Category Ukraine
Just The Ticket
To set the scene, Hamish & I had just undertaken a horrendous overnight bus journey from Odessa to Sevastopol due to all the trains being full. Predictably we had shared the journey with thirty beer-swilling, chain-smoking, salami eating, joke telling construction workers. Sleep had therefore been sporadic at best……. When we arrived at Sevastopol […]
Champions League
Following up from my Manchester post yesterday, City have drawn Dynamo Kiev in the first knock-out round. I was in Kiev in 2011 as part of a train trip that took in Budapest, Bucharest, Moldova, Crimea and Ukraine. The Champions League trophy just so happened to be exhibited whilst I was there and never one […]
My Forthcoming Book Extract Three – On A Tram In Odesssa
To set the scene, Hamish & I were headed to the bus station with dread in our hearts as we were booked on an overnight bus to Sevastopol due to all the trains being fully booked……… The tram ride to the bus station was hell. The tram was as packed as before, but this time […]
