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Europe » Ukraine » Kiev August 29th 2017

Z ubytka vypadnutie nieco po 9/00. Na ranajky zastavka na anglicke ranajky v puzatej hate. Opat klasika, zobratie tacky,ukazanie na jedlo a zaplatenie pri pokladny, sadnutie za stol a tlacenie jedla do brucha. Metro totalne narvane, vypadavam na najhlbsej stanici arsenalna a smer monument Matka. Vonku tak ako vcera silny studeny vietor ale aspon slnko sviety, teda aspon chvilu, neskor sa riadne zatahuje. Okolo pamatniku k hladomoru, pri ktorom sa nachadzaju aj free wc, sa postupne dopracovavam k mega velkej soche Matky. Po okoli je rozsiata rozna bojova technika, do vonkajsieho muzea nejdem, prakticky je vidiet vsetko z poza plota. V plane bol vystup aj na matku ale zrejme kvoli silnemu vetru sa vyhliadky nekonali. Prvy krat zapinam surfroam , fici ale strasne, strasne pomalicky. To mi ale staci na kontrolu whatsup, ktory som si musel ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev » Maidan Nezalezhnosti August 28th 2017

Z postele som sa vykopal okolo 8/30 a smer metro zastavka livoberezhnakde tu ma ma vyzdvihnut moj kontakt. Do stretka mi ostava este neaka polhodinka, tak prechadzka po miestnom mini trhu. Nic specialne, zelenina, cacky macky. Sedim si pred mcdonaldom, zrazu sa tam mota baba s telefonom v ruke, pokukuje po okoli, tak reku to je ta na ktoru cakam. Ups veru neni, po chvili prichadza uz spravna baba. Nastup na metro a smer stanica Kontraktova Ploscha , kde zacina moja tour. Este pred tym ale zastavka na jednej zastavke metra a prechod cez mega dlhy koridor co spaja M1 a M2. V kyjeve je metro osadene oproti inym europskym mestam dost hlbko, dovod je jasny, priprava na vojnu. Metro ma sluzit ako podzemne mestecko. Stanica arsenalna je v hlbke az okolo 105m. Nuz po opusteny ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Kyiv » Livoberezhna August 27th 2017

Rano este totalne rozbity po 5,5hod ceste z Radosti pri Plzni, kde mal fanklub ac milano zraz uz od piatku. Domov som dorazil nieco po polnoci v nedelu a hned ranny budicek smer vlak do tt. Veci na dva tyzdne som dokazal natlacit do fakt maleho batohu, bo vacsi mi volako smrdel, po navrate ho musim dat uz konecne oprat. Hadam vydrzi. Navysenie kreditu na platobnu kartu od revolut na 200€, online kupa listka na vlak zo serede do trnavy a hajde smer nove dobrodruzstva. Vo vlaku som sa pri kontrole listka v mobile preukazal pasom, ziadny problem. Po opusteny vozna, rychli presun na bus. Z tt isiel priamy bus na letisko, sice na letisku budem uz 3,5 hod pred odletom ale pohoda. Cesta bez problemov. Letisko znackujem antislovan nalepkou, odlovujem jednu kesku, nakup neakeho toho ... read more

Europe » Ukraine » Odessa August 25th 2017

Perhaps I've lived a sheltered life, as I can honestly say I've never experienced anywhere like Odessa. It's important to stress I'm not being negative about Ukraine, as travel adventures drive personal growth. After all, it's travel that reminds us we're inextricably linked by a shared existence on this wonderful planet, and the unique cultures and interactions are to be treasured. To be honest I'm amazed to be even posting from Odessa, as the beautiful city wasn't part of my itinerary during the planning stages for this trip. However, after spending a long period in the big Eastern European capitals of Moscow and Kiev, I was craving the opportunity to get to the coast and have a swim in the ocean. So a quick shout out to Lviv, despite all I've heard from other travellers about ... read more
Hotel de Paris
Lovely restaurant
Restaurant in the park

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev August 18th 2017

Finally I have the opportunity to visit Ukraine, an exotic and fascinating destination for an Australian traveller. And judging by the incredulity of the friendly locals, the great southern land is just as exotic and fascinating to Ukrainians. It seems we have a budding mutual admiration society about to spring up! Obviously the country has been in the news for all the wrong reasons following the ousting of the Russia friendly former President in the 2014 revolution, and the subsequent three year conflict with Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. But the conflict seems to be from a distant land when visiting Kiev, and travellers are sure to get a friendly welcome in the beautiful and historic capital city. Kiev has a population of three million people, and this centre of culture and history has always been ... read more
Lavra belltower
Lavra monastery
Motherland statue

