Goloseevskiy Hotel
Check rates and availability for this hotel
Find the best prices for Goloseevskiy Hotel from our 2 partners. Show all partners
Travel Blogs from Kiev
Another Lonely Day in Chernobyl
... was not for him. They spend their days feeding their animals which includes a few pigs, 3 cats named Vaskia and a handful of chooks... There's probably a cow out the back too. They prepare their food, clean and potter around. There are 5 other elderly resettlers living in their area but apparently Ivan and Maria are the most welcoming to visitors. As soon as you enter their gate, it's evident... Even in another language it's clear that Ivan is a real character. A ...
Welcome to Kiev! The Modern City
... free advertising, so they gave him all the materials for no charge. Additionally, it sits on a hill- in fact, from one side it appears to have only three floors, but as you walk around the hill you see that it actually has six. Because of the uneven foundation, the land was undesirable for construction, so he got it for free. With such low overhead, he had great artistic freedom. It's crazy looking! Covered with all kinds of animals, real and imaginary. He was hunter, ...
No plans, no problems
... his sarcasm took a bit of getting used to (how many foreigners do you know that use excessive sarcasm when speaking in their second or third language?), but he was more helpful than any other hostel owner or employee I've met. My Canadian friend and I headed down to Kiev's Fan Zone for a while, and the buzz was like nothing else. Here was a city that was truly excited to host such an important football match, and they had done a great job to get the fans in the same mindset. ...
A walk and arrivl
Well the Ukraine is a different place. The arrival, the airport is very different, to any I have seen. The runway must have been laid by the Cezch Govt because I am sure it was cobblestones landing was brilliant drive to the small terminal was rough.
Customs took 45mins I was last of course. The line for those with visa's was joined ...
Goodbye Kiev
... Lufthansa attendant checks my passport twice then looks up at me for what felt like 10 seconds before asking, "You are going to Tashkent?"
"Yes" I promptly reply
"Are you sure you want to go to Tashkent?"
After a brief pause I reply, ".....please don't say that...."
"Ooooookay"
And with that I was handed my boarding pass and began the harrowing hour and a half of boarder ...