Eastern Europe with Yevshan
This past June the Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble of Saskatoon embarked on a remarkable dance tour through the Balkans, visiting five different countries and performing in venues including tin...
My Ukrainian Dance Workshop Experience
The Ukrainian dance workshop tour put on by Cobblestone Freeway, is an intensive workshop that is designed to have participants travel around different regions of Ukraine visiting ensembles, folk dance groups, and ...
“Travel Local – Far Away”
Cobblestone Freeway is a combination of the modern with the ancient. And so is our catch phrase - “Travel Local - Far Away”! Everywhere we go, we dig below the surface to access the local atmosphere, and gain a ...
Wineries of Odesa
Shabo Wine Culture Center is a well-known winery 70 km away from Odesa, whose main objective is to improve the culture of consumption of wine. It is, by far, one of our travellers’ favorite places to visit. What makes ...
Sound of the Nation – Veryovka National Academic Choir
- Written by Kyrylo Kozachuk The adornment and pride of Ukrainian art, the stars of Ukrainian choral world, the ambassadors of Ukrainian music – The National Honored Choir of Ukraine. Named after its founder - famous...
Top 5 Reasons to Visit Western Ukraine
Storks, Sunflowers Flowers and the Carpathian Mountains Ukraine’s spring and summer beauty is undeniable. The white storks have returned from their winter homes in Africa, fields of sunflowers are at their full splend...
The Last Hutsul Musical Magician
High on a mountaintop in the Carpathian Mountains of Western Ukraine lies the small village of Bukovets. The rolling hills are green and echo the sound of cowbells in the distance. The old wooden church of the Hutsul ...
The Tulova Project – Get Your Village On!
The Village of TULOVA is situated on the banks of the river Prut that runs down from the Carpathian Mountains and empties into the Dnister river and eventually into the Black Sea. It sits immediately on the border betwee...