What city in Ukraine would you like to visit, and why?

[Brad and Vika 129]

If more than one - pick your 1st choice, then explain.

[Ana&D 0]

Odessa - one of my favourite cities in Ukraine and I would love to introduce it to my fiance

Kiev - spent a good chunk of my life there and miss almost everything about it. Thank goodness I'm taking a trip there in 2 weeks

Lviv - all those European buildings, coffee shops, history...

Novyy Svet (New World) near Sudak in Crimea - it used to be a closed area during Sovie times and thus nature preserved pretty well. Too bad they started letting tourists in. Absolutely gorgeous place!!!!

The first three are included in my tour of Ukraine when my fiance gets here next month!!!

Edited July 23, 2008 by Ana&D

[Brad and Vika 129]

Odessa - one of my favourite cities in Ukraine and I would love to introduce it to my fiance

Kiev - spent a good chunk of my life there and miss almost everything about it. Thank goodness I'm taking a trip there in 2 weeks

Lviv - all those European buildings, coffee shops, history...

Novyy Svet (New World) near Sudak in Crimea - it used to be a closed area during Sovie times and thus nature preserved pretty well. Too bad they started letting tourists in. Absolutely gorgeous place!!!!

The first three are included in my tour of Ukraine when my fiance gets here next month!!!

Never heard of that last one. Hmm.... I will have to add that to our list. Thanks

[USSR 1]

Odessa. Other than Lugansk, it's about the only city east of the Dnieper that I have never been to.

Don

[Ana&D 0]

Brad, if u plan a trip to Crimea, that place is def. worth a visit. They have a neat winery too with champagne factory you can visit with Vika!

[1HappyGuy 45]

I haven't been to Odessa or many areas on the west side of Ukraine and my wife tells me the mountain resorts are spectacular. My brother in law just moved to a small town just west of Odessa after living in Ekaterinaburg, Russia for about 14 years. Moved his whole family including his inlaws. His mother in law is in poor health and is happy to be where the air is clear.

I've been to Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Melitopol, Yalta, Simferopol by plane, bus and train but look forward to visiting the outer edges of Ukraine some time.

We were in Kyiv last summer for 3 weeks. I am sorry to say that Kyiv has gotten very crowded and traveling about is not very enjoyable. Also, costs are getting quite high and the government is trying to limit inflation this year to 16.9%. My wife said that as an example a kilo of beets use to sell for 2 hrivna and now they sell for 16 hrivna. That's a lot higher than the 16.9% the government is trying to set.

[USSR 1]

...costs are getting quite high and the government is trying to limit inflation this year to 16.9%. My wife said that as an example a kilo of beets use to sell for 2 hrivna and now they sell for 16 hrivna. That's a lot higher than the 16.9% the government is trying to set.

Yeah, the actual inflation rate is 30%. Yikes!

Don

[Brad and Vika 129]

Brad, if u plan a trip to Crimea, that place is def. worth a visit. They have a neat winery too with champagne factory you can visit with Vika!

Vika says she has never been there, although she has been to Crimea before with family. She wanted to go to Crimea with me this year, but I was pulling for Turkey. As it turns out I will only have a week in October any way, and her family has laid claim to most of that time. We hope the interview will be in January or February, and were going on a trip then as plan B, but she surprised me with the idea that we spend a couple of weeks in Kiev instead and she will come straight home with me. A much better idea!

Edited July 23, 2008 by Brad and Vika

[Brad and Vika 129]

I haven't been to Odessa or many areas on the west side of Ukraine and my wife tells me the mountain resorts are spectacular. My brother in law just moved to a small town just west of Odessa after living in Ekaterinaburg, Russia for about 14 years. Moved his whole family including his inlaws. His mother in law is in poor health and is happy to be where the air is clear.

I've been to Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Melitopol, Yalta, Simferopol by plane, bus and train but look forward to visiting the outer edges of Ukraine some time.

