Sleeping on the Square

So far, I've slept out in the street, the ' Maidan' Square now on several occasions, in the union building and now in a van on Kreshatik. Quite cold in the car really, there was a drop down bed but the covers kept falling off,  the engine would be switched on until it got baking, temperature would drop, a dampness inside would envelope and cold would seep into every crevice of any gaps in the additional rough sheep wool Karpathian blankets that topped a thick cheap synthetic quilt borrowed from a cossack tent. 

Places available to sleep on the square were the Trade Union Building where the press center was and other rooms for different civil groups, city hall, various tents, whoever you could make friends with, the October Palace and cars. The important thing was to stay close and available to defend the barricades and fend off any attackers who wanted to clear the square. 
When I arrived on the train sunday afternoon I got a metro train to Kreshatik which strangely is a tube station that exits right in the middle of the street that holds protest camp and is in fact inside one of the scrap metal, wood and old tire barriers made by the protestors.It was now becoming quite colorful raw planks of wood painted reminiscent of adventure playground in London. I noted some of the tires featured everywhere  Food is plentiful at the independent square these days. Where usually food would be got from fast food places like McDonald's there are two in the same square block fancy 24 hour cafés where cappuccinos and food are available. Now just go straight to one of the tables giving out white plastic bowls full of buckwheat, stew or cup of chicken soup with rice. Open faced sandwiches which they call canapés provide baloney and cheese combinations unexpectedly 'smachno' (tasty) treats, accompanied always with black sweet tea or coffee made with fresh grounds mixed with hot water in thin plastic cups which look flimsy and maybe would melt but seems to work fine.