Lviv Walkabout

The first picture is of the Lviv historic district from the "High Castle" a very long walk up a high hill but well worth it for the view.   The second picture shows the same town hall you see in the first picture but from the main thoroughfare in town.  I have a beautiful slide show but cannot send it to you because of some technical difficulties in the changes since my TurkeyTravelAdventure blog made by Google and Adobe.  Spent hours trying to overcome these problems. Then decided their was an easier way to get some views of this great city to you.   Not as complete as the slide show but better in some ways.  The first is a video from the South west corner of Rynok Square with me walking towards the North West corner of this the main town square.  You will see the same town hall tower as in the previous pictures.

While rough and noisy and in need of editing for which I don't have time now, I think you will find these give you a taste of what's here. But just a tiny sliver of a taste.

The second video comes from me walking up to the North West corner of the square into the Church of Transfiguration.  My timing could have been better as they were in the process of cleaning it, but I think you can see it's pretty sensational.

The third video comes from me walking from the South West corner of the square to the main boulevard in town, Schevenchenko Boulevard. My hotel the Hotel George is at the Southern end of this boulevard.  I walk up the boulevard. You see the statue of Mary and then the statue of Taras Schevenchenko, Ukraine's greatest hero who was a poet and painter, no less.  I'll let you google him for the details.   I then proceed up the park in the middle of the boulevard (Lviv has beautiful parks all over with great places to sit in good weather).  You can see the fine surrounding architecture and at at the end of the walk, Lviv's great Opera and Ballet house.

Hope you find these interesting.

Tomorrow, I  catch an early (5:50 AM) train to Kiev. I'll be there on Maiden Square election day (Sunday).  Should be interesting!

Thanks for reading!