THE REAL UKRAINE 🇺🇦 (Rakhiv, Carpathian Mountains)

Welcome back to the Carpathian mountains in southwest Ukraine. We are on our way to a place called Rakhiv which is supposed to be like a traditional Carpathian town. Very interesting to see. So we've just rolled into Rakhiv and we seem to get it right at the time there's a big parade through the city centre or town centre. It's an orthodox march for something in the christian calendar at this point but we're not quite sure what it is. But yeah, it was a bit of luck in terms of the time that we got in. Interesting. Interesting to see. So we had a walk around the city and it doesn't seem like there is much going on in Rakhiv. We took some cash out because we need to pay for the guest house or wherever we're staying, wherever we're booked. Anywhere pretty much we've been in Ukraine you need to pay cash. Managed to find the cash point which found three. Two of them were broken, didn't have money. So now we're heading back to the car and off to our next destination. Right, feels like we've traversed over some of the worst roads in Ukraine to get here. We're bouncing all over the place but it's worth it. Welcome to the geographical centre of Europe. Let's go have a look. Okay, we weren't quite there. Now we're getting up. So there is a Soviet sign that says something along the lines that this place has got historical worth and it's protected by the government. And that's pretty much it. Centre of the Europe done. Let's go and find the place that we've booked for tonight. So just before we leave we just picked up some kvass. We fancied a drink but to be honest this is a really light kvass. It's the first time I've ever seen it this light. This is with honey as well. Yeah with honey so it seems really interesting. Obviously we're gonna give it a try. No way! No way! What? Oh it's lovely. So for those of you that don't know So for those of you that don't know what kvass is, it's like a hops based drink isn't it? Eastern European kombucha. Yeah it's Eastern European kombucha. So it's like a fermented hops drink. I think it's a similar process to like beer but it's just ever so slightly alcoholic isn't it? It's like I think half a percent or even even less alcohol. And this yeah this one's with honey and that actually tastes a bit like cider doesn't it? It does. Do you think? Yeah it does. Tastes like English cider. That's good. Cheers. Now let's go. Thanks Centre of Europe. So as fate would have it we've just booked a guest house in a village here in the Carpathians tonight and the village is called Kvassi. Spooky! We just arrived, found the place. We're just pulling in to park the car. We just went for a walk around the village. Are you coming? So Kvassi is on the main road between Rakiv and Bukovina. So we've sort of come back further north and yeah smack bang in the middle of this beautiful valley. Such a beautiful setting. Oh you don't need glasses either? Can you sell it? Do you need money? For what? I don't know What are you saying? Good luck with the sale If people go there we will say that you sell something here Goodbye Nice thing about villages in Ukraine and around the Carpathian is that the houses are all different colors They are so bright and they all look so different Just walking around staring at people's houses Not staring into the window Maybe a little bit Let's go and grab some dinner Yeah, we are going there Borsh again I promised I wanted to order something different but they were not And we ordered banosh which is a Carpathian traditional dish It's a corn porridge made with cream We had it with brinza which is cheese made out of sheep's milk Really good Really creamy Right, let's head back because we've got a lot of work to do The guesthouse owner just made us some herbal tea I really don't want to But, onwards and upwards Thanks for watching this video and see you in the next one