A summer Series Part 6

Lvov
We traveled from Krakow to Lvov by bus. Don't do it. You can get to Lvov faster by foot. We sat 5, yes 5, hours on the border. I have traveled a lot - and crossed multiple borders that should have been difficult - Kosovo/Macedonia, Croatia/Serbia etc - none of them have ever left me anything to complain about in the way of boarder crossings (the longest crossing I had before this point was by bus between Croatia and Bosnia - and it was long because I insisted that the border guard stamp my passport because I needed recent entry validation to do my work documents). At the Polish/ Ukraine border we just sat, and sat, and sat some more - we weren't anywhere near the actual passport control check - but for some reason we just sat and sat and sat. Three and a half hours after our intended arrival - we reached Lv0v. There are numerous other options for getting to Lvov - Train, or a train marshrutka foot combo - all are better than taking the bus.

After the grueling entry - we really enjoyed Lvov - except that the rain followed us. Still we got to see the center - enjoy the cheaper prices (not just compared to Krakow - but even compared to Kiev), and beautiful architecture in a compact city where chances are you would run into someone you knew without trying. It felt like I was back in Zagreb - almost.

Our friend Olya showed us around and we had a great time walking through the city eating in yummy restaurants, climbing up the 271+ steps to the top of city hall, and touring the local Brewery. Unfortunately we couldn't get a proper tour - you need a minimum of seven people and we only had five and they would let us pay the extra ticket price to have a tour. I tried to get people from off the street - Hey do you have Half an hour? We need 2 more people in order to have a tour of the brewery - we'll pay for your ticket and you get to try the beer - but surprisingly there were no takers. Even two College students who were walking by said they couldn't because they had just finished testing at the university and they were tired. If you can't get tired college students to come try free beer then we figured it was a lost cause and we just looked around the museum and had a tasting.