Travelling: Ukraine

On youtube with a music video I read a comment, several years ago, about Ukraine, that it has "the coolness of Russia, without the cold". Funny, but of course Russian-coolness pre-Crimea invasion... Summers in Ukraine are hot which I like, winters are cold with lots of snow which I like, it has cool old style buildings, some of the soviet buildings are not bad, the tile art-work on flats, bus stops, is interesting, the food is good (e.g. vareniki with cottage cheese and sour cream, or pancakes with cheese and raisins to name just 2), some Ukrainian tea brands make my favourite teas, I like various Ukrainian popular and folk music, folk costumes are cool, and more. What's not to like are for example treatment of animals and people who have money showing it off. I also don't like the ridiculously expensive restaurants in Kiev for the same reason, they are for show-offs.

Pictures to be added ca. 28-29 December 2016 of trips 3-6.

• Ukraine (2012, August): Sumy, Kiev.
• Ukraine (2013, April-June): Kiev, Kremenchuk, Kharkov, Dnjepropetrovsk, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Alupka, Cape Fiolent, Uman (2013). (pictures made with Sony RX100)
  I also give here information on Ukrainian and Russian pop music, some classic soviet films, and books on Ukraine.
• Ukraine (2014, September-October): Odessa, (to occupied Crimea), Simferopol, Yalta, Park Foros, (leaving occupied Crimea), Kremenchuk, Sumy, Cherkassy, Kiev. (pictures made with Sony RX100)
• Ukraine (2015, September-October): Odessa, Nikolayev, Kherson, Poltava, Sumy. (pictures made with Sony RX100)
• Ukraine (2016, May-July): Kiev, Zhitomir, Berdichiv (day trip from Zhitomir), Vinnitsya, Khmelnitsky, Ternopol, Pochaev & Old Pochaev (day trip from Ternopil), Lvov, Kharkov, Zaporozhzha, Kremenchuk. (pictures made with Sony RX100)
• Ukraine (2016, September-October): Kharkov, Chuguiv, Sharivka (castle/park), Zaporizhya, Vasilivka, Berdyansk, Mariupol, Poltava, Mirgorod, Sumy, Kharkov.. (pictures made with Sony RX100)
• Ukraine (2017, September-October): Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk, Novograd-Volynsky, Korosten, Zhitomir, Denishi, Andrushivka, Zaporizhya, Nikopol, Kiev. (pictures made with Sony RX100)

Information on Ukraine:

• See trip report 2 from 2013 for information on Ukrainian and Russian pop music, some classic soviet films, and books on Ukraine. I will probably put that on a separate page and add more about culture, food.
• See trip report 8 from 2017 for prices and cost of living in UA in 2017
• Analysis: Ukraine, the situation from late 2013 up to July 2014.
• What I like and dislike about Ukraine.

Last modified: CEST 2016-12-26