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Kraków, Poland: The Podgórze District
[You can read my Kraków Guide here.] One of the most historically significant districts in not just Kraków, but in all of Poland, Podgórze was at the center of the Jewish genocide by the Nazis during WWII. A short walk from Kazimierz over the Bernatek Footbridge, Podgórze is known for its “natural beauty, tragic history,…
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Kraków, Poland: Stare Miasto (Old Town)
[You can read my Kraków Guide here.] Chosen for the inaugural UNESCO World Heritage List in 1978, Stare Miasto, Kraków’s Old Town, is the city’s historic center and one of the most beautiful sites in Central Europe. A busy medieval center in the 10th century, the main square (Rynek Główny) is the largest medieval town square…
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One of my Favorite Cities: Kraków, Poland
Kraków is one of my favorite cities in Europe. Thankfully, I’ve had the opportunity to visit Poland’s second largest city a number of times and love to discover new places in this beautiful town. Being of Polish descent, I dreamed of visiting Poland since we first traveled to Germany in 2014. The combination of gorgeous…
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“How About You Amaze Me and Do the Right Thing… Have an Independent Investigation”: March Update on MSU, the USOPC, & USAG
“How about you amaze me and do the right thing… have an independent investigation.” (Simone Biles in response to a tweet by USA Gymnastics wishing her a happy birthday– essentially in less than fifteen words also restoring my faith in the world again). Chavez, Nicole. 2020. “Simone Biles Claps Back at USA Gymnastics After They…
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“Victory is Equality”: Paris, France
Last summer Chris and I spent a long weekend in Paris for the World Cup (USA vs. Chile). We had fun exploring the city while also attending our first women’s soccer football match. This was my first time in Paris–only my second time in France–and because of our limited time in the city I was…
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Chornobyl Power Plant & Prypiat
The Chornobyl Power Plant and the city of Pripyat were the final stops on our tour. Where are we? It was incredible to just be there. That’s the only way I can put into words the way it felt to stand at the place where everything happened. If you were just randomly driving near the…
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Chornobyl Duga Base
One part of our day trip to Chornobyl from Kyiv included a stop at the former Soviet base operating a Duga Radar Tower. What is a Soviet Radar Tower you ask? I had literally zero idea about this structure until we pulled up in the bus and walked the short way to the tower, also…
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Villages of Zalissya & Kopachi
Our day trip included visiting the villages of Zalissya and Kopachi. Zalissya is the first stop after the checkpoint into the Exclusion Zone while Kopachi is farther north; visitors can see the Chornobyl plant from Kopachi’s road near the Red Forest. Where are we? Both villages were two of 186 communities (including over 100,000 people)…
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Tips for Planning a Trip to Chornobyl
Please read my Visiting Chornobyl post first. I highly recommend the day trip to Chornobyl from Kyiv if you are visiting the Ukrainian capital (one of my favorite travel destinations!). Planning a trip to a former Soviet nuclear site might seem overwhelming, but I’m here to help you by giving an overview of booking your…
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Visiting Chornobyl
Two quick notes before I discuss dark tourism and AllTheThings Chornobyl: Spelling: As noted in my Kyiv post, I am using the Ukrainian government’s preferred transliterations of names into English. While both Ukrainian and Russian use the Cyrillic alphabet, the pronunciation of words can be different between the two languages. The commonly used English spelling…
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