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What’s In a Name? Hungary
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The history of just about everything in Europe is complicated, and a case in point is how Hungary’s capital came to be called Budapest.
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Driving the Transfagarasan Road, Romania
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Whilst researching places to visit in Romania, I came across photos of a spectacular winding road, snaking its way high up to a pass over the mighty Carpathian Mountains. It looked amazing and a blast to drive, so I put the Transfagarasan Road on the must-do list.
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An Introduction to Moldova
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Seeing as I knew very little about Moldova, and nothing about Chisinau, I figured a visit to the National Museum of the History of Moldova would be a good place to start.
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‘Would You Like Gloves With That?’, Ukraine
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Ukraine is a place where I experienced many things for the first time, including having my meal served with a pair of gloves.
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One At a Time, Ukraine
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Ukraine is now considered the most heavily mined nation on earth. Every day, teams of volunteer sappers go into the paddocks of Ukraine’s farmland to clear what the Russians left behind.
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The kindness of strangers V, Ukraine
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No matter how much the Ukrainians have lost, they still have the generosity to give.
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Deadly harvest, Ukraine
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Unlike the relatively safe and comfortable work of preparing, planting and harvesting in Australia, using a tractor in Ukraine is now a potentially lethal occupation
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Mud and Memories, Ukraine
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A household of older Ukrainians gave us a first-hand insight into the consequences of Russia’s destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.
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Making Borsch, Ukraine
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What better way to get to know my new Ukrainian colleague than to prepare a traditional borsch together?