For years now visiting Chernobyl and the post apocalyptic abandoned soviet town of Pripyat had been a dream. There is something eerily alluring about the idea of a town trapped in time, as the world has moved on this time capsule of the soviet era has been slowly crumbing. Twisting this once idealistic Utopian dream
Ukraine
A guide to Kiev, the effortlessly cool Ukrainian capital that showed us a different side to this country!
Back in 2014 we made a crazy journey over from Poland into the at war Ukraine. Unsure what we might find we discovered a beautiful harsh country with vast contrasts between the emerging modern state and the weight of the soviet past. We vowed to return and to head to Kiev, the capital city everyone
A day in LVIV, What’s it really like in UKRAINE.
Whilst in Krakow, Poland we took the chance to cross the border over into Ukraine and to the beautiful city of LVIV. This was a unique opportunity to see a country very much at the forefront of current events and to see somewhat of the truth behind the veil of the media, it was quite
Crossing the border from Poland to Ukraine (at gunpoint, at 4am), How to get from Krakow to Lviv!
When ever we visit somewhere we like to always look at the possibilities for wider exploration if the time allows. We had 7 days in Krakow and felt this gave us plenty of time to see Krakow, including Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt (blog post on all these coming soon!). After pondering over the map for