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[VelesHomais]

Thank you both for these kind words. I've been to Poland twice and liked it better than when I visited "western" countries, such as Italy or Austria.

I especially liked the story about the small Ukrainian flag and not being Soviet Union.

[Jacek]

Znalazlem troche fotek ze Lwowa.

Tramwaj we Lwowie Babuszka sprawdza bilety.




Hotel Goerge ( tu spiewal z balkonu Jan Kiepura !)




Parkowanie w srodku ulicy to ukrainska norma.



Cmentarz Orlat Lwowskich




Na granicy Ukraincy niezgodnie z prawem probuja wyludzic oplaty za ubezpieczenie - ukrainski mafiozo czeka na ofiary.



Lwowskie taksowki

[Sergei]

Originally Posted by Sol

Last week I was in Lviv, and yes, it is a beautiful city. But those people living there..... They are looking so sad. They can't laugh? My friends even don't want to visit Lviv anymore.... And...no Odessa chicks in this city......

First of all, most Ukraine is still in a very difficult situation right now, so the people's expressions reflect that.

But I also think that it's pretty common for life in large cities. I live in Toronto, and I often visit New York (Brooklyn, Manhattan), and many people look very unhappy as well. I think they're just hardworking people, from a long day of work.

Even in Lviv though, if you walk around the centre, in places were people meet (bars, restaurants, shops), people seem much happier. It's almost like they're sad when they're alone, but when they meet up with others (friends, etc), they're much happier. It makes sense, doesn't it?

[Sergei]

Originally Posted by starosta

Please tell how does it look: the situation of houses - on the pictures I see them in very good condition - renovated. Is it only on few streets or is it a common view? Do you still have problems connected with construction of metro line in the city? Do you want to do it? I ask, cause I've heard that some problems appeared when they started construction of metro in Lviv during Soviet times. How does it look???
dziękuję/djakuje

Most of the centre is renovated, or under the process of renovation as we speak. Unfortunately, farther away from the centre, most streets are not renovated. Although, you should find everything you want to see in the centre, so there is no need to go into the outskirts.

There were plans to construct subways in Lviv, but when they saw the situation, the project was put on hold. I don't believe they ever started anything, beyond the planning stages. Lviv has underground rivers, and ancient catacombs which wouldn't allow a path for a subway line. A century or so ago, the Opera Theatre shifted a few metres downward, because there was an underground river under it that the architector didn't know about. The Theatre is now stable, but they wouldn't want to risk anything like that again. Unfortunately, the architector killed himself when her heard the news of the Opera sinking.

There are supposedly a magnetic train system being planned, but I haven't heard anything about it recently.

[Sergei]

Originally Posted by Jacek

Tramwaj we Lwowie Babuszka sprawdza bilety.

Reminds me, we need to invest in more modern transportation.

[VLADKO]

I just love those pictures they so realistic.

[Sergei]

Originally Posted by VLADKO

I just love those pictures they so realistic.

Vlad, where did you live in Lviv, and when did you leave and come to NYC?

[Sergei]

Can you say Paris?

[VelesHomais]

Paris? What is that?

This is LVIV

Which is similar to Kyiv in some ways

[Koniaczeq]

And I can say Lwów

[doctor_]

Amazing city. There was a time when Lviv was capital of Galicia. Galicia rulez .

What about independency

[VelesHomais]

^ No independency for them, we won't let them go

[VLADKO]

Originally Posted by Sergei

Vlad, where did you live in Lviv, and when did you leave and come to NYC?

I lived On Вулиця Князя Романа Its right next to Shevchenko Prospect. Icame to Ny 3 years ago and live here in brooklyn.

[Pavlo]

Originally Posted by Pan_Stanislav

^ No independency for them, we won't let them go

We're not going to ask you if you let us go or not.

[Sergei]

Originally Posted by Pan_Stanislav

Paris? What is that?

This is LVIV

Which is similar to Kyiv in some ways

The picture looked very similar to Paris, and Paris has a very distinct style.

[VelesHomais]

Originally Posted by Pavlo

We're not going to ask you if you let us go or not.

Yeah okay, if we managed to keep Crimea, I think we'll keep Halychyna quite easily

[Sergei]

Originally Posted by VLADKO

I lived On Вулиця Князя Романа Its right next to Shevchenko Prospect. Icame to Ny 3 years ago and live here in brooklyn.

Brooklyn, eh? I got to Brooklyn almost every summer, my uncle lives on Kings Highway.

[Pavlo]

Kings Highway lmfao, that's where all the Jews and Russians live

[VelesHomais]

*cough* *cough* ^

[Pavlo]