by Conor Clyne | Apr 30, 2015
Odessa – Tourist Attractions GUEST POST Odessa is a quite young and a unique city. It has absorbed a multicultural mix of people because at the city’s high point of its prosperity, it welcomed Italians, French, Greeks, Russians, Ukrainians and many others...
by Conor Clyne | Jul 22, 2014
5 reasons why I am learning Russian during a war in Ukraine Since late 2013, I have been spending a considerable amount of time in Ukraine, a country that is experiencing significant political instability. Protests against President Victor Yanukovich began in November...
by Conor Clyne | Jul 16, 2014
Last evening: Flight out of Kyiv Sitting on the modern train from Kharkiv back to Kyiv to catch our flights, we reflected on the short but epic trip through a less-beaten path tourist trail through parts of eastern and south-eastern Europe. From the bright...
by Conor Clyne | Jul 15, 2014
To Kharkiv – to the Russian border Kharkiv (population 1.4 million) is Ukraine’s second largest city and located approximately 30 kms from the border with Russia. Between 1917 and 1935, Kharkiv was the capital of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic within the...
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...
