Showing posts with label ukrainain city. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ukrainain city. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Tour Around Lviv

Lviv is beautiful.
I'm a little biased about my feelings towards it, but having been around the world twice I can still firmly say it's like no other city out there.
For the first time since I left Ukraine to move to the US, this is the first year I spent winter and summer here.
Luckily, this past winter was really warm.
And even more luckily, this summer was perfect.

One of my favorite ways to explore a city is by walking around it.

The tourist office in the middle of the city is super helpful and have fluent English speakers who work there.
They also have a few different self guided mapped tours around the city.
Below is one of them that I also posted to my Instagram.


































Above is a collection of historic first's, old churches, government building, cafes, stores, hotels.
All things iconic.
I unfortunately have no idea where I put my little guidebook and I can't remember what's what...

One of the nicest things about L'viv is that cafes and bars are plenty.
After a delighfully long day of walking, a cup of tea and some people watching is just what the doctor ordered.




I mean, really, how beautiful is this city?!

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Castle High Above the Clouds

The High Castle in L'viv (Високий Замок: Vusokyi Zamok) isn't actually a castle, but the highest lookout point.


The 360 degree views of the city are breathtaking.
Unless of course you see this as you're walking up.


If the fog looks like that, then you should probably save yourself the trip if it's your first time heading up.
Nothing beats the view on clear day.

I guess it didn't really help that it was the middle of winter, and rain/sleet was falling.





As i was bundled up in 3 pairs of pants, holding on to the rail literally pulling myself along some people were being sneaky and making the walk 10 times harder then it should have been.


After much struggling, slipping, and tiptoeing we finally got to the top.




We weren't expecting much better than this, but the experience was fun anyways.
Going back down was even more interesting as I pretty much slid all the way down.




Can't wait to be back here in warm weather one day again!

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Exploring L'viv

I cannot believe I haven't done any posts on Ukraine yet.
And I cannot believe nobody has mentioned it to me yet!

Good thing I realized, hey?

L'viv.
I love this city.
I love the cobblestone streets.
I love the cafes.
I love the fashion.
I love the food.
I love the weather.
I love the feelings it evokes.
I love the people.
I love the transport.
I love the squirrels.
I love every. single. thing. about L'viv.


















It's a perfect city. 
A city I call my home.