Chernobyl – a tour of the exclusion zone
So after more than 1 – 1/2 years of living in Ukraine, I finally got round to visiting Chernobyl. I’d been wanting to do this for a while but never seemed to find the...
Tony Goes Global
Winter in Odessa
As I write this the weather has taken a change for the better. It’s about 4deg today, which is positively tropical considering what it has been like. Where I come from in England, the...
Teaching English
If somebody had told me a year ago that today I would be teaching English in a foreign country, I would have laughed in their face. A year ago I was trying to write...
Krakow – Poland
A belated post about my time in Krakow. Travelling from Lviv to Krakow was my first time using Blablacar. I was a bit skeptical about it but the ride couldn’t have gone smoother and...
Lviv – Ukraine
Lviv was very different to Odessa and Kiev. In fact it didn’t even feel like I was still in Ukraine. The city had a very European feel and was relaxed and friendly. Most people...
Kiev – Ukraine
A little delayed but here’s a post about my time in Kiev before Christmas. I had 2 choices to get from Odessa to Kiev, train or bus. I chose the latter and was about...
Odessa – Ukraine
I wasn’t really intending to go to Ukraine. Partly because of the political climate and partly because I wasn’t sure if it would be safe for a Brit. Well I’m very glad I did...
Transylvania – Romania
Brasov My journey to Transylvania was pretty painless apart from getting ripped off by a taxi driver in Bucharest, they are such dishonest people! The trains in this part of the world are so...
Bucharest, Romania
I’ve been a bit lapse with the blog lately whilst I work on other things. I’m currently in Ukraine but over the past few weeks I visited Romania, Moldova and Transnistria. Arrival I travelled...
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