Ukraine: Road Trip Day 3 - From Львів / Lviv To Київ / Kiev
Nada and me decided to have a short morning walk in Lviv, where we visited some interesting places, but since we had many kilometers ahead of us, we soon had to move on - our destination, the capital of Ukraine. On our 500 kilometer long journey we stopped a few times at some interesting places. In the evening we arrived in the center of Kiev and our main goal for the evening was dinner and beer and for the first time we also tried tasty horseradish vodka called hrinovka or hrenovuha.
Our previous days of Ukraine Road Trip: Day 2 and Day 1.
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| Lviv Citadel - The Citadel was built not for the Lviv protection from outer enemy, but for the safety of the Austrian government and frightening the citizens. |
Local architecture
Holy Spirit Church belltower Rusalka Dnistrova museum and Potocki Palace
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| Flag of Ukraine - Combination of blue and yellow as a symbol of Ukrainian lands comes from the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia used in 12th century. As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour has been officially used since the 1848 Spring of Nations when it was hoisted over the Lviv Rathaus. |
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| Lviv was the centre of the historical region of Galicia. The historical heart of the city, with its old buildings and cobblestone streets, survived Soviet and German occupations during World War II largely unscathed. |
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| Back on the road in our Peugeot Boxer |
MiG-19 - The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO reporting name: "Farmer") is a Soviet second-generation, single-seat, twin jet-engined fighter aircraft. It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight. The monument in Dubno is dedicated to heroic pilot Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich who probably made the first air ram on the plane I-16 defending his Motherland on June 22, 1941.
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| Back to our road trip vehicle |
In the bear rescue centre "Nadyia" global organization "Four paws" care of five animals, which were took from negligent owners.
Miha, Katja and Rok
Tuši and Aleš
Girls wanted to take photo with Rok and me. When we hardly got rid of them, we parked our van in secure place and settled in our apartment.
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| 2nd Aleš and Neža entering patrolled pedestrian zone |
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| House with Chimaeras - an architectural style known as chimaera decoration in which animal figures are applied as decorative elements to a building. Horodecki unique architectural style earned him praise as the Antoni Gaudí of Kiev. |
Presidential Administration of Ukraine and Luxury Apartment Building on Khreshchatyk main street
Finally, our dinner
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| Kiev City State Administration |
Details form Kiev
GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable item "Show me Las Vegas", TB43NY8):
- Potocki palace, GC3KC5Y
- МіГ-19 / MiG-19, GC5G039
- Bear Rescue Centre "Nadyia", GC6KE8Q
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