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RE: The winter weather makes me think back to my first overseas trip

by Barry 11 December 2011

Boink, I spent most of my time in Ukraine. Perhaps where he went had different conditions. NA, I don't know for sure. However, I remember…
RE: The winter weather makes me think back to my first overseas trip

by NorthAmerican 11 December 2011

Barry, your mention of Rovno got me curious, so I looked it up. The native village of one of my grandparents is 101 kilometers south of…
The winter weather makes me think back to my first overseas trip

by Barry 11 December 2011

I was 7, and my mother had decided to take my sister (who remembers nothing as she was less than 6 months old) and me to what was then…
RE: Lviv - Kiev

by MaxT 04 December 2011

No. Such mini buses (marshrutkas) are common on many routes between cities within Ukraine, but normally they are present on shorter…
RE: Driving to Kiev

by andrewua 04 December 2011

The way Lviv - Rivne - Zhytomyr - Kiev is the best option in Ukrainian part of the route. And let me give you an advice, on your way from…
Driving to Kiev

by jonpa 04 December 2011

Hello guys! I am thinking about taking the car to the Euro championships and would appreciate some info around this from someone who…
RE: Hitler's Bunker, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

by neckervd 04 December 2011

Hitler made only 2 short visits at Werwolf in Volhynia (in 1942). Wolfsschanze was by far more important. This area is impregtnated with…
RE: Belarus Visa in Kiev.

by frantishak 06 June 2011

Padabru and Burdenkoff, there is a straight train between Kiev and Brest (every 2 days) see my post here http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thor…
RE: Driving to Przemysl

by henryk 19 July 2009

Your message is not clear. Kresy is usually short for Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands), the north-eastern territories of Poland…
RE: Soroczyno

by ig0r 02 June 2009

Google says there have been 5 villages with that name in pre-war Poland - 3 of them close to the town of Dzisna, nowadays in Belarus:…
Report hitch-hiking trip crossing Russia in 11 days only.

by bengrieu 20 May 2009

So far so good ! - After a break by CS member FISTULA we (with Sophie, french) kept hitching in the morning from Bruchsal, tankstelle…
RE: Odessa - Kiev itenary

by bmta 15 August 2008

there were some terrible floodings and storms a few weeks ago in the UKR part (som,e adjoining too) of the Karpatsky-blocking raillines,…
Do they ask for hotel reservation?

by olihenedu 12 July 2008

Hi there, I'll be in Ukraine this summer, arriving at Boryspil aprox. at 5 in the morning on the 30th july. I have nothing booked yet,…
RE: Lviv, Lutsk & Rivne.

by al_rouse 15 June 2008

I will second the recommendation of the [Kosmonaut Hostel|http://www.thekosmonaut.com/] as a good place to go. It's nothing special…
Re: sleeping costs in ukraine?

by da_murg 14 June 2008

Hi there, a month ago we stayed in a motel right besides the E 40 motorway a few kilometres before the city of Rivne. The double room…
Re: remnants of the Soviet era

by slav 08 June 2008

Museum of Revolution in a town called Shepetivka south-east of Rivne in Ukraine, with a real steam engine on a pedestal in front. When…
RE: Lviv, Lutsk & Rivne.

by bmta 24 May 2008

LVIV: stayed at the monstrous KVIV hotel, jyust across from opera, edge of centre, rooms for around 80/100 Hr then (at the then rate of…
Re: Lviv, Lutsk & Rivne.

by michaelrs2 24 May 2008

My friends have stayed at the [kosmonaut hostel|http://www.thekosmonaut.com/] in L'viv, and they say it's pretty good. L'viv is the…
RE: Lviv, Lutsk & Rivne.

by Firehazard Jack 24 May 2008

...from the basement of my memory I recall the late Ben Haines who contributed a lot to this forum once wrote of staying on a river boat…
RE: Lviv, Lutsk & Rivne.

by jman98 23 May 2008

Lviv has a hostel that in the past had good reviews here. I don't remember the name though. Please note that Ukraine is not Italy. …
Lviv, Lutsk & Rivne.

by johnmicfarrell 23 May 2008

Hi Guys, I am planning a trip for a few days to western Ukraine and was wondering if anyone had any recomendations on acco…
Re: Bolozhovka/Bolozhivka, Western Ukraine

by michaelrs2 02 April 2008

Hi NorthAmerican, You might not need this, but here's a book recommendation: A Biography of No Place by Kate Brown. It's a history of…
RE: Bolozhovka/Bolozhivka, Western Ukraine

by slav 02 April 2008

I see your point about how Bolozhivka could have been on either side of the border. It's a fact that after the Soviet occupation of Galicia…
RE: Bolozhovka/Bolozhivka, Western Ukraine

by slav 02 April 2008

I see your point about how Bolozhivka could have been on either side of the border. It's a fact that after the Soviet occupation of Galicia…
RE: Bolozhovka/Bolozhivka, Western Ukraine

by slav 01 April 2008

#3 is correct. Ternopil is the place. I was thinking of Volyn and that's why wrote Lutsk. Apologies, and thanks for noting it.