January 23, 2021So 2020 is finally over, but it’s not all been bad considering the endless lockdowns and travel restrictions. Here’s my story of 2020 whilst attempting not to mention the C-word. January – Vilnius A great start to the year with a long weekend trip to Vilnius in Lithuania. Although there was no snow, the Christmas […]
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December 31, 2017I’m writing this from Kyiv, Ukraine where I came this new year to experience a magical white Christmas with natural snowfall and a nice Christmas mood, but alas the weather has failed me and I arrived only to rain. We’re due to fly to Bukovel on Monday for my second time skiing, so I’m hopeful […]
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April 30, 2017With Eurovision just around the corner, if you’re lucky enough to be coming to Kyiv, Ukraine you’ll be looking for things to do whilst here. Searching on other sites for things to do mostly comes back with a list of the many wonderful churches of Kyiv (which you shouldn’t miss), but here’s my alternative list […]
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January 21, 2017One of the presents I was given for Christmas this year was a map of 100+ cool places in Kyiv and yesterday we decided to visit some of them. We were walking through the city and I checked the map and found a listing for a concept store with a note saying I needed to […]
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