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I am thinking of making it my permanent home for the last month of this summer. I can not belive we are still stuck here in Kyiv. Right, so are the best and the brightest of Lviv, but that’s because this is where the money is, and hot water in the tab, and regular flights to Europe. But we will be to pass on all that for a month easily I am thinking as I will be happily blogging about my current favoarite city of all times!

The new discoveries of this visit - several solid coffee places:

Svit Kavy

Pid Synyou Plyashkoyu - it was there that we really dug our heels into the groud and said - we are going to be back! Most solid looking 5-table establishment, predominantly a coffee and drinks place, ask for their honey liquer specialty - not as good as my dad’s stuff but really great!

Rooftop cafe at the shopping mall that used to be the old Univermag - very low key, almost fast food place, but with amazing views of the city!

Kilikiya - very beautiful side alley off Virmenska St., it’s quite easy to find by its sign. They serve regular Ukrainian food fare as well as the best hot chocolate and mostly coffee. Their furniture is hade of the heaviest steel, but it’s “ironmonged” very stylishly.

and the regular tourist-heavy Videnska Kavyarnia and the Italiysky Dvoryk

and restaurants:

Opera - the Terrase on top of the Opera hotel across the street from the opera house - very fancy, perfect for dessert, decent wine list also their dinner tasted very good too. Check out the automatic shoe cleaner in the hotel lobby - classic! The views are really hard to beat - you are up there, soaring with the sculptures on top of the opera, checking out the city center rooftops.

For sughtseeing, we went up the City Hall tower, which also provided the best view! Get into the city hall lobby, ride up to 4th floor and follow the signs to “vezha”. After paying your 3 hryvnyas you will have to climb 17 floors on rickety wooden stairs and appreciate the exposed bell tower clock. The view is worth all the trouble. To be continued…

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