A Weekend in Poltava, Ukraine 🇺🇦 

13:44 I can only imagine the wait staff going absolutely bonkers in their heads as you walked down the entire line of buffet items and opened tray after tray, not closing a single lid the whole way down! Lol, come on Johnny!

Interestingly enough, Poltava has a place in both Swedish and Finnish history, and is known in both countries from the Battle of Poltava (1709), when a large Swedish-Finnish army was defeated. This battle eventually led to the downfall of Sweden as a major European power. In swedish we also have a saying that goes like this: "Varje man måste gå igenom sitt eget Poltava", which translates to "Every man has to go through his own Poltava". This saying indicates that every man will at some point in life go through some enormous difficulties, such as the great defeat of the battle of Poltava. The only way to overcome this is to accept that life is not always easy, since everyone will face major setbacks at some point. The point is not to avoid setbacks, but to accept them as part of life, and thus, come through honorarly. SLAVA UKRAINI!

Hehe, the cafe was not "daily coffee", but "Zen coffee") Дзен =Zen ☺

Poltava is so beautiful I have to go, and Swedish history is there.🇸🇪💙💛🇺🇦

The only 🐱 that wants to be seen on video with Johnny is the resort cat. 😂

I understand that Ukrainian is a hard language to learn (I’m trying) but I would appreciate watching you attempt constructing Ukrainian phrases when the people you speak to have worse English than you have Ukrainian. I am enjoying this video. As much or more than a Rick Steves video. Слава Україні

In this adventurous episode Johnny almost misses a train which compels him to resort to only buying water for breakfast. In Poltava he indulges in a nearby spa hotel, in a company of a mystery friend who leaves shortly after, for mysterious reasons. Later he realizes that some facilities of the resort town are open to outside guests, which greatly displeases him.

Greetings from Poltava region! Johnny, we appreciate your attempts to learn a language, please start from alphabet first😂 cafe’s name was not the first time your misunderstood because of misreading. Please check letters з, е, є ( z, e, ie/‘e). You should not pronounce «e» softly in Ukrainian , the soft one is «є». 3(three) is z, it’s consonant. Wish you good luck!

Ого. Полтава!!!!❤️❤️❤️ Я тут живу🤗🤗🤗 Дякую❤️

What a nice kitty! More hotels need friendly ultra-cute kitties. Damnit, I'm talking to YOU Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, friggin...Best Western! Get some HOTEL KITTIES!

I've been in that resort with my family and friends at summer before the war... Now it seems like so much time passed. Can`t hold my tears...

I live in N. Texas, we have several of those small public “library’s” in my community. Never seen one vandalized or heard of the books being stolen. Most people around the world are decent humans…

Poltava was one of the nicest cities you visited before the war. It's nice you could go back. I found it odd, though, that you never showed your date's face.

26:54 there’s a war. Not a lot of tourists. So they’re booking sauna with locals so they can gets some cash flow.

Dude your living your best life, a woman in every city...great video

min 3:19 the cute little pug is breathing like Johnny 🤣😂😅

Johnny opening all the food containers and leaving them open so the food will get cold!@13:40😆😂

Loving the British telephone box in Poltava! 👍

I like the way Johnny says "I've been sleeping alone"

The food alone makes me want to visit Ukraine.

*Dzen kava means Zen Coffee.

So nice to hear the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" playing in that cafe (9:05 onwards). You rarely hear songs like that nowadays in cafes or pubs.

What a beautiful city! Would like to visit too😊

Hi well I like how is to ride the ukrainian railways train I hope oneday when the war ends in ukraine I would like to ride the train from kiev to lviv

Stay safe bro! Slava Ukraine! 👍🇺🇦💛💙😊

Slava Ukraine and much Love from Germany Johnny✊✊

Love your videos, looks like a great city. Next you should take off to the carpathian mountains ❤️ lots of cute little towns there and the mountains in winter are always awesome

Well done Johnny for your videos. I live in Nigeria and I want to know the average day to day life in Ukraine cause news is all about propaganda. I like that for once Western News are spot on about something (which is this war) as I see from your vlogs and your videos show the resilience and pride of the Ukrainian people. If only other countries can learn from this. Slava Ukrainians PS: Johnny if you can comment can you tell me which areas in Ukraine speak Russian and which areas speak Ukrainian cause according to what I read on one site Kyiv and other Eastern and Central cities speak good Russian but poor Ukrainian. So is Ukrainian just a western Ukraine language. If you are Ukrainian you can answer as well

Your stay at the resort in the woods, looked very relaxing. And the food delicious!

Outstanding video Johnny!. You are consistent with quality, and you always meet the greatest people!.

That resort is beautiful. That buffet looked real good. I love all the cafes in Ukraine. Is the KFC like the ones in America

That cafe definitely was not named "daily coffee" 😂

Hmm… I was in the same carriage on that train as I recall that nice dog 😊 although did not come across you 😉

This was very interesting. What a lovely spa. ❤

Great upload, Thanks for sharing!! That is quite the resort and about a third of the price of any resort of that quality in Ontario.