We were in Kyiv last summer for 3 weeks. I am sorry to say that Kyiv has gotten very crowded and traveling about is not very enjoyable. Also, costs are getting quite high and the government is trying to limit inflation this year to 16.9%. My wife said that as an example a kilo of beets use to sell for 2 hrivna and now they sell for 16 hrivna. That's a lot higher than the 16.9% the government is trying to set.

Try Lvov, near the Polish border. It is really pretty, and not overrun with Americans and Brits. It is the cultural center of Western Ukraine, and new brides even put flowers at monuments to poets, writers, and religious figures instead of war heroes, etc. A totally different feel than Kherson, or Disney/Odessa. I like those cities too though.

Edited July 23, 2008 by Brad and Vika

[Ree 9]

I voted for my home city

[Ana&D 0]

Brad, if u plan a trip to Crimea, that place is def. worth a visit. They have a neat winery too with champagne factory you can visit with Vika!

Vika says she has never been there, although she has been to Crimea before with family. She wanted to go to Crimea with me this year, but I was pulling for Turkey. As it turns out I will only have a week in October any way, and her family has laid claim to most of that time. We hope the interview will be in January or February, and were going on a trip then as plan B, but she surprised me with the idea that we spend a couple of weeks in Kiev instead and she will come straight home with me. A much better idea!

I love Kiev. There is so much to do there!!! OH, just a tip, be sure to visit PinchukArtCenter (if u haven't yet) it's located near Arena Center and is a modern art gallery. Amazing stuff!!! Vika is so lucky to have you hold her hand at POE

[Brad and Vika 129]

Brad, if u plan a trip to Crimea, that place is def. worth a visit. They have a neat winery too with champagne factory you can visit with Vika!

Vika says she has never been there, although she has been to Crimea before with family. She wanted to go to Crimea with me this year, but I was pulling for Turkey. As it turns out I will only have a week in October any way, and her family has laid claim to most of that time. We hope the interview will be in January or February, and were going on a trip then as plan B, but she surprised me with the idea that we spend a couple of weeks in Kiev instead and she will come straight home with me. A much better idea!

I love Kiev. There is so much to do there!!! OH, just a tip, be sure to visit PinchukArtCenter (if u haven't yet) it's located near Arena Center and is a modern art gallery. Amazing stuff!!! Vika is so lucky to have you hold her hand at POE

Thanks, anything I can do to make her a little more comfortable. Well, almost anything.

[NYGirl 0]

Yevpotoriya!!!! Love that city!!!

When I was a kid, my mom always used to take me and my sister there during summer time. The best Black sea. I remember it so well and left with great memories. I miss that city. I would love to go there for a summer vacation.

I never been in Lvov, but I've been to Prague with my husband and since my husband originally is from Lvov he told me that Prague is a spit image of Lvov. Even though it was our first time in Prague last year, no matter where we went my husband was always been able to figure out how to come out of that place ( when we got lost) and when I asked him how did he know, he just said that everything about Prague reminds him of Lvov and he just knew his way out.

Edited August 15, 2008 by NYGirl

[1HappyGuy 45]

I would love to visit Lvov/Lviv some time soon. Last year in Kyiv we had a family reunion so not much time for travel. I met my wife's father and brother for the first time. Both said I have to learn to speak Russian. I've been concentrating on improving Lena's English so much that I lost my motivation to learn Russian. But, with so many of our new friends here speaking Russian, it would probably help me a lot.

My wife says that western Ukraine is just so beautiful and rustic (my word) that I really need to visit that part of the country. My only exposure to Lviv was from an airplane window at the airport and it was raining. I didn't see much. I am beginning to think that the Carpathian mountains are a myth. Every time I've flown into Ukraine the mountains have been covered by clouds so I have yet to see even one mountain.

I'm told the mountains are real as my wife has photos to show me. Just looks like a stream with trees to me.

Maybe next year, if we can afford it.

[Ana&D 0]

We'll be going to Lviv in September and since it is one of my fav. places, I just can't wait. It's just something special in the air in that place, if you know what I mean...