Blogs from Lviv, Ukraine, Europe - page 5

When we got on the train I needed to pee badly but the restrooms dont open until we are out of the city. It was a beautiful train, neat and lots of space, we were minding our own business when all of a sudden a middle aged woman came to us and offered us plums then vodka and a few other things! She is part of a group of people from the tax department in Kiev and travelling to some town for a football match, they already had a few drinks and she wants to talk to the "foreigners", she is so funny, a few others in the train got involved, well those who speak English,this is the kind of experience I was looking for that I only read on the LP. Luda the old lady ... read more

Our train to Uzgorod (from there 4 km to the Slovak border) is going in 1 and half hours. We are at the train station, there are pc's and internet "round the clock" so no problem :) I even played counterstrike with the ukrainian teenagers :) In general, ukrainian train stations and their facilities are on far higher level than those in Slovakia. There are also several big LCD screens, so people can watch movies. So in couple of hours we should be back in Slovakia, but before we have to do some shopping in Uzgorod. Marlboro cigarettes for our friends (20 pack for 0.80 euro :). And vodka for ourselves.... read more

Nog steeds groeten uit Lviv ;-) Even wat dingen uitzoeken op internet; SMS versturen doet 't nog steeds niet maar ontvangen werkt prima (dank Simone en Stefan!). Gisteren een hoop gezien in de stad, oude gebouwen, museum, een aantal kerken. Vandaag kom ik tot de conclusie dat ik 't meeste wat ik wou zien hier wel gezien heb, dus niet veel gedaan vandaag, op een terras gezeten met een kop koffie, en zitten lezen. Ook niks mis mee, beetje rustig aan doen. Achteraf gezien had ik mijn treinreis verder ook al wel vandaag kunnen doen i.p.v. morgen. Is het bij jullie ook zo warm? Het is hier 30 graden of zo... *zweet* Alard. ... read more

Groeten uit Lviv, oftewel Lvov, oftewel Lwow :) Dat is in 't Oekraiens, Russisch en Pools. Het is gelukt om Oekraine te bereiken! Vanuit Bardejov ben ik met 3 bussen gegaan, eerst naar Presov en dan naar Michalovce, om daar de bus de grens over te nemen. Immigration card invullen, dit is weer een "echte" grensovergang, de Europese Unie uit. Vlak voor de grens koopt de buschauffeur nog wat spullen in een supermarkt, net als enkele passagiers. Grenscontrole gaat vrij snel, Slowaakse controle en Oekraiense controle, samen in een half uur. Stempel in mijn paspoort en ik mag het land in! De buschauffeur gaat op diverse plekken met zijn tasjes van de supermarkt langs grens-personeel en komt met lege handen terug... Omkoping? Vriendendienst? We zullen het nooit weten :) De stad Uzhhorod ligt ongeveer tegen de ... read more

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey. We take a bus to the train station and then a train to the Airport, we are travelling light. We both have a rucksack each and the buggy with Lisa in. No big suitcase this time. We are arrive at the airport with plenty of time to spare, we drink a coffee while we are waiting for check and we find out that the morning flight to Prague had been cancelled due to bad weather. We commiserate with the people who were suppose to on that flight and now are rebooked on this one, I tell them that last time we flew to Prague the same thing happened to us and we had to be rebooked on the later flight and it ... read more