The Basics Country: Ukraine Where is it: Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia. Why do people go here: One of the largest countries in the former USSR, Ukraine is more heavily visited than others due to its proximity to Western Europe, but its old-world Soviet-era lifestyle is [...]
It's OK to Travel with a Bathrobe: Carmen Arufe has been hired by a captain of a yacht and will be taking to the open sea from Europe to the Caribbean and ...
Updated: September 8, 2001 Carpathia, Ukraine The past six days have represented a serious departure from my activities up to this point. Well before dawn (3am!) on the morning of September 2nd, Paul and I awoke and grabbed a taxi to the Lviv train station. Our destination was Ivano-Frankivsk, where we would meet our guide, [...]
Updated: September 6, 2001 Lviv, Ukraine Every time I sit down to write about my experiences here, whether for this site or just to friends, it feels like two weeks have elapsed. Only once I start cataloguing everything that's actually happened in my mind do I realize that it's been a matter of a few [...]
August 26, 2001 Kyiv, Ukraine I spend a lot of time planning my travel. I love to pore over Lonely Planet guides as if they were the bible and I a devout acolyte. I surf the internet, monitor message boards, talk to my friends, and do virtually everything in human power to prepare for my [...]
It's OK to Travel with a Bathrobe: Carmen Arufe has been hired by a captain of 