INSANE HOSPITALITY IN SOUTH WESTERN UKRAINE 🇺🇦
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Before leaving the Carpathian Mountains (south western Ukraine), we went for a walk above the village of Kvasy (near Rakhiv) in an attempt to find a natural spring that our guesthouse owners told us about. Well, we got a little lost, but thankfully an incredibly friendly Ukrainian family invited us in to their home for both food and drink. It is moments like these, meeting people like this, that make travel so incredible. We never expected this amount of incredible hospitality but the people here in west Ukraine have genuinely been some of the friendliest we've met.
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INSANE HOSPITALITY IN SOUTH WESTERN UKRAINE 🇺🇦
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I love what she said, "We are all human, we need to feed you!". That was really nice of them to take care of you guys. This is why I love Europe. Thanks, guys for sharing your adventure!
So glad you enjoyed it Michael! 😊❤️
Not only these Ukranian family are awesome, but I am also very impressed with both of you for realizing and appreciating it and being so thankful and sharing your story with rest of the world. There are still so many great people in this beautiful world!
Thank you so much for your kind words, really appreciate it! 🥰❤️ Totally agree, we feel privileged to have met so many incredible people!
That couple was so sweet... They wanted so desperately just to please you. Ukraine is beautiful.
The most friendly people we have ever met for sure! ❤️😍
What a beautiful experience you had with these friendly people. I actually teared up seeing how sweet the lady was to you. She reminded me of my mother who always told guests, "eat, eat, it is good for you and will make me happy seeing you enjoy the food". I think that there are many people worldwide who have the same behavior when dealing with guests. It is heartwarming and such a mood enhancer to see and realize that most people share the same welcoming traits no matter where they live. Thanks for putting me in such a good state of mind through this video. Take care and have a pleasant and rewarding week. 👍🤗❤🛫🙏🌎
So well said. They reminded me of my Croatian family.
Couldn't agree more, it is unbelievable that someone can just open their doors (and kitchen) to you just like that! We were are still are blown away by the hospitality!
So glad you enjoyed the video!! 😊❤️
This was a year ago, you must think of those lovely people a lot and hope they remain safe, beautiful part of the world
Those were the nicest people. I've never experienced hospitality like that anywhere. You definitely should go back for Christmas.
Ah you have no idea how much we want to! 😀 Can't begin to imagine how beautiful it must be wintertime too 😮
You two are the cutest and sweetest people and it leads you to other sweet people. The woman was determined to feed you. She was so sweet. And then let their child take you to the springs. It was the best video simply for the people. Stay safe and travel on. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much Cheryl, really appreciate it!😊❤️ They were genuinely so kind, we were so embarrassed to just turn up and eat their food, but they were insistent! Such incredible kindness ❤️
I'm very impressed with those people they're completely strangers and right away they offer food and welcome you , God bless them.
I knoooow, we were so shocked! They were so incredibly lovely!
What amazing and wonderful people to give such hospitality to strangers. You do not get that in England. Thank you both for your videos. I will never see these places but you make it so personal.
Thank you so much Sonia, really glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻❤️
How cool is that. Cold water when you need to recharge and friendly people who feed you. You always manage to find some great places. Thank you for allowing us to come along for the ride. Good friends. Harriet and Jim Richmond, Va.
So glad you enjoyed it guys! 😊 See you both in the next one! ☺️❤️
What a beautiful town Khust is! Thanks
It is really lovely, especially the park below the castle! 😊
thats what i love of village people ; hospitality. The warmth of " welcome atmosphere" , giving one their best to visitor / stranger gladly.
It is so humbling that someone would happily open their doors and arms to a passer by like that 😊
It really warms the heart to see such kindness to strangers from that family; restores one's faith in how much goodwill still exists amongst all peoples of the world, irrespective of country or race or culture or politics. Loved the video, thanks so much!
Those people were so kind and hospitable. It’s refreshing to see that nowadays.
