Few Pics from the Cruise

Lviv 2015: Shevchenkivsky Gai

I figured out that I didn't post few photos from Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life" which I took at the end of my recent trip to Lviv, Ukraine.

According to their website, the museum is one of the biggest open-air museum in Europe nowadays. It exhibits wooden folk architecture, everyday life items, art artifacts from various ethnographic zones of Ukraine of last three centuries.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make good quality pictures from inside of buildings using my phone due to lack of light, but I must say it was interesting to see all clothes, furniture, music instruments, ceramic, jewelry, icons, church accessories and other items associated with day to day live of Ukrainian villagers from the past.

Lviv-2015: Walking Around

I got a chance to spend 2 weeks on Lviv after my spring business trip to Ukrainian and Romanian offices.

I didn't get to have warm spring weather, but at least it wasn't raining or something, so I got few chances to walk around the city.

Lviv didn't seem to change much, see for yourself.

My First Caribbean Cruise

I needed a vacation and I got one, Shiva tried to go with me, but it didn't work out - she doesn't own a swimming suit...

Since it was my first Caribbean cruise I had few things to learn:

1. Have beach cloth with pockets, closable pockets are preferable: you don't want to carry a purse with you on the ship and you need something to put your keycard in. Some kind of keycard holder would work here too probably.
2. Take a refillable water bottle with you: bottled water cost an arm and a leg on the ship, and they have water water fountains everywhere. And you get thirsty ashore.
3. Apply tons of sunscreen: the sun there is strong, even when you don't see it, it still will burn you if you don't use sunscreen.
4. Sit and relax, it is a vacation after all...

We visited to Half Moon Cay (The Bahamas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), St. Thomas (USVI).

I don't have many photos, these I do have will keep my memory fresh and warm.

Taking off in Maiami:

Somehwere near Bahamas:

Bahamas:

Puerto Rico:

St. Thomas:

Early morning back in Maiami: