"Fuck Santana." - Rodion
Rodion Roșca ushers us into the narrow hallway of his basement apartment. He explains that we can't sit in the living room and I can s...
One of the trends in Eastern Europe is to convert old Soviet buildings into hip hostels (a few years ago I even stayed in a former prison) which is how I ended ...
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 manag...
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. ...
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...
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 "t...
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 hiki...
I'm a big fan of slow travel, and now that the 100 Nights of Summer whirlwind is over for the year, I'm free to backtrack to cities that caught my attention and...
More than 25 years have passed since Lithuania booted out Russian forces, but that same independent and rebellious spirit can still be found all over the capita...