Unbelievable kindness, just blew us away to be honest! ❤️
Hi Matt and Julia. I am new to your channel and loving your adventures. This video brought tears to my eyes. I am a second generation Ukrainian born in Canada. My great grandparents and grandparents emigrated from Western Ukraine in the early 1900's. Seeing these wonderful people welcome you to their home is just so heart-warming. Ukrainians will give you the shirt off their back if they could. I was able to visit my ethnic homeland in 1996 - went to Lviv and Kyiv and was able to meet my relatives for the first time. I too experienced the great hospitality of the Ukrainian people. I will never forget it. Blessings to you on your travels.
What a beautiful vlog all around. The peaceful scenery and the beautiful generous family. What kind and giving people. I pray they are okay with all the evil being put upon their country. Praying the evil will end very soon and that the Ukrainian people will be victorious. So glad you have these videos of Ukraine to look back on and share with us.
Russian win
I am Swedish live in Texas, love your show.
Its marvellous to meet such friendly people out of the blue. Nice experience
Totally agree 😊 the best thing about travel for us 😊
The more I travel, the more I meet the KINDEST people. It's amazing the hospitality you come across when you get out of your comfort zone. Great video, as always guys! ❤️
Thank you so much Ellary! Totally agree, the more you travel to 'less touristy' parts of the world restores your faith in humanity! 😊❤️
So sad that this was just 6 months ago...
Praying for people in Ukraine. As a Serbian Australian, Ukranian language I can understand.
I could watch you guys wandering around for hours!
Ahhh thank you so much, really appreciate that! 😊❤️🙏🏻
Beautiful place with lovely hospitable folks. That helps keep faith in humanity.
Your videos are awesome.
Totally agree! And thank you so much Julio! Really appreciate it 😊❤️
Khust is just lovely...slow-paced and relaxed. Those people were so friendly...just amazing. Great video!! 💖
Really pretty town 😊 they were so incredible 🥰 Thank you! ❤️
This is my fav of your videos. Flora & fauna can be a delight to the eyes. Amazing architecture, delicious food, &/or great music can surely add to travel experiences. But the PEOPLE, that's the difference in truly falling in love with a country. Thank you for including this in your video.
Couldn't agree more!! Thank you so much 🙂❤️
I just love your videos! Not only the beauty , the people and the scenery but I do enjoy your interactions ! Thank you
So glad you are enjoying them Jo Ann! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️
Ukrainian hospitality. I had a Ukrainian friend in Australia. His wife and children same. If you visit expect to stay. Brewed their own beer, wine and grappa,organic veggies. When I first stopped outside their place I was lost. We didn’t get away till next day. Met as strangers , left as family.
Incredible! And love the last sentence too, that is so often how it feels! ❤️
@@MattandJulia Very fond memories of the people who lived in that community. Thank you I’m quite curious about Russia. I’ve partied with quite a few characters over the year’s.
Great video. How cool was that? Meeting that Ukrainian people and enjoying the hospitality. And I am so impressed with those churches with the gold onion top churches. They are so beautiful and bright. Lovely video.
Thank you so much Marcia, really appreciate it 🥰❤️
Ukraine is really beautiful. Amazing. 💗💗
Just breathtaking 😍❤️
What wonderful people! More of the world should learn from them.
They really are! Such a different pace of life to the cities! 😊
Watching this a year after you were there - my experience too, when I was in western Ukraine (Chernivsti) in 2010. I was ill and our hostess tended my so gently, as I had never been treated before - or since! Salo, tomatoes, yes! Hope they are all well now. Beautiful country which borders my ancestral land of Slovakia - you really need to go there too!
What a beautiful, truly unique experience. Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome Samantha! So glad you enjoyed it ❤️🥰
Amazing video as always, love the content thank you so much . Xx your doing a fantastic job X🥰🥰
Thank you so much Shelly! Really appreciate it 🥰🥰🥰
That was such a lovely family you met and you would have hurt their feelings had you not eaten the meal. People can be so kind if given the chance.
Totally agree Pat, so kind! At first we just thought we didn't want to eat their food and almost 'take advantage' of their hospitality, but then we also realised we would have offended them if we refused 😊 They were so lovely 😊x
This was so much more common back in the days. Strangers were sacred and welcomed.
