by nickw | Oct 24, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Esztergom is a beautiful city in northern Hungary, thirty miles north-west of the capital Budapest. Lying on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia, Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the tenth until the mid-thirteenth century...
by nickw | Oct 23, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Bradshaw in paradise; a day of great rail journeys. We chugged away overnight, arriving in Uzhhorod on time at 07:54 hrs. I went to the ticket office to obtain a ticket for the short ride to Chop, the Ukrainian border town; the train was scheduled for 08:28 hrs which...
by nickw | Oct 22, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Time to pack and to contemplate the long road home; the return journey is always more tortuous as sufficient time must be allowed to ensure train connections; five changes in total; I was imagining a journey of such complexity back home. First breakfast, a variation...
by nickw | Oct 21, 2023 | Ukrainefest
And so, the end is nigh … my work is for this trip is done. We had a leisurely morning talking about life in Kyiv and reflecting upon the ten days that had gone before; I felt much had been achieved. We had kept the promise I had made to Valeriy in June; we...
by nickw | Oct 20, 2023 | Ukrainefest
Ditto Thursday 19 October … in the beginning anyway. I retraced my steps to ‘The Old Building, Floor 3’. Valeriy had already told me that he would likely be in another city and that Oleksandr and Ruslana would accompany me to Nova Poshta. I pressed the entry buzzer...
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