How to cross the road

There are two (safe/legal) ways to cross busy streets in Kiev.  The first is to use a crosswalk.  These are spaced periodically, but not at every side street.  The game, however, is the cars are not going to stop until you step out in front of them.  And you can't hesitate, or they will get mad and honk at you. This game is made more fun, by the fact that our street is fairly steep.  So the cars going downhill are moving along pretty quickly, and the cars going uphill are hitting the gas trying to make it up.  I'm pretty brave stepping out in front of an uphill car, but real selective on the downhill cars.
   The second method is used at major intersections.  These all have tunnels going under them.  The cool thing is when you get to the bottom of the steps, there is an entire shopping area hidden down there.  Bakery shops, tourist junk, flower shops, etc.  Not just a few, but multiple hallways of shops.  You have to pay attention to which direction you head in, because often there are three or four different stairways that come out on different corners of the intersection.  Twice when we went below ground, we discovered entire high-end malls.  These were full-blown major retailers, and even food courts like in the US.  There was even a McDonolds in the food court.