They say that first impressions count, and ahead of the European football championships this summer Ukraine’s female border guards have been given a glamorous makeover.
Female members of the passport control staff sat in the airport’s offices as hair dressers and make-up artists arranged their hair and make-up, and gave them beauty tips.
Glamorous border guards
Border guard press officer Maryana Markovich said:
“No wonder we are doing this master class in preparation for the Euro 2012. The experts are not only giving a present to all our girls before the 8th of March, but they are showing them how to look nice every day. So every traveller who come to the Boryspol Airport will see a beautiful Ukrainian border guard, and they will remember only the best about Ukraine,”
It’s unclear whether Ukraine’s male border guards will be given any such makeover, but passport control inspector Tetyana Vakarchuk said that she always tries to look her best for passengers coming to Ukraine.
With the tournament fast-approaching, the pressure is now on for Ukraine to show the world that its beauty is more than skin deep.
Woof!
Gerasimos
If you arrive to Ukraine by airplane, then you’ll find these nice girls and formalities will be quick. If you cross land borders by car then expect to see only some slow working babushkas who don’t know a word of English, some “sheriff-style” oversuspicious officers, some guys who blow bubblegum while stamping your passport and a lot of ridiculous reasons to get stuck there for hours and have your precious time wasted.
So who will come by airplane would really get a nice first experience, who will come by car would think seriously to turn around and never set his foot again there (but please don’t do so!)
Gerasimos
If you arrive to Ukraine by airplane, then you’ll find these nice girls and formalities will be quick. If you cross land borders by car then expect to see only some slow working babushkas who don’t know a word of English, some “sheriff-style” oversuspicious officers, some guys who blow bubblegum while stamping your passport and a lot of ridiculous reasons to get stuck there for hours and have your precious time wasted.
So who will come by airplane would really get a nice first experience, who will come by car would think seriously to turn around and never set his foot again there (but please don’t do so!)