is a city on the Volga river in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>There are reversible lanes here. Also, notice the sign on the very right:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8219.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"There are reversible lanes in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Street name plates have two names:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8276.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plates have two names in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>One is historical, the other one is current:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8545.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A street name plate in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trolleybus route plate utilises a beautiful font:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8257.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Trolleybus route plate utilises a beautiful font in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tram and trolleybus authority:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8199.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Tram and trolleybus authority in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>An anchor:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8532.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"An anchor sign in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Entrances to a bath-house and a laundry:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8502.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Entrances to a bath-house and a laundry in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The artists’ society:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8548.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A house of the artists’ society in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The house is barely standing:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/samara-IMG_8555.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"The house is barely standing in Samara\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pictures are from the trip in October, 2010.<\/p>\n",
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            "date_published": "2011-02-08T00:42:15+03:00",
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            "content_html": "<p>Can’t help but envy those who see this beauty on their way to work:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6196.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Square name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6239.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6152.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6183.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Street name plate in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The buildings with these plaques are also gorgeous:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6170.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6161.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6252.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6162.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6234.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6217.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A building in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A ceiling in a shopping mall:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6215.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A ceiling in a shopping mall in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Suits ride motorcycles here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6169.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Suits ride motorcycles in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local police drive Alfa-Romeos:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6178.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Local police drives Alfa-Romeos in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trams are adorable:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6241.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Trams are adorable in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6184.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Trams are adorable in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Or skewed:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6263.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A skewed tram in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Or just have six bellows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6271.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A tram with six bellows in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>People sew in Milan. Even a fountain is stitched to a square:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6279.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A fountain is stitched to a square in Milan\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6283.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"A fountain is stitched to a square in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Italian is easy to understand:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6258.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Italian is easy to understand\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6189.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Italian is easy to understand\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6149.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Italian is easy to understand\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bank:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6267.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Стабильность в Милане in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Patriotism:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/milan-IMG_6213.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Патриотизм в Милане in Milan\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pictures are from the trip in July, 2010.<\/p>\n",
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            "date_published": "2010-07-27T11:09:50+03:00",
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