Such a shame, purely down to that the pressures and pace of modern life 😞
Don't worry about eating their food ! Those kind of people are amazing ! They feel so good by doing that 😄
Totally agree, they were just incredibly happy they could feed us and have a chat, totally unexpected, so lovely 🥰
Looks so lovely ! The family were so welcoming and kind the world needs many more like them :)
When someone says "it was diferent/bether back in the day" , this is what they are referring to. People that are older than 40, i think this is what they are missing the most when it comes to there past. As someone in the comments sad - the video brought back some good memories for me.
Im sure youve heard the sayng "its not about the destinacion, its about the journey" , Matt and Julia. Well i think what separates you the most from ather people that are douing simular things like you (travel vloging) , is that you guys somehow manage to capture the best moments from both ,the journey and the destinacion and share them with us.
Thank you so much Duke, we really appreciate that, so much! 🥰❤️
We feel really privileged to be able to experience that level of hospitality through travel that others must have felt in their neighbourhoods in days gone by 😊
Hospitality and humanity from people and families less well off than say the wast is truely remarkable to see...and brings home to us all that happiness isnt all about wealth and prosperity...what little your surprise hosts had they shared with you...memories that you will both take with you on your travels x
What a sweet welcoming family.....
12:00 you should have gone up that hill(there's like remains of the old castle), its only half an hour walk from the main road, but the views from there overlooking town are just spectacular. Greeting from the resident of Tyachiv region which you were driven past on the way to Kchust:) Well I hope you at least don't miss the Palanok Castle in Mukachevo) I mean.. Palanok is trivial, especially for the experienced tourists like you two, but still ok. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Transcarpathia)
Haha, we thought about it, but were just too tired at that point 😅 We actually visited Palanok Castle after we entered Ukraine from Hungary, we didn't film that day but it was incredible! 😊❤️
Amazing hospitality for sure! 🥰
Such lovely people! ❤️
That reminded me how rural Ireland was 50 years ago. They would actually be insulted if you refused their food. Ireland is still a very welcoming place but the fast pace of life now doesn't allow people the time to share as it once did.
How interesting!😊 In many ways it is sad that this part of our culture is being slightly lost in West purely becuase of the pace and stress of modern life 😔
Omg…. I hope these beautiful people are ok in Ukraine…. It breaks my heart.
Nice walk with you. Thank you. Wishes from Sri Lanka. .
Thank you so much Anura! ❤️
Amazing vedio every time Matt and Julia ❤❤❤
Thank you so much Mohamed! ❤️
That was absolutely beautiful! Thankyou so much for sharing this experience with us! God bless that family.
So glad you enjoyed it Daron! Really appreciate it! They are such incredible people 😊❤️
What a great video! Really enjoyed eavesdropping in on your conversation with that family. Speaking a common language with people really takes travels to the next level -- I've got to get back to working on my own language skills.
I've never been to the town of Khust, but nearby there's a massive natural field of daffodils, and in the spring there's a super bloom! I went a few years ago, but a bit too early. I think it was only about 30% in bloom. It was still pretty cool!
Thank you so much! ❤️ They were so kind! 😊 What languages do you speak? ❤️
Oh wow! Sounds incredible! Always good to find an excuse to return 😃
@@MattandJulia "Learning" (the super slow way) Russian, but I have to say the grammar kills me! So many word changes!
I did have another question -- did you give the family anything before you left? I'm always curious about the potential expectations/reception of any physical appreciation for spontaneous hospitality.
Ah nice! 😊
If my advice if it's worth anything, I would say, if you are learning Russian for the purpose of travel and communication (i.e not for anything official), then don't even worry about the grammar. I never learnt the grammar and speak (& write) with mistakes all the time, but I have never once had any problem, reading, being understood or understanding anyone 😊
Of course, over time, as I speak more and more in Russian with people, and listen to native speakers, I have picked up which endings to use on certain occasions but even native speakers don't say them correctly sometimes 🤷♂️ (Matt, obviously 😊)
In terms of a gift no, we didn't give anything, we tried to offer a little money for the food but they weren't having any of it, they just wanted to feed us 😊
Как же прекрасно люди общаются, украинцы, русская и британец. Это же великолепно. Спасибо вам огромное.
