Kiev’s Central Station on Christmas Eve, moments before my girlfriend and I boarded our train to Lviv.
A kiosk at Lviv’s holiday market sells handicrafts and souvenirs.
Christmas sparklers.
Workers on a lunch break at the foot of Castle Hill.
Atop Castle Hill.
Lviv as seen from the bell tower in Rynok Square.
The Black House, located on Rynok Square, was built for Italian tax-collector Tomaso Alberti in 1577. Today it houses part of the Lviv Historical Museum.
The Italian Courtyard, located inside the Royal Mansion Museum.
Ice skating in Rynok Square.
(Photo by Bri)
A rabbit at the market, ready for your pot.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, author of Venus in Furs, was born in Lemberg – now Lviv. The term known today as masochism was derived from his name.
A nude woman inside the chest of the Leopold von Sacher-Masoch statue.
A headstone at the historic Lychakiv Cemetery.
See more photos from Lviv here.