“Steppe” ing out of Town (Ukraine series #5/10)

Original YT playout date: 30 March 2009
Duration: 13:55

We leave Lviv for the day to travel towards the heartland of the rural area of West Ukraine.
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I love the night Lviv! (Ukraine series #4/10)

Original YT playout date: 27 March 2009
Duration: 15:07

Lviv at night – the drive to Cupola restaurant, the meal, the walk back by one of the oldest Universities in the world and the old world opulence of the accommodation at the Grand Hotel
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Driving in the Heart of Lviv (Ukraine series #3/10)

Original YT playout date: 26 March 2009
Duration: 20:40

We are escorted through the back passages of this once leading East European city, and can marvel at the glorious past of the place still shining through, despite its secondary position today.
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Entering Leopolis – the City of Lions (Ukraine Series #2/10)

Original YT playout date: 25 March 2009
Duration: 31:37

In the second part of my Ukrainian series you’ll see one of what for me is one of the more interesting films, where we drive my car into Lwow, western Ukraine. The last 16 kms of the journey into Lwow is unbroken footage, showing the foothills of the Carpathians or Roztochia, and the uglyish northern suburbs to the fine city.
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Driving to the Ukraine (Ukraine series #1/10)

Original YT playout date: 22 March 2009
Duration: 30:09

This is part one of the Ukraine series – the only Ukrainian series I’ve made so far as I haven’t been for 10 years and I did not use to take footage in those days – many good business trips went to waste! We have a meal in Krasnystaw, stay the night in Tomaszow Lubelski, cross as Hrybenne and go via Rava Rus’ka towards Lviv
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