Victor Khorishko

About @Vic_IV

65 years old • Male • retired

Hello, fellow travelers! It's great to be a TP member now and to share my humble travel experiences and knowledge here. Thanks a lot, dear Travellerspoint!
I must say I was fortunate to be a Virtual Tourist member for sixteen years. After that wonderful website had been ruthlessly closed down in February 2017, I became a member of TravBuddy and remained one for more than a year until that website suffered the same sad fate of Virtual Tourist and was hastily closed down... Fellow travelers were a part of my life while communicating through those wonderful websites. Keep well, friends!
I used to be a school teacher of English and German in Luhansk, as well as a translator for a couple of companies in the city. While in Luhansk, I also went on a couple of business trips abroad. In addition, I used to give private English and German lessons. In 2014, after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, we had to leave Luhansk as internally displaced persons. We found ourselves in Severodonetsk, the new center of Luhansk region. Being still jobless in our new home city, I ventured to apply for a nice job, and, as a result, I was hired at the local office of an international humanitarian organization, where I gladly worked for seven years until I finally retired.
My wife and I were IDPs (internally displaced persons) in Severodonetsk, where we bought and equipped a new apartment using all our savings, hoping for a peaceful future. We appreciated the new apartment atmosphere. However, in March 2022, we had to leave the hospitable city of Severodonetsk and became displaced persons again; this time, we became Ukrainian war refugees. We are staying at a Ukrainian war refugees' hostel in Poland now.
There are cities I have visited several times and do not cease admiring them. Most of all, I have traveled in Ukraine, having visited half of its regional centers and lots of smaller towns and cities. All in all, I have visited thirteen countries outside Ukraine, staying mostly in smaller towns and cities. Fingers crossed!

• Hobbies:

  traveling, vexillology, photography, studying English and German

• Favourite places:

  I always had so many impressions of my trips to different countries. We managed to visit so many beautiful places and numerous historic sites. Paying a visit to a new place in a European country is great. There are places I feel like revisiting to bring back some happy memories.

• Elsewhere: Visiting Ukraine