Re: [Cz-L] US Travel Options to Chernivtsi - 2011...

Shalom CZ-L Group,

I agree with Yosi-Jerry Wow. Terrific Job Jordan S. Bernhard

Yes it is probably easier to get to outer Mongolia than Chernovitz.

But.

>From personal experience after doing my homework I found it slightly

easier last May 2010.

I travelled from BenGurion International Airport, Israel by Austrian

Airlines (OS) to Vienna (VIE) about a four hour stop over then to Lviv
(LWO),

The flight from Vienna to Lviv was on a small DeHavilland turboprop plane an

Austrioan Airline daughter company called Tyrol Airlines. The turboprop is
quite

noisy but it is only a 50 minute flight. The plus is that the plane only
carries

some 20 passengers so getting in and out of immigration/customs/security
went

very fast less than 20 minutes without hassle, Ukranian officials all smiles
all

the way. The same on the return flight. Concerning staying overnight or
longer,

then taking the day train to Chernivtsi I have a better option.

Hire a Taxi to Chernivtsi it is about 4-5 hour drive on the pothole roads of

Ukraine.

We hired a Chernivtsi (former Israeli) Jewish taxi driver for USD 100 a day.
He was

waiting for us at Lviv airport and at the end also drove us back from
Chernivtsi to

Lviv. During our 10 day tour he also acted as our unofficial tour guide,
translator,

bodyguard, and helped us out with some of our pre-tour chores for us (like
making

some phone calls for appointments. preparing the itinerary; arranging Kosher
meals

at Habad House, submitting pre-tour information at the Chernivtsi Archives,
the

bottom line a real "man Friday" and all this for USD 100 per day, maybe the
price

has slightly gone up)

On the downside his English is weak but if you know Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian
and or

Ukrainan you won't have a real problem communicating with him. He is a real
"Mentch,

and Heimeish, willing to go the extra mile for you. Another convenience is
that he

is connected to Skype telephone video, so you can talk to him preparing your
trip.

Anyone wanting more information, please contact me (no, I do not receive a
commission

from him, just that we enjoyed his friendly and very reliable service).

Subject: Re: [Cz-L] US Travel Options to Chernivtsi - 2011...

From: yosi-jerry <eshet1_at_netvision.net.il>

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:55:01 +0200

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WOW!!!!!

Yosef Eshet

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From: "Jordan S. Bernhard" <cz-l_at_jordandirect.com>

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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:31 AM

Subject: [Cz-L] US Travel Options to Chernivtsi - 2011...

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