by Conor Clyne | Apr 30, 2015 | English, Travel
Odessa – Tourist Attractions GUEST POST FOR LANGUAGE TSAR ODESSA: Population – 1,000,000 people 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...
by Conor Clyne | Aug 15, 2014 | English, Travel
“Tourist”: a word that has many connotations: “a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels” or “a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour”.** As I travel, I do so in contrast to tourism and would instead...
by Conor Clyne | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Travel
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 | English, Travel
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 | English, Travel
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 USSR before the capital was moved to...