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Europe » Ukraine » Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast September 21st 2019

In the Carpathians... Ever since arriving in Ukraine last week, I've been having bad flashbacks to my year and a half studying the grammatically diabolical Russian language. To me, Ukrainian and Russian are similar enough yet also different enough that I'm never quite sure if I should: a) attempt to communicate in Ukrainian; b) make a marginally better attempt in Russian; c) just give up and go straight to English. With b), I never know how Ukrainians will feel about being addressed in Russian so I've been hoping that I'm being perceived as a well-intentioned tourist trying to speak unintelligible Ukrainian. Currently in L'viv, beautiful city with a fascinating history. Will spend 3 days and nights here before continuing to Kyiv, Odesa, and Moldova... one frenetic week for all 3. До побачення, товариші! $US ≈ 24.5 ... read more
Souvenir Stand, Many Bottles of Nalivka
Town Hall and Market Square
Childrens Library

Europe » Ukraine » Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast September 21st 2019

In the Carpathians... Ever since arriving in Ukraine last week, I've been having bad flashbacks to my year and a half studying the grammatically diabolical Russian language. To me, Ukrainian and Russian are similar enough yet also different enough that I'm never quite sure if I should: a) attempt to communicate in Ukrainian; b) make a marginally better attempt in Russian; c) just give up and go straight to English. With b), I never know how Ukrainians will feel about being addressed in Russian so I've been hoping that I'm being perceived as a well-intentioned tourist trying to speak unintelligible Ukrainian. Currently in L'viv, beautiful city with a fascinating history. Will spend 3 days and nights here before continuing to Kyiv, Odesa, and Moldova... one frenetic week for all 3. До побачення, товариші! $US ≈ 24.5 ... read more
Souvenir Stand, Many Bottles of Nalivka
Town Hall and Market Square
Childrens Library

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 » Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast May 3rd 2010

I was going to my first international internship . I was to reach a city called Ivano frankvisk,a name that i had googled a couple f times and seen the images of.Four other Indians were to be with me on this flight but they were already in ukraine as my Visa got delayed and i had to postpone my tickets.therefore,i was alone. As i can remember it was a pleasant 8 hours of flight till Kiev,the capital city of ukraine and also my transit city where another flight to ivano had to be boarded.The stop time was 6 hours here.As i got out of the international airport after the usual checks and troubles i sat on a bench,light my cigarette which i was dying for in the plane, and looked around. The faces weren't familiar,not even ... read more




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