Lviv

A lot has happened since my last post. A lot of planning, re-planning, changing plans and organizing stuff among other things. Travelling from Zakopane to Lviv I did as Mihal-the-hostel-man adviced me to: bus to Krakow, train to place X, bus to border, walking across the border, passing the cheating taxi drivers, and finally bus to Kiev. After arriving to Kiev I found my host Peter and we spent the rest of the night out with hi friends. Peter is living with his parents some 45 minutes away from the city centre. He has a big family, but no-one else than Peter speaks English, so it was wuite fun to try to communicate. But he's family was awesome and I felt really good staying there.



My second day in Lviv we spent first sightseeing everything important, and later going to different and very funny places, for example a cellar bar which was decorated as it was a secret place in WWII. They even ask you a secret password on door. Other places were for example a roof terrace with a car and a little chocolate factory. In the evening it was time for football, of course, because Germany was playing in the quarterfinals. Peter had a 5 meter-long German flag, and we were also accompanied by a few German guys, so the feeling in the Fan Zone was pretty good. Rest of the evening we naturally spent celebrating Germany's victory...

The last day was quite chilled out, just organizing train tickets and wandering around the city. Before midnight it was time to say goodbye. This time the night train was really good. It was exactly the same as in Trans-Siberia trains three years ago! So an open space with a lot of beds. But the important thing was that everyone actually had a bed.



Oh, forgot to tell why I changed my plans (originally I wasn't going to Kiev, because it means a lot more travelling, so I was supposed to go straight to Romania). Well, I met a Polish guy Mariusz on the train from Krakow, and he had some extra tickets. So after thinking about it for a couple of days, I decided to buy them and go to Kiev.

Basic fan group for Germany: Germans, Ukrainians, Finnish, Brazilians...