http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Ukraine , Lviv en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:59:20 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:59:20 +0000 KamianetsPodilskyi the Carpathian Mountains Lviv and an egg museumIn western Ukraine we first went to a city called KamianetsPodilskyi. Tourists visiting KamianetsPodilskyi come there to see the old town and the fortress. Over the centuries power over KamianetsPodilskyi has shifted several times. With each new ruler came new architecture styles. This has given the old town a special characte http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-420727.html June 5 Took the overnight train from Kiev to Luts'k in the northwest corner of the country. Upon arrival we found the small station already stirring with early bird locals awaiting their trains. We departed by taxi as the cold morning air began to sting our ears and noses and stopped first at Michael's friend James' apartment. James is also employed by the Peace corp as a teacher and spen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-406305.html For Spring break I thought to make some bigger trip and to somewhere outside Poland. And idea came to me Ukraine. And so it was decided. Thursday evening I packed my backpack and went to Warszawa Centralna. 04.10 1.30 am Train WarsawKrakowThe journey started. I always have mixed feeling before trips excitement and also worry. I always worry if I am going to get on the right train if everythin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-394640.html About a month to go before I start my long journey home. Today I am looking for a good place to start a travel blog. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-390988.html Last July 2008 decided to travel back to Ukraine and maybe make my return by train through some of the neighboring countries. So I departed out of Houston my then base with Continental Airlines and then connected in Amsterdam with Ukranian Air.Arrived into Kyiv at night late and took my shuttle from Boristopol Airport to the Train Station near downtown and walked looking for a hotel finding http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-385803.html Pitching up at the apartment in Lviv which I had rented for Ana and me to spend three days in over New Year gave me an improbable sense of dj vu. As we entered the cosy flat on vulytsya Fedorova I felt as though I was not stepping into the home of a rotund lady called Marianna but of my imagined thirtyfive year old self. It was clean light and decorated in a comfortable style that subco http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-360304.html The last day I was in Lviv there was a cold fog around the city. A bit of drizzle seem to make air better. I took a final walk and found nearby park university and the cafeteriatype Ukraine restaurant that I had been seeking. Travel tip in Lviv when facing the Opera building veer left not right. Give up on city maps. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-338954.html Today I dedicated myself to finding Lviv the one in the travelbooks. I searched for a park found one got lost someone kindly escorted me back downtown. I took more photos of statues and building. I bought a Russain doll. I finally found a Ukranian restaurant note Lonely Planet book is out of date. One of their recommended restaurants is now a Greek bistro and the other must have chang http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-337416.html I took the bus to Przemsyl pronouced 'shamish' which is 10 kms from Ukraine border. Then I took bus to cross into Ukraine and come to Lviv Polish pronouce it 'leVolf' It was an adventure the bus ride and three hour wait at the border. When we got to Lviv the bus station was in the suburbs. Luckily there was a minibus that takes people into the city 7 kms of busy traffic. Lviv is suppos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-337055.html 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 footb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-325615.html Hello In L'viv now waiting for a train to Kiev. It's about midday here and train is not until 8pm. We left Krakow 2 days ago now. Missed the train we had booked on after a mix up involving me and Adelle getting a bit lost when we split up whilst Nance went and bought new luggage. At the time for some reason it was really demoralising. I felt worse than when we lost the car and when we cou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-324188.html 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 ca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-316226.html Having managed to enjoy the dramatic Romania scenery see more castles than you could poke a stick at and have my photo taken with Dracula I paid 10c for the privilege the closest I came to vampires were the bedbugs that gave me little bitey trackmarks. Short of rubbing myself with garlic sexy or whittling 1000 little stakes I moved hostel. But eventually the green pinecovered mountains http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-305428.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-299622.html Nogmaals groeten uit LvivGisteren was een dag voor allerlei klusjes. Zo is het gelukt een SIMkaart te kopen voor slechts 25 hryvnia dat is 350 euro waarmee ik kan bellen gebeld worden SMSjes ontvangen... maar geen SMSjes versturen. Misschien moet ik daar nog iets voor doen ik heb al wat rondgekeken op internet en een vraag op een forum gesteld wie weet.Dus had je altijd al eens een http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-299030.html Groeten uit Lviv oftewel Lvov oftewel Lwow Dat is in 't Oekraiens Russisch en Pools. Het is gelukt om Oekraine te bereikenVanuit 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 i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-298695.html Hello AllDespite the ups and downs of our Eastern European Road trip we decided that we still should give it another shot. We hopped on a night train the nicest night train that we have been on so far and headed off to Ukraine. When we boarded the train we ran into 6 Edmontonians who were on a 6 week study trip essentially and extended vacation with 9 hours of class a week and excursions on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-283995.html 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 Pragu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-278252.html little more on my mind than to be on my way I called a friend of mine in Lviv to inform him of my arrival the next morning. For the past few days we had been exchanging mails each time he reminded me that he was waiting for me to call and let him know when I would be in town. I called him from the post office in Odessa the only place phones are consistently reliable and all was in place.The http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-278085.html So after a good amount of time in Poland I felt it was time for something new. I decided to hop on a train into Ukraine for a bit and see what was going on. I took a train into Lviv and found the only hostel to base myself at and set out to see the town. It didn't take long to get a feeling I was in a different world.. All the writing was in Cyrillic and it was hard to find anyone who spoke E http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-271920.html