Short trip to Lviv, Ukraine

[camuel]

During my gap year in Odessa, Ukraine in 1995/96, my fellow student and I travelled to Lviv for a weekend, an incredibly beautiful city to which I would dearly love to return.

It's disappointing that I didn't write more in my journal, something of which I still don't do enough!. And were it nowadays I would, of course, have taken many more photos that I did. Of the whole trip, these are all the photos. Still, at least I have these, right?!

^{Market Square}

18 April 1996

I left for L'viv with D. Tickets cost 25 dollars each - bumped big style. We got a купе (four-bed berth) with a father and son from Odessa. It was dead heavy at first as nobody would speak and D was para, man. It turned out good though. The kid even said my Russian was good. Cheers kid! We played cards. It was bloody hot.

^{Adam Mickiewicz Column}

19 April

We arrived in L'viv at 9:30 am, ate in a park then got into the Hotel L'viv for $10 per night. The city is incredible and the weather was bloody hot as well. We met Helen in the street - mental or what! We bought our return tickets on Friday - $15 for люкс (two-bed berth). Helen payed 800k for a купе. I saw a champion Ukrainian shirt I wanted for $100, but couldn't get any money with my Visa as the banks were all shut. Eventually I got money at the Dnistr Hotel then we went to a concert of organ music in a church. It was no bad. I went back to the market where the old wifey was packing up and said she had sold the shirt anyway. Piss. I ended up getting a dress, which I can cut. It was $35. I also got a shirt for Scott and a wee dress for Nicole (nephew and niece).

We had a choice meal in the Grand Hotel for $10 at night. We should've stayed at the George Hotel.

^{Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów}

20 April

Had a couple of beers at night.

^{Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet}

21 April

We got a люкс back to Odessa, just the two of us in a wee cabin. Good sunset.

^{Dominican Church / Домініканський костел і монастир, греко-католицька церква Святої Євхаристії}

22 April

Arrived back in Odessa at the back of 10 this morning.

^{Ivan Franko National University of Lviv}

Comments

[peterveronika]

It's amazing that you have this many photos from so far back, good job for keeping them! Sounds like a great trip. We've also wanted to go to Lviv, hopefully we'll be able to go soon :)

[camuel]

Thanks - it's a wonderful city and I'd love to go back some day. Thanks for commenting.

[anouk.nox]

Never been there, but the architecture looks really nice.. going to remember this.. thanks for sharing!

[postcardsfromlbn]

I really appreciate that you've posted your old photos! It's interesting to see Lviv from the 90's - architecture hasn't changed much, but the city has much more ads and flashy signs.

[camuel]

Thanks for commenting. It was an interesting time to visit Ukraine, not long after the change and everything was in a state of flux. I don't think I quite realised at the time just how quickly everything was changing.

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[camuel]

Thank you so much for your consideration!

[izzynoel]

Looks beautiful. I love Eastern Europe more then the West. Thank you for sharing your old photos and memories.

[camuel]

Thanks for commenting. Western Europe has some lovely bits too, but I agree with you - the east really has a different feel and I still find myself attracted to that part of the world and none more than Russia. It has always drawn me.

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