The art hotel in Uzhhorod is, almost literally, bananas.

I told my Kyiv friend Anya and she said write about it, so this is for her.

For £32 a night you get breakfast and a splash of glitz.

In a country that appears to be full of heroes, fitting to see Mr Bowie at breakfast. Also Marilyn, Mickey Mouse and, er, the Mona Lisa.

Andy Warhol features strongly. Is this supposed to be him?

Work apparently inspired by New York artist Keith Haring, above and below.

Rare sighting of a woman in my bedroom, courtesy, I assume of Roy Lichtenstein.

Wondering what primordial soup would taste like.

Ksushi, resident very lazy semi-feral dog, guards Bela Bartok, the Hungarian composer who was a big fan of Carpathian music.

Harry Houdini was born in Hungary, but not Uzhhorod from what I’ve read so this was a puzzle.

Likewise Czech film director Milos Forman who won an Oscar for One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Some glass Oscars are inset into a couple of the restaurant windows.

Others – there are ten in all – include economist Milton Friedman, whose parents were from nearby Berehove.

Anyway, Anya, that’s the update. Mugs and bags as below, are about a fiver – UK pounds – each.