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
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The most eerie, impressive and moving abandoned places to explore in Europe (where we’ve been so far!)
We love exploring abandoned places, call us strange, but there is nothing quite like the eerie atmosphere of discovering a forgotten or over looked area of a city. Creeping behind the everyday, off the beaten track and into a lost world, a time capsule of a bygone era. A museum that you can interact with,
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
Portraits of Eastern Europe: Travelling around this fascinating region and taking in local life.
Whilst backpacking around Eastern Europe we well and truly fell in love with the region. We already had quite a high opinion of this often misunderstood area but travelling long term allowed us to get so much more under the surface of it and interact on a much more intense level. Of course, we were
Month 4 of Backpacking around Eastern Europe: A change of pace and surroundings!
So here we are, month 4 of our Eastern Europe backpacking adventure! There has been a slight delay in writing this as we have been back home for the past month, seeing all our freinds and family, sorting our visas, vaccinations and flights for our next leg and that dreaded thing call work! In some
Travel lessons: Reflections on visiting Ukraine
Travel teaches us many things, it opens our minds and ultimately changes us for the better. For many people I know the one major reason they don’t travel so much or why they only travel using tours is fear! They let this irrational fear of different places rules their lives and cloud their judgement. We
10 Reasons to visit Eastern Europe
We have been visiting Eastern Europe a lot recently and have absolutely fallen in love with the region. It seems to offer so much for so less, it’s one of the cheapest areas to visit and yet it’s jam packed full of culture, history and breathtaking architecture along with a much more authentic and down
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