Matt &julia good works nice photography
Very good presentation.Nice photography
Thank you very much 🤗❤️
That was pure kindness. If you were to ever make it to my part of Alabama in the United States, I’d be the same way. I’d want to invite you to eat and hang out.
Thank you so much Jennifer! ❤️🙏🏻Now, that is an offer we cannot refuse 😀
Ukrainians are such loving people.
Humanity at it's best!
Absolutely ❤️
So humbly people 🤗🤗🤗 so innocent mamaa.. 😘😘
So genuine for sure, just really really kind! 😊
Really enjoyed that guys - warms the heart - how you two have time to travel, work and do such great film production is amazing- cheers from usa ( uk wife ) she is also teaching me British- can be a hard language LOL
Thank you so much Warren! That means a lot 😊🙏🏻
And we know we know, British is difficult 😄 wait until your wife teaches you "cockney rhyming slang" 😁
I hope that after the war you find these people in good health.
My mum was Ukrainian, dad Polish - that's why I watch this video: I know a bit about Ukraine's history, but nothing really about the country or the people - and they're lovely :)
Glad you enjoyed it 🥰
Amazing
😊❤️❤️❤️
Thinks Matt and Julia yuo amazing couple😊❤
Thank you so much, really appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️
You wellcom 😊❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful. everything and everyone.
Thank you very much ❤️
Those people were so nice. They gave you a feast! You really should go back for Christmas; that would be a fabulous video!
We would love to! It was so incredibly sweet of them! 😍❤️😊
Your accommodation in Khust looks 👌. Link please?
It was good, it was called Prince Hotel 😊
Basically, the Matt and Julia channel is about prodigious feats of eating with a little bit of gorgeous scenery thrown in.
We couldn't have summed it up better ourselves 😉
Fantastic vlog guys, I don’t think this would happen in either the UK where I grow up or Australia where I now live 👏👍🇺🇦🇷🇺🇬🇧
Thank you so much Steven! 😊 Totally agree, certainly not something we would expect when walking the streets of Crawley 😄
So nice Ukraine country and so nice lovely people thanks
Such lovely people 🤗🥰❤️
What lovely people to invite them in and feed them treating them like they belonged. May the war stay far away from these peaceful towns.
I like the video, I hope you are always healthy, greetings from Indonesia
Thank you so much Rian! Love to Indonesia 😊🇮🇩❤️
@@MattandJulia you're welcome🙏🙏😇
Great video! Thanks! Are you actually going to cross the border with Poland? Like around Medyka? If yes, meet me in Ustrzyki Dolne for lunch!
Thank you so much for the invite, we didn't have enough time with the car on this trip but we will definitely be back in Poland soon! 😍
@@MattandJulia let me know then! 😁
*In a mocking voice* "Hi we're Matt and Julia and we go galavanting throughout the Carpathian Mountains so you wish you could be here too..." Hahaha don't worry guys in '23 I will be doing some traveling of my own. Keep the videos coming, I love seeing you all.
Haha, we are sorry Rich! 😃 Thank you so much 😊🙏🏻
When I 1st came to Basil I felt the same , mmmmm , the food here tasted so good
It's the soil .
The soil gets depleted of its mimerals because of rotating the crops so often .
Now it tastes normal to me .
But look at this place .
No wonder the food tastes so good , the fields are so clean .
DML
For sure, everything was as fresh as it gets 😊
This forest like a heaven 🌞😀😍🤭💦💨🌟🌲🌲🌳 so amazing Village
It is an incredible place! 😊❤️
I am sure they do not meet people from away. What kindness. Everytime I travel I realize humans are wonderful. My faith in humanity is always renewed.
It seems the politicians ruin it all.
