Tag: Eastern Europe
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Lviv
My last day in Lviv & it’s light. On my own, an open-ended exploration. No working phone, no plan. I climbed the hill on the outskirts for the view, an attempt to contain all I had seen in just one image. I went inside the stores, crossed the street for them. There was no rush. …
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Lviv
A slow day in Lviv, unplanned, unrushed, falling in step with the city. Lunch in a hidden greenhouse garden. A tower ascent and a view. A stroll through the park, a bench in the sun. Lost sense of time. That’s how the day passed. Fast-slow. Suspended with nothing to be beyond there.
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Lviv
Lviv, Ukraine – a secret hidden in plain sight from the West. It’s modern, charming, clean, bright, busy. A few weeks prior, I wasn’t even aware of it’s existence, and now there I was, walking the streets. Ate, drank, wandered, lived. Every cafe, it seemed, had a theme. There was music echoing through the streets.…
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Rila Monastery
One hour and forty minutes outside of Sofia, Rila Monastery. A gem in the mountains. The pictures online are beautiful. I’m not sure what word to use to describe the reality, because it was more than that. Driving to Rila, first of all, transports you to another world completely. It’s not that the nature itself…
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Sofia
A rainy Sunday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Thracian, Roman, Communist – there was a bit of all and more, as we learned on our two hour free walking tour (a must-do when in Sofia). And while it rained heavily and relentlessly during our tour (to the point that my rain jacket, sweater, and blouse were entirely…
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