Written by dangaroo on January 13, 2009
- Chernivtsi is a city of around 240,000 in South Western Ukraine about 650km south of Kiev, I paid it a visit during a trip in Ukraine about 2 years ago. In retrospect the 1 day...
Written by dangaroo on January 13, 2009
- Lviv is more than worth visiting, just 70km's from the Polish border (which can normally be crossed much faster than the average waiting time of 4 hours if you just drive down the side of...
Written by dinkime on June 16, 2006
- We started the planning for our trip (for summer 2005) in the late summer/early fall of 2004. We secured our funding in November 2004 and started the mounds of paperwork as soon as possible following...
Written by Chrystyna on August 25, 2000
- We did a little circle tour from one end of the room to the next as she pointed out the various icons and rushnyky. Most were stitched in red and black threads -- traditional to...
Written by Chrystyna on August 25, 2000
- 'Three,' I cried. 'I can't possibly take three.'
She continued smiling, pressing me. 'Take one for your grandmother, one for your mother and one for yourself to give to your daughter.' (She seemed so sure I...
Written by Chrystyna on August 25, 2000
- On the way to Federenkos' home in Chernihiv, I reminded myself that it would probably be a slow process to re-establish any sort of regular church practice after having Atheism forced down Ukrainian throats for...
Written by Chrystyna on August 25, 2000
- 'Could you live here in Ukraine?' Mrs. Stosia asked.
It was a question all of my previous hosts posed. Perhaps they believed that with the fall of Communism they could court new blood back into the...
Written by Amanda on September 22, 2000
- This was a nightmare of a journey. We came to Lvov from Premysl, a town in the east of Poland. The journey by bus isn't supposed to take long, according to the distance...
Written by SvetaB on October 29, 2007
- Perhaps I'm partial, but Odessa is simply beautiful. Discovered by the Greeks, founded by the French, and for years an independent port, the city is busting with cultures from around the world. Although, the...
Written by fizzytom on November 7, 2006
- If you think "Been there done it" when it comes to chairlifts air cable cars, think again! This contraption in Yalta terrorized me before I went up and had me wanting to go back when...
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