IMPORTANT UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2022: Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th and there’s an ongoing war. Therefore, it’s NO LONGER…
Times visited: 1 (1 week in 2019)
Cities visited: Kyiv, Pripyat
Villages visited: Chernobyl, Samburky, Pyrohiv
UNESCO sites visited: Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
Ukraine is one of those countries that I held off on visiting, because I never found enough time. I didn’t want to just go for a few days, as Ukraine is huge and has so much to offer. But when my mum suggested that we go to Kyiv for our fifth annual mother/daughter trip, I couldn’t say no! Luckily, we decided to go for a week, so we did have time to thoroughly explore Kyiv and go on a day trip to Chernobyl.
Kyiv, despite being a very big and busy city, was beautiful and I especially loved exploring all the colourful churches and the Pirogovo Open-Air Museum. But the highlight of the trip was definitely to visit the Chernobyl power plant and its ghost towns, which has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember.
