I have been here for the first time as a student – at a soviet time the city was rather grey with limited churches open. So how looks Lviv today?. Once you leave the station building the first impression is not so pleasant. Hoes in the sidewalks, garbage around… But the landscape is improving closer to the old centre. More painted buildings, garbage bins… They still have here trams in the narrow streets!
I booked accommodation in The Panorami hostel. Centrally located with a balcony overlooking wide Svobody boulevard charges 250 hryvnia for single, but it is the end of positives. The room is cramp, no chair, one locked window 2m above the floor looking not to the street but to the next dormitory. No ventilation except through the open door. Poor service – the check in took me almost an hour: first they was not able to find my reservation, then they wanted to charge me twice more than confirmed. In the late afternoon I took a walk to the old market and bright latin cathedral. Yes, old Lviv is worth to be on the UNESCO World Heritage list! More tomorrow…
