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Old Beach House

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:18:30 GMT

Warm picture shot by my Marie during our spring trip to Crimea, Ukraine. - 1 reply

On a road to Karpathy - Day 2

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:15:12 GMT

First day is here. Next morning we wake up with goose voices. Village population - gooses, cows, and a few of village people - looked on travelers with interest. Village people do wake up early. Well, short breakfast - and we are on a road to Kamianets-Podilskyi, famous for its medieval fortress. Interesting roof construction there - people used masonry works to create tower spikes. Take a look at who we spotted right inside the city line.

Kamenets-Podilskyi is a very nice city. Interesting architecture, friendly people. Notable buildings among fortress are Catholic church, bridge thru Smotrych river, and City Tower. You can get a meal for US$6 - $10.

Or next stop is near Khotyn for another medieval fortress.

Interesting ornament pattern on that fortress wall. Inside the fortress yard, you will see a big hole in the ground with BIG wheel for taking up the water. Fortress stays on Dnister river which flows from here up to Black Sea near Odessa. Nice hills near Dnister bank. We met a lot of tourists from near Poland here. Time to go! Our next stop is Chernivtsi where we plan to set up a camp and stay on a wild park inside the city. To be continued...

Traveling Karpathian Mountains and beyond

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:42:44 GMT

Seami asks about traveling Ukraine. Well. How to tell about a whole country in one post? I'm asking for help. Hey Ukraine travelers, tell us a bit about places you like! Here is my story about our last travel to Karpathian mountains. Going to Karpathy, get a car and Ukrainian-speaking friend. Take a detailed map. The trip would be great. We started from Odessa. 300 km north by E95 and we turn west near Uman, on a path to Kamianets-Podilskyi. Short of Vinnitsa there will be Nemiroff town, famous for its Horilka (russian Vodka) factory. Short after Khmelnytskyi we turned right and stopped for a night near some village. Initial plan was to set up a camp tent but hey, it was midnight! We decided to nap in a car. Well, over 540 km is done. Interesting to note how, speaking with people on a road while we move west, people start to use Ukrainian more and more. Odessa - our starting point - speaks Russian. Day 2

Why People Love Ukrainian Food

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:19:55 GMT

Browsing what people are saying about Ukraine I found them to be big fans of tasty food here. Why the food is so good here? Because it's natural! We use a lot of shmetana and other fresh, natural and tasty things. Ever tried hot Borsch with Shmetana, cold Kvas or smoked fish with beer??? - 1 reply