Heading back in time to the Cembalo Fortress atop Balaklava’s hills
It is not hard to see why the port town of Balaklava has seen residents dating back thousands of years. The harbor is well protected...
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Checking in: Best Western Sevastopol really is best
In some ways it is hard to believe that a simply finished room with nothing particularly fancy to be seen is the best. Usually it...
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Inside the super secret Soviet submarine base at Balaclava
The city of Balaclava doesn’t exist. At least it didn’t for a few decades during the Cold War. That likely came as quite a surprise...
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Rolling through the Ukrainian countryside
Need to get between cities in Ukraine? There are a few different ways to make it happen, but the most popular – by far –...
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Exploring Soviet naval history in Ukraine
It turns out that ties to the old Soviet motherland still run strong in parts of Ukraine. Most notable, perhaps, is Sevastopol, a port city...
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Taking a ride on the Kiev Metro
I’m a big fan of mass transit systems in general. They provide a much more intimate connection with the local population when traveling and they’re...
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In flight: Taking a WizzAir flight in Ukraine
My initial itinerary for the Ukraine trip didn’t include any domestic flights. We were going to focus on train travel instead. And while the trains...
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Around town in Odessa, Ukraine
Odessa is mostly known as a beach town. Not necessarily because the beaches are great (I wasn’t all that impressed) but that is mostly what...
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And then I ran in to a “powwow” in Sevastopol
So one of the great things about being in a country where you don’t understand the language and cannot figure anything out is that, well,...
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Beaching it up in Odessa, Ukraine
With a reputation as the go-to beach destination for so many years in the Soviet Union it isn’t surprising to me that during the summer...