by Conor Clyne | Jul 13, 2014
To Kyiv – Aftermath of the Euromaidan revolution Vinnytsia is about a 3-hour train ride from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. We arrived in Kyiv soon after the uprising that led to the former president, Viktor Yanukovich, fleeing the country, which I had personally...
by Conor Clyne | Jul 11, 2014
Vinnytsia: Crossing the border into western Ukraine Reaching the Ukrainian border we crossed by bridge from Moldova to Ukraine dodging the hawkers selling potatoes in the no-man’s land of the bridge. On the Ukrainian side, we were greeted by ushanka (шапка-ушанка)...
by Conor Clyne | Apr 15, 2014
How to combine travel with language learning (12-day trip to Romania, Moldova & Ukraine) I recently completed a fantastic 2-week trip to Romania, Moldova and Ukraine, which allowed me not just to combine many of the tourist attractions of these 3 European...