Ukraine Archives - It's My Bike

Berlin – Sosnivka – Berghia (Romania), 2958km, 8.8 – 18.8.2016

Thursday August 25th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**So what does "Domashniy moloko" mean in Romanian??** On Tuesday, 8th August, I left Berlin after around one month hitchhiking towards Ukraine again. Initially I wanted to start a day earlier but I was a bit sick that's why I postponed my departure. I arrive really quick at the border.…

Rosdilna – Sosnivka (Elektritschka) – Berlin, 2347km, 1.7 – 12.7

Friday July 29th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Just the normal Elektrichaka craziness** On Friday I began with my elektrichka trip from Rozdilna (near Odessa) to Sosniva. In total I boarded 9 trains and was only once - but that very rudely - charged for my bicycle. The other times I could take it for free. But it…

Chornomorske – Odessa – Lymanske (Ukraine), 2248km, 25.6 – 30.6

Friday July 29th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**A special spirit is literally growing in the church** On Saturday morning I rode back to Odessa again since I found a Couchsurfing host called Volodymyr and his wife. After a small second breakfast we walked a bit through the old town and city centre and to the stadium because…

Tiraspol – Black Sea (Chornomorske, Ukraine), 1983km, 20.6 – 24.6

Friday July 15th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Eating while being eaten by vampires** By the time I wanted to see Black Sea. I got the information that north-west of Odessa, half-way between it and Tiraspol there should be an abandoned nuclear power plant near Teplodar. Of course I had to check this info out. It was also…

Kamyanets – Rybnitsa (Transnistria), 1622km, 5.6 – 13.6

Monday June 13th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Welcome to the country that doesn't exist** On Sunday I hit the road to Transnistria - finally. Since I started in April it was my desired destination that I had postponed to arrived for weeks. Anyhow the distance was about 270km and I chose a way that would include a…

Sosnivka – Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine), 31.5 – 4.6, 1337km

Thursday June 9th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Welcome to the bad roads** On Tuesday, on day before June started, I finally hit the road to Kamyanets-Podilskyi and left lovely Sosnivka. I started at 12.30 and Sava accompanied me to the main street, where I was soon confronted with the Ukrainian quality of their streets. They are really…

Sosnivka Part 2 (Ukraine), 12.5 – 30.5

Saturday June 4th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**... and a bit of radiation** After my return from Moldova, I stayed for another two weeks in Sosnivka. What I was doing there? Well I continued helping Sava on the project "On 3 Wheels", we went by bike to the village again (Berezivka) where we celebrated Easter and there…

Ermoclia (Moldova), 5.5 – 11.5

Tuesday May 17th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Easter of the Dead** On Friday I hitchhiked towards Moldova. Through Couchsurfing I had been invited by A. to a ceremony on Monday called 'Easter of the Dead' (or commemoration day) where dead relatives were commemorated. The village of A.'s parents (Ermoclia) was about 780km away from Sosnivka so if…

Sosnivka (Ukraine), 28.4 – 5.5

Friday May 13th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Easter in Ukrainian** The Orthodox Easter was about to start and everyone was preparing it which means basically everyone is preparing lots of food. On Friday we went by bike to a nearby coal mine with no environemnent protection. While walking around some (of course drunk) workers came and chased…

Cracow – Lviv/Sosnivka (Ukraine), 25.4.-28.4. – 998km

Friday May 13th, 2016Sunday June 25th, 2017 by J. O'Hannes

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**Icy spring** First of all: Writing such a blog while cycling only with a smart phone is pretty hard and time consuming. Okay so on Monday I left for Ukraine. The day was not really nice - it was again cold and even a bit rainy. Now that I had…