Three weeks in Ukraine — here is what I actually think

Three weeks is long enough to get past the tourist surface in Ukraine. The first week I was in Odesa and the big sites like Andriivskyi Uzviz. The second and third I went further and slower. The food evolution was interesting — varenyky everywhere but prepared so differently by region.

warm hospitality only revealed itself in the second half of the trip, when I'd slowed down enough to notice. The negative: limited English menus, which is real and worth factoring in. But three weeks felt right. Long enough to form a genuine opinion. My genuine opinion: exceptional destination.