Dude… watching this vid is bringing tears to my eyes because I miss Kharkiv and my peeps there SO F-ING MUCH!! Met you at the School Pub 2 summers ago. I think I need to just make the decision to get back over there. Never been to Poltava but will check it out on the way. Appreciate ya!

Nice little big. Amazing place!!

Nice, right as I finish work!

Which restaurant was it for $45? And which hotel with the nice breakfast?

This isn't how they show Ukraine on the news)

That resort would be a great place for some R&R for Ukrainian troops. Frankly, all of the NATO countries should welcome Ukrainian troops.

What a nice place!

I sometimes rent a cabana at a beach hotel and not the room because I live in the area. And yes, I get to usually pick the best one while the guests tend to get the left overs.

When you hopped into that big boiling pot with the large herbs I was wondering if there was a witch holding your camera for you Jonny. Lol

Hi Johnny great video looking forward to the next. I hope your apartment in Kharkiv is okay 🙏

Such friendly people. Shame whats happening but I would love to visit.

Don't go to a coffeeshop in Holland, only visit café! :)

Another fantastic video. Thanks for sharing!

Johnny , Glad you had a nice weekend get away . Stay safe and well ❣️

Johnny can you go to Ivano-frankvisk oblast and explore the region?

Good to hear from you brother

Stay safe Johnny! Keep us posted- from Cleveland ohio

Looks like life is back to normal

How far in advance did you have to get the train tickets?

Wow, welcome to Poltava )

Johnny, is Brandon okay? He hasn’t posted in awhile thanks.

Awesome 👌

Johnny the telephone box looked like they used to be in England, a lot here now are used as a library as most people use mobile phones.

OMG THE CAT! 💔😢 she’s going to get hurt like that I HOPE SOMEONE PLEASE TAKES HER SO SAD

Grateful…that weekend retreat area reminds me of Crystal Mountain, a resort in Michigan!

Oh, Eleanor Rigby. Stay warm and keep smiling.

Another Great video johnny

Looks so nice - good to see you're doing well!

Did that damage happen after you left?

They have one of those same red phone booth's that is filled with books here in SF... btw

It’s nice that you went back to visit. Your last fist there I think was the first video I saw of yours

I wonder why Johnny didn't show us Anastasia the special friend lol

Johnny I heard the Beatles Elenor Rigby song in the background 3 times, isn't that enough to be demonetized ? I hope it doesn't happen .....

22:43 the answer is that in Ukraine it is hard to send money without sms confirmation. And even then system can detect suspicious transactions and block it until personal confirmation. On the other hand, if you a rightfull owner of bank acount it is easy to send money to anyone just in few clicks. so i guees banks had to apply all automatic security measures in order to prevent pain in their asses

So what is the name of the place you stayed of outside Poltava?

Please, what is the name of the resort? I didn’t catch it and couldn’t find it in the transcript.

👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 romantic weekend for Johnny! 👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻🥂💘

The bombed street in kharkiv was like one of the scenes in The Pianist. So sad. Slave Ukraine

3:20 Hey Frank!

I'd of had a heart attack going from the hot spa to the ice bucket! That's a challenge!

Is there a war going on in Ukraine?

Just curious but why didn't you drive there?

i guess it was open to locals to make us for lack of tourism, the red telephone box are uk and there's a lot here turned into libraries and also food for homeless

Not sure if its StarLinks or railways laid fibre feed for the fast internet.

Wow, Western European trains, soo much better than the ancient Soviet ones i used 10 years ago.

Hi Johnny, I've a question for you. I have just bought a place in Bulgaria and I want to do TEFL online while at my house(only 3 months at at time because of stupid brexit) Without getting a phone line in, what do you recommend to get online with my laptop with decent speed without it costing me a fortune.Anyfeed back would be appreciated .cheers 🇺🇦 ✌

TOP!

Loved seeing you in the hot tub!!

He watches Denys Davydov, cool!

Bit of a honey!

❤️👍🏼🙏🏻🇺🇦

10:04 I dont think it is daily coffee

09:13 hey do somebody know the name of the song? :D

Johnny and incognito friend soup! You want cold? It's gonna be -40 here this week 🥶😂

Thanks!

life is a beach Johnny 😆

I see you follow Denys also!!

Where Karl XII should've stopped the Russians 200 years ago already! 🙁 What Waterloo was for Napoleon, Poltava was for the Swedish Empire. Слава Україні! 🇸🇪🙏🇺🇦💪 Edit: 300 years, of course. 314 to be precise.

Hello nice new video Johnny. Do u plan o. Traveling anywhere warm or doing a serious on USA?

Hey Johnny, we met in Athens last year at your group meet up. If you’re still in the Kharkiv area, I invite you to come up to Sumy, about 2.5 hours north of Kharkiv by train and on the route back to Kiev. If you’re interested, we can coordinate via PM.

A beautiful place where you stayed, and love the way you love cats. I love them too

18:08 hot water to cold water can cause damages to your body

Geeze there's smoken hot Ukrainian women everywhere.

Пачаны, кто слышал песню про шаболдино -балкарию ?

Your friend is camera shy 😂