What to Buy on your Ukraine Holiday: The Ukraine is a country that is shaking off its Soviet past and in a hurry to become a Westernised country. Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, now has many attributes of a Western city with large shopping malls, recreation centres and shops and boutiques that … [Read more...]
Swallow’s Nest or Castle of Love in Yalta
Yalta's Maya Lastochka - A Famous Castle of Love: In Yalta, its famous Swallow’s Nest is not a bird's nest, but rather a Love Nest, built by Baron von Steingel for his ballerina mistress. It seems that it was a trend at that time for men of standing to have ballerinas as mistresses, so the good … [Read more...]