It's been awhile since I've blogged. Honestly, not all that much is going on right now.
It's mainly me sitting and writing for a game I've mentioned several times. If you want to hear it check out anchor.fm/ataw
Anyway, imagine my surprise when I logged on to my blog and discovered a forgotten one from a few months ago that was never published!
Since then, I went back to England and now I am (again) in Romania.
So - here is what I found in my drafts!
SOUTH OF ODESSA
I'm in a decent one bedroom apartment. It is in a 'beehive' of a neighborhood - it's almost 'cyberpunk' with each building being over twenty stories tall and packed with people.
For a single guy, it feels a bit small but super affordable at I think $400 per month including all utilities. For a family, this would be a 'punch people in the face' nightmare.
There are a surprising number of families here.
Although the neighborhood is OK and there is one delivery service ("Smile" delivery service) which reliably brings me my food, honestly there is nothing interesting at all in this part of the country. Next time I come to Ukraine, I want to stay within a kilometer of the tourist area. Give me something interesting to look at. Plus, they have a much better food delivery service ("Glovo") for those who are in the town center.
WEATHER
Due to my weather thing not switching from Poland to Ukraine, I found that the weather in Ukraine during that period was much better than in Poland.
WARTS
It's mainly me sitting and writing for a game I've mentioned several times. If you want to hear it check out anchor.fm/ataw
Anyway, imagine my surprise when I logged on to my blog and discovered a forgotten one from a few months ago that was never published!
Since then, I went back to England and now I am (again) in Romania.
So - here is what I found in my drafts!
SOUTH OF ODESSA
I'm in a decent one bedroom apartment. It is in a 'beehive' of a neighborhood - it's almost 'cyberpunk' with each building being over twenty stories tall and packed with people.
For a single guy, it feels a bit small but super affordable at I think $400 per month including all utilities. For a family, this would be a 'punch people in the face' nightmare.
There are a surprising number of families here.
Although the neighborhood is OK and there is one delivery service ("Smile" delivery service) which reliably brings me my food, honestly there is nothing interesting at all in this part of the country. Next time I come to Ukraine, I want to stay within a kilometer of the tourist area. Give me something interesting to look at. Plus, they have a much better food delivery service ("Glovo") for those who are in the town center.
WEATHER
Due to my weather thing not switching from Poland to Ukraine, I found that the weather in Ukraine during that period was much better than in Poland.
WARTS
Had two warts removed. 3392 UAH aka 126 USD aka 112 EUR. (This includes testing and such which is standard when getting a tumor removed.)
Seems cheaper than prices I've seen in the UK.
The older I get, the grosser I get. This is why young children don't want to get 'smootched' by grandparents. Old and gross.
Not that I have any grandchildren.
It took longer using google translate to communicate stuff than the actual procedure took.
Picked up some cream and anti bacterial pills ($6) and can't go for my normal walk today. No shower allowed today.
Show me other travel blogs that go into this sort of detail and I will show you some disgusting travel blogs!
