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Kolomiya
Left at 9.30am this morning for a hike in the mountains. Hiking in the ukraine involves sliding through mud, slipping down hills, scrambling through grass as tall as me (granted, not that tall) and trying not to fall in rivers. However we were rewarded with a spectacular view, and also had beautiful cheese made by a farmer who lives in ...
Kolomiya
After quite a warm night on the train, arrived in Kolomiya, a small town up in the mountains. Spent the day wandering around town in the rain, including a visit to an Easter egg museum, before heading back to our accommodation which is a gorgeous bed and breakfast on the edge of town. We had a cooking class (yes I know, me - cook?) where we learnt to make vareneki - little dumplings - in this case filled with mashed potatoes. Luckily they turned out ok because we had them for dinner ...
High in the hills...
... a mini-van to take the whole group to our destination in Kolomiya, a small city on the edge of the Carpathian mountains.
The city itself is pleasant enough. For many years the region fell under the reaches of the Austro-Hungarian empire and much of the architecture has been thus influenced by Austrian and Polish architecture. We visited two museums - one which I declined to enter ("does it have stuff on headless mannequins or behind glass cases?" I asked. "I'll ...
2 Pearls of the Hutsul region
... takes us through the Museum of Hutsulshchyna (a collection of more than 22 thousand works of wood, metal and leather, yarn and embroidery) also on the way we enter the serene and very beautiful Church of Saint Mary to take a look and are very glad we did - this is a very interesting church decorated in the local colourful style.
On the way back I popped into the Museum of Pysanka – the only museum of Easter eggs in the world - where ...
Ukraine is really worth visiting... for women xDDD
... down to earth. Much different than American women, I should know, my wife is from Ukraine. Enjoy this great place and do your homework to make your stay enjoyable.
AS for me, I would not recommend Poltava for visiting. There are places much better))). Actually I've never been to Western Ukraine mountain villages... I guess I need to. And I will go. My mom went to one ...
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