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev » Chernobyl July 25th 2017

Aangezien Kiev slechts op 100 km van Tsjernobyl ligt (Chernobyl voor de niet-Nederlandstaligen), was de verleiding erg groot om daar eens een kijkje te nemen. Probleem 1 is dat we niet graag dingen op voorhand vastleggen en dit natuurlijk minstens een week op voorhand geboekt had moeten worden. Probleem 2 is de minimumleeftijd van 18 jaar. Het eerste probleem kon mits extra geld opgelost worden bij een bereidwillige tour operator en voor probleem 2 kon ik op Yves rekenen. Terwijl hij een dagje met de kinderen naar het strand ging, kon ik de radioactiviteit gaan meten in het niemandsland rond Chernobyl. Aangezien het hele gebied in een straal van 30km rond de reactor al 31 jaar onbewoond is, werd het grotendeels overgenomen door de natuur. Dat desolate heeft natuurlijk iets magisch… Op onze laatste dag in ... read more
Boottochtje
De natuur neemt het over
Statue of Lenin

Europe » Ukraine » Kiev July 22nd 2017

Een reisblog, het lijkt een eeuwigheid geleden... Nu de kinderen wat groter zijn, geven we het nog eens een kans, in een lightversie weliswaar. Het vertrek vanuit Düsseldorf was niet meteen een succes te noemen: een waanzinnig lange rij aan de check-in die tergend langzaam vooruit ging, maar dat was nog niks vergeleken met de beproeving die de veiligheidscheck bleek. Op het allerlaatste nippertje haalden we het vliegtuig, waar bleek dat ze zo vriendelijk waren om te wachten op degenen die de helse calvarietocht door de luchthaven van Düsseldorf net iets minder snel voltooid hadden gekregen dan wij. Met een vertraging van 50 minuten baande het vliegtuig zich een een weg naar de startbaan, terwijl de laatkomers probeerden hun evenwicht te bewaren en hun plaats te vinden in het taxiënde vliegtuig. Niet voor herhaling vatbaar... In ... read more
Onderweg naar Düsseldorf
Wachten op de check-in
We hebben het gehaald!

Europe » Ukraine » Lviv February 9th 2017

As with any lower profile nation of this world, you might readily assume that the nation's capital city is the final word in the cultural statement of the country in question, and in the case of the Ukraine, I was in search of evidence to prove this statement of fact wrong. So, after a fulfilling stint on the ski slopes in Bukovel, the next port of call was the compact city of Ivano Frankivsk, which is only about two hours (maximum) bus journey from the ski resort. The city being the size it is, hotel location is not really of paramount importance but given the reasonable hotel prices, it is probably wise to look for a centrally-located hotel, and in this case it happened to be the hotel Franz, a tidy-looking property at a bargain basement ... read more
Concert hall (Bukovel; Ukraine)
The circus (Bukovel; Ukraine)
Cathedral (Bukovel; Ukraine)

Europe » Ukraine » Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast January 21st 2017

Breaking new ground on the blogging front has just occurred, as for the first time ever this blog entry is the result of a spoken word email which has been interpreted into text format and I have edited the results at the end to make it read like a blog entry. On a similarly pioneering front, let me usher in the charms and delights of the resort town of Bukovel, a place you're probably not already acquainted with. This place, however, is the Ukraine's premiermost ski resort and it's charms are likely to manifest themselves the more you familiarise yourself with the resort proper. Upon arrival in Bukovel, the first constatation was that the resort is slightly larger than anticipated, therefore it is a strategy I would say to try and find a hotel within sufficiently ... read more
The ski terrain (Bukovel; Ukraine)
Leisure zone (Bukovel; Ukraine)
Local hotel (Bukovel; Ukraine)

Europe » Ukraine January 12th 2017

It's New Year's Eve (eve) again! Ok, so it's tomorrow. But can anyone really have too many New Years? We still have China and most of the far east to go! So I have been learning a Ukrainian carol (link below). It may sound familiar (I hope it sounds familiar) as there is a Christmas carol in English to the same tune, but this is the original song On Ukrainian New Year's eve, carolers dress up and go from house to house acting out skits ("Vertep"), singing and following a cross carried by a bachelor wearing women's clothing around the village... in many ways it's like a pantomime... except that Malanka is the last of the Christmas season and the last opportunity for a party before lent begins. Young men often dress up in seemingly halloween ... read more
malanka




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