European Railroad Discussion > Buskers, local train in south Carpathians, Ukraine

I was rolling south on a local train from Volovets in the Carpathian Mountains down to Mukachevo at the edge of the Hungarian plain. The train was mostly empty.  It was hot out, and a little smoky.  Empty ex-Soviet local trains are just big rattling boxes, they feel as big as a barn.  Six seats abreast, only a dozen or so people in the car.  A few windows open, we were rolling down a river canyon between towns.  

In popped a trio of buskers -- a guy and two kids, and he was playing the accoridan, loud!  The children were singing.  A little off key.  They'd approach each of the riders and sing for 20 or 30 seconds, then move on.  Not much pressure, but a lot of volume.  I think other people gave them a few coins, probably 5 or 10 cents each in US$.  I gave them something a little more generous, in their plastic donation bag.  

October 2019.  South side of Volovets Pass, Ukraine.  

Somewhere around here 
https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=48.62215826854142&lon=23.09330463409424&zoom=16
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6239915,23.0892351,702m/data=!3m1!1e3



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/06/21 14:41 by gobbl3gook.

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Great story and interesting photo.
Thanks for your posting.
ALLEN

Thanks. Nice story. chris uk

I once encountered some buskers on the Rome Metro (B line). They were pretty good and not at all annoying. It try to remember that they are your basic enterpreneurs, just trying to make a living.