"Before arriving in Edinburgh, Nataliya Bezborodova's impression of Scotland was shaped largely by Hollywood. My knowledge of this country was pretty much based on the film Braveheart, she admits with a laugh, standing before the grand neoclassical columns of the National Galleries of Scotland. As if on cue, the castle's daily gun salute fires overhead, scattering pigeons and punctuating our conversation with a jolt."
"Three years have passed since the 47-year-old anthropologist left her home in Kyiv for Edinburgh, after the Russian invasion. Celluloid warriors have long been replaced by the rhythms of life in a city she now knows like the back of her hand. So well, in fact, that she has launched a walking tour revealing a layer even locals might miss: the story of Edinburgh's vibrant Ukrainian community."
"Bridges Across Borders: Tracing Ukrainian Roots in the Heart of Edinburgh started in June and is the latest in a growing portfolio of women-led immersive walks developed in partnership with Women in Travel CIC, the UK-based social enterprise that fosters gender inclusion in the tourism industry. It now offers seven tours celebrating multiculturalism in its many forms: from a Saudi-led deep dive into west London's Edgware Road to a sensory stroll along Ealing Road in Wembley,"
Nataliya Bezborodova, a 47-year-old anthropologist who left Kyiv for Edinburgh after the Russian invasion, launched a walking tour called Bridges Across Borders: Tracing Ukrainian Roots in the Heart of Edinburgh. The two-and-a-half-hour walk reveals Edinburgh's vibrant Ukrainian community and attracts locals, tourists and visiting Ukrainians who learn about shared heritage. The tour began in June and is part of a growing portfolio of women-led immersive walks developed in partnership with Women in Travel CIC. Women in Travel is a UK-based social enterprise that fosters gender inclusion, trains tour leaders through a guiding academy, and offers seven multicultural tours.
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