LVIV IS AN INTERESTING SIDE TRIP FROM KIEV...
LVIV IS SORT OF UKRAINE'S PRAGUE OR KRAKOW...
WITH AN OLD TOWN AREA...CASTLE ON THE HILL...LOTS OF OLD CHURCHES AND BAROQUE OR EMPIRE STYLE BUILDINGS....ETC...
THE TRAIN IS AN OVERNIGHTER...IT COSTS ABOUT $40 TOURIST CLASS...FOUR BUNK ROOM...NOT ALWAYS CROWDED... BUT NO RESTAURANT CAR...JUST A LADY WHO SELLS BEER AND POP IN THE FRONT OF YOUR CAR...
THE LVIV TRAIN STATION ..."VOKZAL"... IS A SHORT CAB RIDE OR LONG WALK FROM DOWNTOWN...WHICH IS THE OPERA HOUSE AND THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF IT...
BY OVERNIGHT TRAIN ...YOU GET INTO LVIV VERY EARLY...SAY ABOUT 7AM...
THERE IS A MICKYD'S ON THE SQUARE DOWNTOWN FOR COFFEE WHICH OPENS EARLY..AND HAS "FACILITIES"...WHILE YOU WAIT FOR YOUR HOTEL ROOM TO BE READY...
I'D RECOMMEND THE GEORGE HOTEL AT THE END OF THE OPERA HOUSE SQUARE...ON THE RIGHT...A PINKISH BUILDING... THE SPELLING IS ODD IN CYRILLIC...SORT OF "XOPX"....IN UKRAINIAN YOU SAY "GEORGE" AS SORT OF..."ZZSH-OH-R-ZZSH..." MORE OF A "Z" SOUND THAN A "G" SOUND...
UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES... DON'T "DO" "Hs"..."Gs" OR "Ws" VERY WELL...ALSO "Js"...AND...
TOURIST CLASS ROOMS AT THE GEORGE ARE CHEAP...ABOUT $40 PER NIGHT...BATH AND TOILET DOWN THE HALL...
OR...RIGHT BY THE OPERA HOUSE SQUARE IS THE "GRAND HOTEL" FOR A LITTLE MORE MONEY...
THE OLD TOWN AND THE RYNOK IN LVIV ARE WORTH SEEING...AND THERE ARE MAJOR MUSEUMS ON THE OPERA SQUARE... TWO DAYS IN LVIV WOULD BE A GOOD SIDE TRIP... TOTALLY NOT KIEV...
