Train to Ivano-Frankivsk
Orthodox churches dot the Ukrainian landscape.
Orthodox Church on a hill on the way to Ivano-Frankivsk
Russian Orthodox Church
Ivano-Frankivsk market. All the rabbits had fur on only one back foot. The best theory I've heard is that's where the person holds the rabbit while they skin it. Also, all this meat sits out in the warm market with no refrigeration. The chickens look like they were beginning to mummify.
Plaza Rynok- Ivano-Frankivsk
Stree in Ivano-Frankivsk
Greek Catholic Church
Artwork Near the Greek Catholic Church
Plaza Rynok in Ivano-Frankivsk (Greek Catholic Church in the background)
Public Art in Ivano-Frankivsk
Soviet monument with a cross added sometime after the fall of communism.
Lada
These aren't made for tourists. These are for and bought by Ukrainians.
The road to Yaremcha. Greek Catholic church.
Orthodox church
On the road to Yaremche
Another Orthodox church.
Ukrainian Turkey in Yaremcha
Another Soviet monument in Yaremcha.
An Orthodox Shrine
Remanents of the Soviet times are everywhere in Ukraine.
Behind this Soviet monument is a wooden cross. It just makes me scratch my head.
Monument to the victims of fascism and communism.
Close up of the Monument
Newly Constructed Orthodox Church
Opinions are divided within the Ukraine about joining the EU. Yaremche has EU logos throughout the city. This is a sticker commemorating a Polish/Ukrainian race if I remember right.
The town hall which doubles as a discotheque with the Carpathian foothills in the background.
A recovery center for children with wonderfully uplifting Soviet iconography.
More Soviet iconography to "inspire" the sick youth.
The emerald green Prut River.
You can walk across this foot bridge for one grivna.
Or not.
The things one can find in rural Ukraine.
Restaurant near the Prut waterfall
This waterfall was bigger until the Soviets tried to destroy the waterfall with dynamite.
Another view of the Prut
Me at the Prut
Roadside memorial?
Yes, the roads really are terrible in Ukraine. This is a moderately trafficked highway.
Train tracks over the Prut
The Carpathian Foothills
Ukrainian alcoholic beverage. As far as I can tell, it's actual hard alcohol mixed with enough sugar to cause a diabetic coma. There's no fizz, like a beer.
Baroque mansion in Ivano-Frankivsk
Rooftop garden. It's one of the quirkier things I noticed about Ukraine.
People place padlocks on this bridge when they marry someone. There's more than a few slats missing. Divorces perhaps?
Swans swimming in the artificial ponds created during Soviet times.
Sleeping Swans
Another Lada.
Tank for sale.
Old railcars still in use.
