Burger Plus Lviv

... superior, the Slavs possibly being that large group most directly descended from the original Indo-Europeans, in my humble deduction anyway, largely unprovable, the moniker ‘Slav’ as ‘slave’ even turning the racial assumptions on their pointy little heads. Our alcoholic history is still a little hard to swallow, though. There’s no soft-sell here. People buy some beer and head straight to a park bench- or ...

... and the woman there was pretty nasty too. I mean, this isn't the first time I have pointed at food to order. And no problems before, not even in France. Well, there was a frump at the bus station info office in Toulouse, but that has been the only other one.

But....the price is right. I can stay here for 4-6 weeks, practicing my Russian and Turkish, and Arabic, before pressing on south to Turkey.

More later.

... experience was just sooo moving, seeing how friendly these people were and how happy they were that Charlene found them and it was just wow... they had a friend who spoke english and called her to come over to help translate. Cousins after cousins came, Charlene was soo taken aback by it all. And so was i. There was a little boy about 1yr 1/2 that i couldnt help but play with and he just loved to play with my bracelet and he was soo friendly and would ...

... his father and his dog. The dog was a bit of a handful. As to be expected I didn't have much of a chance to say I'd shout everyone tea outside as in no time at all food was on the table at Oleksandr's place. Plus a bottle of horilka (Ukrainian vodka) was being opened. I can't remember what time I ended up in bed but it certainly wasn't before Oleksandr's father and I had knocked off the bottle of vodka.

... the floor.... well, it's hard to explain but still it works. There's a beer-drinking lobby on the first floor with a huge sofa, a fridge full of [paid] beer and several happy people drinking it. there's also a kitchen in the basement with a stove, electric kettle, lots of cutlery and a coffe-machine, which looks as it's out of order. The city is very beautiful, nice architecture. Unlike the rest of Ukraine, no one speaks ...

... dead. It was interesting to see the deceased's faces looking out at us from carvings on their stones, but I'm not sure I would choose to have my 80 year old visage staring out at posterity. The weather in Lviv has been wonderful, and we have been enjoying dinners outside, watching local life go by. Today was election day and in the evening, the squares were filled with people watching street performances, dancing, and singing, waiting for the results to come out.

... harnyy zhinky - means beautiful women. Ok, so i have now been to 25 countries or so and have stood by my statment that Canada has the most beautiful women ever, winnipeg being one of the top cities (why do u think i go back all the time) but now i can say hands down that ukraine has the MOST beautiful women. end of discussion, anyone want to argue, they can talk to chuck norrises roundhouse.

well...at least a huge part of it! Я была там много раз....6, 7 или даже 8? я уже не помню. Важно тольк 86; то, что я всегд 72; го ...

Totally got sidetracked here at the internet cafe (hadn't had such fast internet...since Korea!!!)!!! But we did manage to do a little site seeing. Once again, I'm just writing a little bit now so I can add pictures and I'll journal more appropriately later!

... may be as well the highest point in Lviv. I had a nice panoramic view of the whole city. I could even identify some famous churches by their magnificent steeples and spikes: Assumption Churches, Dominican Churches, and the Cathedral. Before I headed to the bus station, I had some light snacks and cocktail at Dzyha Art Center, a gallery/cafe also was featured in the NYT article. They serve nice deserts and long list of mixed drinks, all with low prices. I did make ...