[Leica] IMG - Ukraine visit

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Henning:  Lots of interest for us!  Katya's maternal grandparents lived in 
Lviv, and Katya spent extended visits there. Chernivtsi is the home town of 
one of my mother-in-law's late friends.  So we enjoyed seeing these places 
as they are today.  Funny to see babushkas in scarves alongside modern 
dress, cellphones and laptops.  Old times and modern times juxtaposed, and 
old-time religion reborn after its long Soviet winter.

I'm sure it was a moving time for Tanya, to see the places of her 
forebears, especially her grandfather's farm.  Wow.

Thanks for bringing us along. (Now please tell, what were you shooting 
with?).

Best to you both!
--Peter

At 09:05 AM 11/8/2008 -0800, Henning wrote:
>My wife and I travelled a bit in the Ukraine end of September; mainly
>to see some of the places that her ancestors  emigrated from over 100
>years ago. We flew to Lviv via Warsaw, and rented a car there. This
>is obviously a NEW THING for them, and was frought with some
>unforeseen events. We met few other tourists, and all were with tour
>groups.
>
>  From Lviv we drove south to Chernivtsi, a small city in the old
>province of Bukovina, and found towns and places of the ancestors,
>and also other things. It rained all except one day of the six we
>were there, and it was quite cold as well. Never the less, we had a
>great time and it was definitely worth the effort.
>
>Camera was the M8 with the most used lenses the WATE, 28/2 and 50/1.4 ASPH.
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/Ukraine_08/
>
>These are mainly tourist photos, and not of great photographic
>quality. I hope they are interesting.