We agree, unfortunately politics can make us all feel worlds apart, but in so many ways we are all the same ❤️
Few people know, especially in western countries, that the areas of Transcarpathian Ruthenia before 1867 were called Austrian / Habsburg Siberia. They were considered the most sunken hole in the entire Habsburg monarchy. Disgraced officials or soldiers were sent there as punishment. All kinds of people considered "politically suspect / dangerous" were also settled there, including for the entire Danube monarchy. Such a person was given a plot of land and was to live there for life under the supervision of officials and gendarmes.
Well, you are in the area of Transcarpathian Ruthenia. About a hundred years ago, in addition to the villagers, you would meet an officer of the imperial-royal gendarmerie who would ask where you came from, if you got lost and showed you the way. About 90 years ago, apart villagers you would have encountered a Czechoslovakian gendarmerie officer who would ask and point you to ... Now you have encountered villagers ... and you know I forgot about one more thing some 100 years ago you could see this host's grandfather in the service of the Imperial-Royal Army in the Bay of Kotor
Now they are playing with drones not far away.
@@eedragonr6293 Who?!!! The Royal Hungarian Gendarmerie or the Czechoslovak Gendarmerie? I know that everything happens later in this area and that is why it is worth moving there in the event of the end of the world, but over 70 years later? !!! 😁
@@Rafa-pr5fe Indeed these are lands stolen by the Soviets from Poland, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary... And I may wonder where are these "minorities" today : the Polish, the Czech, the Hungarians, the Germans, the Slovakians... And what kind of minorities do they still have there? 70 years, a lifetime, represents only 3 generations. Where are the younger people, like the parents of the girl? No, today the "drone war" is between Ukrainians and Russians. And I keep my advice to the foreigners not to move next to a war zone.
Nice 👍🏼 people ! Ukraine 🇺🇦
Some of the nicest we've ever met ❤️😊
Отличный интереснейший видос!
Спасибо большое, нам очень приятно!))
Watch this holiday video. I'm so happy Greetings from tourism actors in Lombok ... but I'm sad that activities are still bamned and hopefully when you can vacation in lombok. Yes, but if you can, find out about Lombok through videos. and give input for my progress.thnks
Country roads take me home to the place .......What an amazing reception "we all are human" its only happens at country side ,perhaps you might be charged while step in any privet property in US ,UK ,EU anywhere ..Lol
To be honest I think you right, certainly in the UK, you wouldn't quite get the same reception 😅
The smell is sulfur and it’s very detoxing.
We heard that, well we finished both bottles so we should be completely detoxed 😉
I wonder where that family is now.... 🥺
The biggest problem in this world not people, race, tribes, countries but problems are goverments
Cool beans
Very Cool....класс
Спасибо большое 😊❤️❤️
what great people thatwould never happen in uk
Ukrainians are very sincere people.
So cute
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Can you guys visit every town in Ukraine?❤
Haha! We will try! 😃❤️
@@MattandJulia really?! ❤🫂
The lands that are currently western Ukraine were part of the Second Polish Republic between the two world wars.
Parts of Western Ukraine were yes 😊
Very very beautiful good culture iam maharastra indians
Thank you very much x
Slava Ukraine
For the algorithm.
Thank you ❤️
free palestine 🇵🇸
воу
а мэтт то по русски аще на изи говорит!
These moments in the video makes you realize how pointless the last cold war was. There are also people on the "otherside" of the frontlines, good people, but most of us have been blinded by our own fear of the others and the unknown future that we instead chose to engage in an arms race.
Ukrainian are so nice
Some of the friendliest 😊
Plzzzzz visit Pakistan 😍
We are going to! 100% 🙏🏻🥰
Thank u sooo much..we are waiting 😍
We can't wait, so much beauty to see and incredible people to meet 😍
Julia you r Soo beautiful i see only u in your video
Thank you Hasan 🙂
That is not spring water on the side if a river. That's river water, ewww
It is spring water, we were above the river...
Well I dont know friends, spring water comes from mountains where I come from not on the river bank. You got water from a river bank not a spring. Lol
It is so sad what Putin is doing to Ukraine but he will be judged for his crimes
Hahaha good joke