Cheremosh Hotel Chernivtsi

... You`d have to pay then 10$, otherwise you won`t get through. I could tell what sort of a deal have the vans drivers with the guards. "How many people have you got there? 11?" "Naah, 7..." "9?" "Naaaah, 8..." Fine, lets say you`ve got 8. Do they have more than 1 wagon of cigarettes per person?" "No, we don`t" (that actually was truth). He`d let us go through. 2 hours later on we were in Suceava, Romania...

... top, now there is a huge gold statue. We tried to get inside, but there was a wedding outside, and we were not allowed in, so we went back to the station and grabbed a bus to Chernivtsi Chernivtsi As were coming into town, there was a load more of EBA, so we made the decision to get a train ASAP. At the train office, the girl there told us that one was leaving at 20:30. It sounded like the go, so we bought the tickets. We did take a walk around town, and ...

... castle at Soroca in Moldova, Khotyn fortress was first built by the Moldavians (under Alexandru cel Bun) and then refortified by Stefan cel Mare. Its history saw it occupied by a series of different powers, rather predictably given its location. First Moldavian, then Polish/Lithuanian, then Moldavian again, then once more the Poles took it, then the Turks, and then later still the Russians. The Tsarist Empire controlled it until the end of World War ...

... was preserved just as it was before World War II struck. Romanian nationalists might disagree, but it's a good thing that it was snapped up by the USSR, because certainly Ceauşescu wouldn't have been so kind to its urban landscape. Its particularly interesting to consider that despite the city constituting one of the best-retained, large Austro-Hungarian town centers in Eastern Europe, very few people seem to recognize it. Most Ukraine-bound tourism makes a beeline for ...

... and I needed a new room, now! Somebody's palace was turned into the university here, a rather well-known and special-looking one, in an otherwise very unattractive city. I managed to sneak in and fish around the university for a few pictures of the impressive interior.

... kids hair. He needs to be around normally developed individuals and could lead such a wonderful life. This is all he knows, and quite honestly, probably all he will ever know. ...being from a small village and being raped by your cousin. Having a mentally challenged child as a result, but your family or friends don't believe it. They toss you out. Natasha moved to the city, leaving her child behind with her parents. Her ...

... to them. We will work with more disabled starting tomorrow. This is the whole reason for this trip, so I am very anxious to start working with individuals and having those souls touch my life in a special way. All the rest of the travel has simply been a bonus. I appreciate those who have wanted to share in this. The previous stuff I shared just for entertainment, but I hope I can share the work we ...

My final country will be Ukraine. I will fly from Dushanbe to Kiev, where I will meet my friends and colleauges. We will then board a train for the nice 15 hour ride to Chernivtsi. We will then return to Kiev for one full weekend before boarding the plane home.

The fortress of Hotin is build on the edge of high precipice on the river Dnestr. This fortress is looking more powerful and inaccessible then in Kamenets-Podolsky. In the yard of fortress there are guillotine:). The way to firtress is very interesting and beautiful: paved road over hills and some destroyed line of defend.

... minute walk to the Monastery should have ended any doubts I would return on time... Any-the-ways...after stepping back in time for the evening and feeling medieval (indeed, this part of Romania is more medieval than modern)...I enjoyed the monastery's painted sides (known as "The Sistine Chapel of the East"--Voronet Monastery has frescoes painted on the OUTSIDE)...enjoyed a cup of fresh Blackberries...took pictures of horse-drawn carts...pics of the green green hills...and ...