It's Thursday, Sept. 21st
and we should be waking up in Lwow but we are not. Instead it is
12:22 in Warsaw and we are still waiting for our flight. Last night,
10 minutes before we ere to depart Poznan, LOT canceled the flight
with no explanation. We were told to go to the LOT office for further
instructions. Well, by the time we got there 30 people were standing
in a line in front of us and ONLY ONE LOT person to deal with
everyone's problems. 2 hours after standing in line we finally were
given a new flight at 5:45 in the morning, 2 taxi vouchers to get
home and back and it was 23:30 by the time we got home. We had 4
hours to sleep before we had to return to the airport, catch our 5:45
flight to Warsaw, wait 6 hours and then fly to Lwow. Now we are
sitting, waiting for the Lwow flight. A horrible start to this trip
thanks to LOT.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNow it's 19:30, we are in our room on the 4th floor after climbing 8 sets of stairs only to find our room is on the next floor up. However, no by usual stairs but by21, very thin stairs that are treacherous to Joan. My mistake, I should have asked about that.
The room itself is large with an entranceway and bathroom. The saving grace of this place is how close it is to the center of everything. A 5 minute walk and we were at the Opera House and Baczewski's restaurant only 3 minutes from there. We tried here for dinner but the only opening they had was this Sunday at 19:00 so we took that. Instead w had dinner at On Shevska street restaurant. I had roasted goose leg with vegetables and coffee. Joan had Ukrainian Borsch and a goose breast salad with water. For desert we split a chocolate dessert with coffee. Total Cost, 63zl($23). Yes prices here are cheap. Tomorrow we start our, rested, vacation with the Opera House tour at 10:00.
Jest czwartek, 21 wrze艣nia i powinni艣my byli obudzi膰 si臋 w Lwowie, ale nie. Zamiast tego jest 12:22 w Warszawie i czekamy na nasz lot. Wczoraj w nocy, 10 minut przed wylotem z Poznania, LOT odwo艂a艂 lot bez 偶adnego wyja艣nienia. Powiedziano nam, aby艣my udali si臋 do biura LOT-u, aby uzyska膰 dalsze instrukcje. C贸偶, do czasu, kiedy tam dotarli艣my ze 30 os贸b sta艂o w kolejce przed nami i tylko jedna osoba obs艂ugiwa艂a klient贸w. Po 2. godzinach stania w kolejce w ko艅cu dostali艣my bilety na nowy lot o 5:45 rano, 2 vouchery na taks贸wk臋, aby dosta膰 si臋 do domu i wr贸ci膰 z powrotem i zrobi艂a si臋 23:30 jak wr贸cili艣my do domu. Mieli艣my 4 godziny na sen, zanim wr贸cili艣my na lotnisko, z艂apali艣my nasz lot 5:45 do Warszawy, czekali艣my 6 godzin, by nast臋pnie lecie膰 do Lwowa. Teraz siedzimy i czekamy na lot do Lwowie. To straszny pocz膮tek podr贸偶y dzi臋ki LOT.
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Teraz jest 19:30, jeste艣my w naszym pokoju na 4. pi臋trze po wspinaczce po 8 poziomach schod贸w, aby odkry膰, 偶e nasz pok贸j znajduje si臋 na pi臋trze obok. Jednak droga prowadzi艂a nie zwyk艂ymi schodami, ale po bardzo w膮skich schodach z 21. stopniami, kt贸re s膮 zdradzieckie dla Joan. M贸j b艂膮d, powinienem o to zapyta膰.
Sam pok贸j jest du偶y z wej艣ciem i 艂azienk膮. Jedynym atutem tego miejsca jest to, 偶e jest blisko centrum wszystkiego. 5 minut spacerem i byli艣my w Opera House, a do restauracji Baczewski tylko 3 minuty. Pr贸bowali艣my tutaj zje艣膰 obiad, ale restauracja by艂a otwarta w ostatni膮 niedziel臋 o 19:00, wi臋c musieli艣my to prze偶y膰. Zamiast tego zjedli艣my obiad w restauracji przy ulicy Shevska. Ja mia艂em pieczon膮 g臋si膮 nog臋 z warzywami i kaw臋. Joanna mia艂a barszcz ukrai艅ski i sa艂atk臋 z piersi膮 z g臋si oraz wod臋. Na deser podzielili艣my si臋 czekoladowym deserem z kaw膮. Ca艂kowity koszt, 63z艂 (23$). Tak, tutaj ceny s膮 ni偶sze. Jutro zaczynamy nasze wakacje o 10:00 od zwiedzania Opery.