Re: [Cz-L] Its August Czernowitz is calling

Dear Arthur,

Thank you for your report on your visit to Czernowitz.

I would like to comment on a the various issues you wrote about.
Traveling to Czernowitz: In recent years I have found that
the most convenient way, is to fly to Czernowitz by Carpatair.
They have direct flights to Czernowitz and back from Timisoara.
It is possible to get to Timisoara from Munich, Rome, Berlin
and other major airports.

The SVIT Ukraine volunteers always come from many different countries,
are intelligent, hardworking, interested and interesting young people.

As to stone masons in Czernowitz: I have had a mason recommended
by Dr. Bursuk repair some headstones for me, as well as for other
members
of this list. He did a very good job and was not expensive.
His name is Vasilyi, but I have neither his surname or his Email
address.
I will try to get it from Dr. Bursuk.

Mimi
On Sep 8, 2012, at 2:01 AM, Arthur von Czernowitz wrote:

> Its August, Czernowitz is calling, the SVIT volunteers (Solidarity
> Volunteering Initiative Tolerance) are in town, and will be
> clearing the vegetation in the cemetery.
> Like every year I check the best way to get to Czernowitz. The
> connecting flight from Kiev has been canceled. Fly to Kiev and
> take the 18 hour train ride, I don’t think so. Fly to Belgrade and
> take the train to Timisoara and from there Carpat Air the only
> airline still serving Czernowitz, is just too complicated. So
> finally I decide fly Tel Aviv-Bucharest and from there to Suceava,
> arrive OTP at 09:50 take a day room ($ 40) near the Bucharest
> airport as the flight to Suceava leaves at 21:30. From Suceava,
> Ciprianu my driver will take me to the Magnat Lux. (120 Euro
> roundtrip). At the border, the same as every year long lines wait,
> wait.
> I arrived at the Magnat Lux (40 Dollars a night) at 02:00 in the
> morning.
> This time of the year in August, Czernowitz is extremely hot; the
> aircondition in the room is broken just like last year, wi-fi not
> working just like last year. You have to sit on the steps next to
> the reception desk to be able to connect to the internet.
> Next morning I am off to the cemetery, I meet the volunteers, what
> a great bunch, nice young kids from 7 countries.
> Later, I ask them if they would like to come with me to the grave
> of my grandfather where I will say Kadish.
> I thank them for the great job that they are doing and tell them
> that I would like to do something for them. I tell them that I
> would like to buy some meat for a barbeque as the next day is going
> to be their last day. I went with Yuri Sulima one of the
> volunteers, to a large supermarket at the outskirts of the city,
> where I bought the meat plus a charcoal barbeque.
> We had a terrific party, I talked to each one of volunteers
> thanking them and telling them what a great job they did. I also
> told them of my connection to Czernowitz.
>
> The volunteers cleared section 61, 52 and both sections of 34. (See
> Map)
>
> My impression of Czernowitz.
> I walk the old familiar streets. Next to the old Temple there are
> several babushkas selling fruit and vegetables which they grow in
> their gardens. I buy 2 large pears; in my room I wash the pears
> and bite in, vow, sweet and juicy, so this is the way a pear should
> taste, memories are coming back.
>
> In the street, beautiful skinny girls, long legs wearing stiletto
> heels and walking on the Czernowitzer streets paved with cobble
> stones. Later you see them walking with their mothers and you ask
> yourself what happened to their mothers? too many varenikis too
> much borscht?
>
> The stores are well stocked; you see new cars mostly German,
> sparkling clean and well maintained.
> New restaurants, which serve mostly the same menu and cheap.
>
> At the Jewish Museum I saw Mykola Kushnir, the director I asked him
> if he could help find a stonemason who will not overcharge with the
> restoration of headstones at the cemetery. I constantly get
> complains at the office from people who got overcharged for
> restoration of headstones.
>
> I also went to see the restored Korn Shil, what a terrific job.
> The rabbi was not there he was in Israel.
>
> After 3 days Ciprianu my driver picked me up for the drive back to
> Suceava. Again the border, long lines. The flight back to
> Bucharest from Suceava leaves at 06:00, I am booked in to a new
> hotel in Suceava with great food, the Sonnenhof. In the evening at
> the restaurant I order my evening meal and as a condiment I was
> given “Mujdei” a Romanian garlic concoction. Next day at the
> airport people are holding their noses when passing me; it took me
> 2 days to get over the smell of garlic.
>
> Well, maybe, next year in Czernowitz.
>
> Arthur
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/vonczernowitz2/CzernowitzAugust2012#
>
>
>
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