The Country that seems to be on the path to awesomeness
**Please note I was here before the current problems broke out in 2014 between Russia
For more on Ukraine, see the Album about Trip to Chernobyl
What can I say about Ukraine….I was really impressed with this country as I stayed there for a bit with my friends Steve and Lucian. I was impressed with how beautiful Kiev was which seems to be a common theme in ex Soviet countries.
Our first stop was Kiev in which me and Steve (and later Lucian), stayed with my friends Denice and Larry whom I knew from Venezuela. They opened up their house to us which was awesome and even book a trip for us to go to Chernobyl (see the link above)
I really liked the city of Kiev which I mentioned. Walking around there reminded me of a western European city in which it was clean and a lot of monuments everywhere. We saw so many Orthodox Churches that i was pretty much churched out!!!! I was also fond of the fact they still kept their Soviet era monuments up as a reminder of their past. I had a chance to meet up with a guy named Artem who I met from a couch surfing friend, and he took us out for a wild night on the town (hated life the next morning). We also got a chance to go to a unique outdoor park in which all the weight machines were built out of old pieces of steel (talk about recycling). Thanks Larry and Denice for a delightful stay…
We then took a flight down to Odessa where we pretty much just chilled out and walked around the city. We frequented a restaurant bar about five times which was right across the street from our shitty accommodation. They had an interesting theme there with old books and an interesting looking menu!!!! I wish I knew the name of it. We didn’t any nightlife and just stuck to checking out the sites and hanging out at restaurants and bars during the day. We did a lot of walking day tours to learn about the history of this strategic city. Our fun experience came on our train ride to Transnistria which was an old Soviet style wooden box car with wooden benches (and no AC)