Ukraine - 100 Days and Nights

The Street Art of Kyiv, Ukraine

Vito ValentinettiNovember 8, 2018

I'm heading back to the United States, but managed to work in my return flight from the capital of Ukraine. With only 48 hours and darkening skies, I only managed to see a few spots around Kviv including some incredible street art. Flock ...

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I Slept…On A Ukrainian Sleeper Train

Vito ValentinettiNovember 5, 2018

I went to Ukraine this summer for my first time to report in from the Zaxidfest Music Festival, and I liked the country so much that I went back for six weeks. During that time, I traveled a bunch around the Carpathian Mountains, Lviv, small villages...

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I Hiked: Mount Plai in the Fall (Volovets, Ukraine)

Vito ValentinettiOctober 18, 2018

Fall is in full swing and I’m nearing the end of my Ukraine adventure. For my final weekend of hiking, I swing down to the very tiny village of Volovets for one final hike. It’s an absolutely stunner of a day and there’s no plan other than to get to ...

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I Stop Traveling, Try Working For A Change: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Vito ValentinettiOctober 16, 2018

My Life in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Most travelers might be bored in Ivano-Frankvisk, even the people from Lviv gave me a patronizing "I'm sorry" grimace when I told them I stayed there for a week, but I found the quiet city relaxing. I'm a fan of t...

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Rainy Monday Mornings in Stryi, Ukraine

Vito ValentinettiOctober 9, 2018

After an 18 kilometer hike across Skole National Park and a soft drizzle tapping on my window that morning, I spent the day exploring the nearby city of Stryi. There's not much here to recommend working it into an itinerary, but on the other hand I h...

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I Hiked: The Mellow Ridges of Skolivski Beskydy (Skole, Ukraine)

Vito ValentinettiOctober 8, 2018

Most of my hiking inspiration comes from Google Images. I'll see a photo like the one below with a couple of hikers trekking across a mellow ridge, and think "this looks like a beautiful hike where you most likely won't snap your ankle in sliding roc...

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The Scene: Downing Some Pints @ The Craft Beer and Vinyl Festival 2018

Vito ValentinettiOctober 3, 2018

I'm already a big fan of Lviv, the hipster haven of Western Ukraine, so when I heard about the Craft Beer and Vinyl Festival serving up pints at the end of September, I came out of my Carpathian exile and back to the bright lights and big city. ...

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I Hiked: Malyy Gorgan and Synak Peaks (Polianytsia, Ukraine)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 24, 2018

I grew up in a ski town, lived across the Rocky Mountains in six different ski areas, and spent two winters bumming around with a snowboard and a camera, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that ski resorts feel like home. After enjoying dyed green be...

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I Hiked: Makovystia Mountain and the Dovbush Rocks (Yaremche, Ukraine)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 22, 2018

Adventure Monday is on! I'm in the tiny tourist town of Yaremche in Ukraine, one of the entry points into the Carpathian Mountains, and am ready to do some hiking. I'm so pumped that I wake up at seven-thirty in the morning. This is not typical for m...

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