http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau A Bootsnall TravelBlog by Reisefrau Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:37:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en LAST DAYS IN GERMANY June 22, 2009: Munich From Salzburg I took the RailJet (Austrian ICE) train to Munich, and went one S-Bahn stop to Motel One Sendlinger Tor (the hotel chosen by Business Spotlight). I spent over an hour checking email (free wi-fi access in the lobby). I also looked up ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/last-days-in-germany.html <!--[if !mso]&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;![endif]--> I’m not normally a “Europe in 10 days, if it’s Tuesday it must be Belgium” person.  But when I had the opportunity to go to Munich and found out it was only 2 hours from Salzburg, I couldn’t not go and see as ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/june-20-21-two-days-in-salzburg.html <!--[if !mso]&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;![endif]--> Journey to Kolomyya and Arrival at On the Corner   After checking out of the hotel, I walked the 500 km with my suitcase (which survived this journey), and found a bus leaving for Kolomyya in 20 minutes (all the others were leaving later). ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/june-2-kolomyya.html <!--[if !mso]&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;![endif]--> The Suitcase Part I   In the morning I asked at the front desk about luggage repair (remont sumki); the clerk said she knew a replace to repair bags (i.e. purses/handbags) but not big suitcases. She asked another, male employee to look at my bag, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/june-1-yeremche.html <!--[if !mso]&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;![endif]--> Breakfast   In the morning I went downstairs for my free breakfast. It was such a treat to find a buffet where I could choose how many calories I wanted, rather than being subjected to an 800-1000 calorie morning.  I passed on the blood ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/may-31-ivano-frankisk-part-2.html On the bus from Lviv to Ivano-Frankisk, I realized that Ukrainian drivers, unlike Moldovan drivers, have no fear of driving over roads with potholes (or maybe the potholes are smaller in Ukraine).  What I do know is that I had quite possibly the bumpiest three hour ride ever from Lviv ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/may-31-ivano-frankisk.html   In the morning, Michael (the Peace Corps volunteer I visited in Lutsk) walked to the main road, flagged a taxi, and brought it back around to the apartment entrance. (I didn’t think my suitcase, which had already suffered a major wheel injury, would survive 200 m on a muddy, wet ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/may-29-30-lviv.html <!--[if !mso]&gt; st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } &lt;![endif]--> I woke up late and no one was home.  Lena had left a post-it note on the fridge that their assistant Sylvia would not be coming in the morning to make cirniki (fried sweet cheese patties).  I wasn’t feeling up to the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/may-21-chisinau-and-purcari.html It seems no matter how thick the curtains or my eye mask are, the morning light in Ukraine taps me on the shoulder at 5:45 a.m. So it was this morning. I had tea (2.50 uah) served by the conductor in a glass with a metal holder, a granola bar, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/may-13-dnipropetrovsk-day-1.html After I had breakfast and got ready, I headed out again towards Maidan. Knowing where I was going this time, I crossed the street in a crosswalk and was stunned when cars actually STOPPED to let me pass. This experience was unimaginable in Ukraine a few years ago. I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Reisefrau/may-12-kyiv-old-and-new.html