For our next trip to Europe we chose the GUITART ROSA hotel in Spain. There were three of us on this trip: me, Olya and our friend Dima. The arrival was standard: we went through passport control, collected our suitcases and got on the bus. The bus doesn’t take you to the hotel — the... » read more
Our first trip to Europe — namely to the CENTRAL HOTEL in Loutraki. We holidayed as two families: Olya and I, and a friend (who is also a colleague) with his wife and daughter. We landed as usual, went through passport control and made our way to the CENTRAL HOTEL. The hotel is small, and... » read more
Our second trip was just as predictable a choice as the first. We chose Egypt! We were recommended the CONCORDE EL SALAM hotel. This article is about that hotel. We stayed there in March 2017. At check-in we weren’t even given the chance to state our preferences. When we asked whether guests’ wishes were taken... » read more
At last I’m ready to describe our first trip abroad from our home country, Ukraine. We took our first step into this insanely beautiful and vast world in May 2016, and in this article I’ll describe how we stayed in our first hotel abroad, outside Ukraine. Never having been outside our own country as adults,... » read more
Standard excursions cost roughly the same with different guides, whether hotel guides or not. We took a 2-day excursion with the hotel guide for $120 per person — very beautiful and informative, but if they had cut out the shops, it could have been cheaper and done in 1 day, or at least we... » read more
Airport – customs – plane. We flew with a connection in the UAE. On the Kyiv – UAE leg, not only were we not offered any food (the total flight time was about 10 hours), we weren’t even offered plain water (water on board for ordinary people cost money…). After changing to the second plane... » read more