About two weeks ago I bought a ticket to… Lviv (or Lvov). Visiting this city had been on my mind for a few years. It is located so close to Polish border, so one day I said to myself: enough, stop postponing. I found a great solution for not taking any day off, such as traveling the same way as to Bratislava, and I bought the ticket for Saturday evening with coming back in Monday morning.
The journey started at 7 pm. After many hours of driving and a long break in the Polish-Ukrainian border we were in Lviv at 5:30 am. local time. We were tired and sleepy, because our seats had not been so comfortable. Anyway, the first place we saw was truly beautiful: an old railway station.
The journey started at 7 pm. After many hours of driving and a long break in the Polish-Ukrainian border we were in Lviv at 5:30 am. local time. We were tired and sleepy, because our seats had not been so comfortable. Anyway, the first place we saw was truly beautiful: an old railway station.
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| Lviv Railway Station |
The main Lviv Railway Station was designed by Polish architect and built in 1904. A roof under platforms is quite similar in a shape to the one in Wrocław and I like it very much because of a truss construction. We drank there teas given in a specific way by the old-schooled seller and we started our wandering.
Chernivets’ka, Horodotska Street and Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue – the only one functioning synagogue. Then there were: a church, a monument of Stepan Bandera – the hero of Ukrainians and the enemy of Poles, a church, lots of nice old buildings, another church and coffee time. After a sip of coffee there were Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Armenian Cathedral with a guide smelling alcohol and the Market Square with thousand great old building and before having 8 dumplings with potatoes for two of us for a cosmic price we waved to Adam Mickiewicz standing on a monument.
Chernivets’ka, Horodotska Street and Beis Aharon V'Yisrael Synagogue – the only one functioning synagogue. Then there were: a church, a monument of Stepan Bandera – the hero of Ukrainians and the enemy of Poles, a church, lots of nice old buildings, another church and coffee time. After a sip of coffee there were Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Armenian Cathedral with a guide smelling alcohol and the Market Square with thousand great old building and before having 8 dumplings with potatoes for two of us for a cosmic price we waved to Adam Mickiewicz standing on a monument.
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| Statue of Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet |
Then there was another walking time to see the Union of Lublin Mound with a view of the city from the top of it, sad ruins of Lviv High Castle, and another walk up and down to the Folk Museum and in the same time to meet there my new Ukrainian friend from Postcrossing. Together we visited the museum created in 1971 with two orthodox churches – Boykos’ from 1763 and Lemkos’ from 1831, where I scratched a few cats.
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| Folk Museum |
At the end of the day we spent some minutes at Lychakiv Cemetery, where (if you want to take a photo you need to pay for it!) are the graves of Gabriela Zapolska and Maria Konopnicka. The longer break we took in a part where Lwów Eagles graves are located. We were sitting, lying, talking and drinking there, not to insult anyone, but just to make it a reason they had been fighting for. For a life of every of us.
Lviv trip – for me – is associated with crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border. One way, to Lviv, we spent 3 hours in a bus somewhere between Hrebenne and Rawa Ruska, waiting for passing, but the worst part was to come back – 4,5 hours! Ok, for me it was only a trip, I can do it once, twice per years, but imagine Ukrainians coming back home or going to schools or to earn some money to improve their lives. I really feel sorry for them…
Lviv trip – for me – is associated with crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border. One way, to Lviv, we spent 3 hours in a bus somewhere between Hrebenne and Rawa Ruska, waiting for passing, but the worst part was to come back – 4,5 hours! Ok, for me it was only a trip, I can do it once, twice per years, but imagine Ukrainians coming back home or going to schools or to earn some money to improve their lives. I really feel sorry for them…
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