{"id":4867,"date":"2019-06-26T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hghstories.com\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2020-02-13T11:46:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:46:36","slug":"mills-ukraine-part1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hghstories.com\/en\/mills-ukraine-part1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Old Mills. Part 1. Prelude or Kamenetz-Podolsky, Khotyn and rally."},"content":{"rendered":"

This year we\u2019ve repeated our trip to or Kamenetz-Podolsky to Retrofest. And even in the same way \u2013 we\u2019ve helped organize and conducted a retro rally during the festival. There was a lot of work, the sun burned mercilessly, slept and ate in fragments. But so, in any organizational activity)))
\nAnyway, I realized that I happily walk through the old and not so old streets of Kamenetz, watching the sunset from the wall near the fortress and sit on a bench with ice cream in the shadow of the cathedral.<\/p>\n

And now a little prose with a fly in the ointment. By some coincidence, our team first tried to check into the \u201cFortetsya\u201d Hotel in Khotyn. After 1000 kilometers of the road, we bumped into an old, decrepit and sultry flophouse. One of the most important points in terms of the hotel for us was the internet, but it was not there (as it turned out later, it is, but only at the reception and not now, because \u201cyesterday the lightning hit and now there is absolutely no\u201d) and mobile communication was absent for everyone there. Right under our feet, the young lady\u2019s run with a rag mop was carried out, which added a stuffiness in the absence of normal ventilation. Once we asked where we can find at least mobile internets we were told to walk to the park near the \u201chotel\u201d and search there …<\/p>\n

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\nAnd it is not so bad outside))<\/p>\n

On the question about the food.. ta-da .. we were sent to the market. \u201cBuy bacon and brynza for yourself there.\u201d We even went where we were sent. We will not emphasize on that after 1000 kilometers of the road and before active work, it would be desirable to just eat some hot food and to sleep a bit. Yes, we changing each other while driving, but this only partially alleviates the situation. And here we come to the market. Saplings, vegetables, fruits, household goods … we\u2019ve found some bacon and brynza, turned around 180 degrees and went looking for some cafe \/ restaurant. The Google Map told us that there are several of them, but they were closed till 11 o’clock. Finally, we found one burger\/shawarma place, working from 9 am. The main thing is that the food is hot, although fast food … Angry and tired, we disperse – who is to sleep, who is to wander. Since I slept from 11 pm to 4 am in the car (before and after sleeping was my driving shift), then I was able to afford not to go to bed right then. Therefore, I went exploring. And I was not the only one))
\nWe\u2019ve reached the fortress using the google maps. First, a small parking lot with a cashier and souvenir trays. What pleased us was the placement of all the souvenirs in the parking lot – there is no one in the fortress itself (to be true, there are some inside the gate to the fortress\u2019s territory). Only some water is sold, that it’s just wonderful with such a heat))
\nAt the entrance to the fortress, there are girls with folk instruments and when tourists approach, they start very melodious songs))<\/p>\n

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As for me, the Khotyn fortress<\/a> is the most beautiful one I’ve ever seen in Ukraine. Moreover, it is the most well-groomed and hospitable. All the bastions are covered with a carpet of magnificent trimmed bright green grass, the paths are clean and well-groomed (bringing a steady association with the Wizard of Oz))):<\/p>\n

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It was our second drone flight)) Of course, we were still not very good to fly smoothly and perform aerobatics, but we are learning!<\/p>\n