Has anybody been to Khmelnitskiy?

[latstaley]

Hello to all the members of RWD,

I haven't been at this too long, but I would appreciate a little guidance if anybody can help me. I have been talking to a lady from Khmelnitskiy and am going to try to go meet her in June. Can anybody recommend any good places to stay? I had some trouble finding much information out about the town unlike a lot of other towns in Ukraine. I understand it is a little bit smaller than towns like Odessa, Kiev and Kharkov. If anybody has traveled there before, I would appreciate any tips. Also, if I should be made aware of any other type of situations in the town, I would appreciate that as well. Thank you in advance.

[philb]

Boy that is going to be tough and I am not going to be a whole lot of help.  I have spent time in Kamyanets Podilsk (not too far away) and passed through  Khemelnitskiy on the train and that is it.  I do have a few suggestions though.

If you can read Russian, Khemelnitskiy has a web page.  You could also try running the link through one of the online translators.  Here it is.

http://online.km.ua/cgi-bin/online?index

Place on inquirery on the Brama travel board (but be careful here).

http://www.brama.com/travel/travelboard.html

Try a Ukrainian travel agency like Solo East Travel.  I bet they could get you set up with something for a price.

Finally, you can have the girl you are writing look into things and make arrangements although this can obviously have its drawbacks too.

Good luck.

 

[latstaley]

Thanks Philb,

I am trying to learn, but that Cyrillic alphabet is taking me a little while and I just got some of the language C.D.'s a couple of weeks ago.

 

This is a little off-topic, but what's going on up there in Cowboy country with UW's athletic department? I was impressed with their FB team last year, but it looks like they laid an egg this year. I was also impressed with the BB a few years ago, but they haven't made much noise in the past 2 or 3 years.

[philb]

I am the wrong guy to ask about UW athletics.  Now, ask me about the snow conditions....