Money exchange in Ukraine.
Most of us are so used to travelling to European countries that use Euros we‘ve forgotten what its like to travel somewhere with its own unique currency. But part of the beauty of our unique, tailor made holidays is that you are travelling somewhere unlike anywhere else in Europe. Ukraine has its own currency, the Hryvnia or UAH. The exchange rate is roughly 35UAH to the pound. You can check the latest exchange rate at the National Bank of Ukraine. Many of our travelers are u
Herefordians partied like Ukrainians!
Thanks to all the lovely people that came to our annual fundraising event! This year we raised total of £1120.84! All funds raised are going to support Youth Theatre Festival in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. More information about youth theatre project and festival can be found in earlier entries of our blog. Also thank you Geraint and Miranda for writing a little piece about our Ukrainian party in Hereford. I am sure you will enjoy the read below: Traditional Ukrainian music fi
Exciting new group tours in 2017!
Craft tour to Western Ukraine in May 2017
Mamushka Cooking Tour with Olia Hercules - food writer, chef, stylist, an author of award-winning co
Hello and welcome! Olia Hercules here, come and join me on an amazing trip to Western Ukraine, where we will basically have a fun holiday together, cook and eat loads of delicious food and learn a bunch of foodie things. My slightly mad descriptions of what we will be doing are below….enjoy and join us! Day 1 - Thursday We scoop you up at the train station in Kiev. We will take an old and soothingly rattling overnight train to Mukachevo. We will eat the traditional train jour
Budmo Hey!
By Geraint Jones. The drinking of toasts is not commonplace in Britain. We confine ourselves to the odd glass of bubbly at a wedding or birthday, maybe, but even then we tend to sip someone's good health or fortune rather than embrace the occasion with gusto. None of the above is true in Ukraine. There toasts are part and parcel of every communal meal and vodka is the obligatory tipple rather than fizz. What's more, sipping or hesitant quaffing is frowned upon.The drinking of
