Anybody travelling from the DR to Euro 2012 Football (Soccer) Tournament in Ukraine?

Salsafan

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Just saw a report saying the mafia has taken over some hotels there to make the roomprices explode. I would prefer public viewing in the neighbouring countries.
 

Conchman

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Just saw a report saying the mafia has taken over some hotels there to make the roomprices explode. I would prefer public viewing in the neighbouring countries.

I am staying at a friend of mine's in Kiev, but hotel rooms in Kharkiv and Lviv are about 5 times the normal price. Their tourist minister and Euro 2012 chief said they will do something about this, but they didnt say what. The same thing happened in other Euro cups and usually a few weeks before the tournament, cheap rooms come online from the hoarders. The Brits and Dutch have already 'boycotted' the cup, and there has been a lot of press about the expensive rooms, so I am going to take a chance and wait til rooms get back on the market.
 

Conchman

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Had a blast there, here are some pics.

oops...how does the 'insert photo' feature work?

it only allows URL link pics, not pics from my hard drive, why is that?