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 | May 20, 2014
How even after learning 10 languages I can still face the same challenges traveling as a monolingual! I recently flew to eastern Hungary planning to spend the night in Debrecen before going to visit the Transcarpathian region in western Ukraine. While I normally...
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...
by Conor Clyne | Aug 29, 2013
Travel to Transnistria, Moldova: what is it really like to cross the border? Transnistria is a de facto independent territory within Moldova that is not internationally legally recognized. It declared independence from Moldova in 1990 and after a limited military...