Another travel idea

[inulro]

I finally got round to watching BBC 2's "World War II: Behind Closed Doors" this week. This has left me with a burning desire to visit Lvov/Lviv/Lwow[1] Old City. Some basic web searches make it sound even more appealing.

Has anybody been? Any advice?

It's entirely possible that I should be a good Eastern European travel novice and start with somewhere easier like Prague or Krakow, where I still don't speak the language but they use the Latin alphabet and they're a lot more used to lost western tourists wandering around.

It's also possible I need to get my UK passport sorted out first - I know UK passport holders don't need visas, but I bet I do.


[1] pick historical name of your choice & add apostrophes.

Comments

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Is that the place which was razed, and all the inhabitants killed, in retaliation for the resistance killing one of the German generals?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

No, it was in the series because it changed hands a lot in the war (and ended up in a different country at the end of the war).

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Ah, an Eastern European Berwick-upon-Tweed.

I was thinking of Lidice - damn my crappy memory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidice

I'd love to go back to Slovakia again.

[wehmuth.livejournal.com]

No I've never been, but if I'm in the correct continent, I'd pop over an visit you.

Thank you for the Christmas card, by the way.