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Odessa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Odessa, Ukraine
THE THRILL OF THE WILD UNKNOWN
This is a top pick! ... and Russia: Slovakia - 7 days - $25 Hungary - 2 nights - $23 Romania - 7 days - $20 Moldova - a few kilometers - $4 Ukraine - 4.5 nights - $60 (in a hurry, I splurged) I'm a cheap travel date. Or not; Jana's Slovakian and Mihai's Romanian ...
2 Countries, 2 Bribes, 2 Gappers
This is a top pick! ... by Eva....who is very long winded) Since Bo (a friend from when I lived in garmisch, germany) had mentioned coming to Ukraine to visit, he'd also mentioned wanting to see a couple other towns in the country, other than Kyiv…then, not too ...
Odessa: Part Deux
We all, in a general consensus decided that Odessa would be the city of rest. So we slept until around 10 and then decided to explore a bit. There really isn't much here, just the beautiful Black Sea and a lovely little city. So we just pretty much ...
Odessa, Ukraine Day 3
... to the market and spent a great time trying on homemade clothes by wonderful Ukrainian ladies and buying really cool things for no money. Everyone bought real pearl necklaces for around 5 and 3 dollars and it was just a great time had by all. Love ...
Ukrainian Introduction
... Day) in the Ukraine--the first day back to school! The day prior...I kept seeing people buying flowers all over Chernivtsi (Ukraine)...and...I was beginning to wonder in Ukrainians were the most romantic people ever! But..alas...the flowers were for the ...
Odessa
Im glad to be in Ukranine! Was the worst idea I ever had to enter fucking Transnistr. They are fucking around on the border like hell. Without black many you would be trapped in that fucking place for ever. On the 17th of September ther will be a ...
Borders of Former Soviet Countries
... Syria & Palestine. A very rich and interesting history which I will not go into detail here. Anyway, our ferry arrived at Odessa port at about 7am. We were told that we would be out of there by 10-11ish. Well, just like the ...
Odessa
... were max. 10 guests in the whole hotel. Every evening two prostitutes were sitting in the entrance hall and wanted to...... I believe that Odessa is even more beautiful in summer when the whole city is green, but it´s worth a trip every ...
Odessa, Ukraine
... conditioning???!! Yippee! We get there and the room is the size of my suitcase, with no air, no fridge and no wireless. Welcome to Ukraine. We were all exhausted so we went to our rooms and slept most of the day. Right now I am sitting splayed out on ...
Notes from the Underground
... Stanislav, at great expense during the Soviet era, while they ignored the roads, infrastructure, schools and everything else in Odessa. Stansislav thinks Ukraine should delay joining the EU for the moment. "We are only 14 years old country," he said. ...
Odessa, Ukraine Day 4 and 5
... cold water. A bit later, we were shocked to hear the first words of English uttered out of any mouth since we got to Ukraine and they were British. I have to say that generally, I have great respect for the Brits. They are extensive travelers and a very ...
Odd bits from Odessa
... a strip show in my hotel "What's Going On" magazine -- "Private dance and 10 private-rooms for pungent feelings" -- maybe those Ukraine girls really do knoock you out.) It I ordered Hetman's Borscht which was a treat, potato pancakes and mushrooms and a ...
A Day at the Beach
... a bit and I decided to go to the beach. Got a cab from the hotel to Arkadia, the main seaside attraction in Odessa which had officially opened for the season the night before. We careened past the gates of several old sanitoriums and on through a ...
urlaub auf der krim und in odessa
... anzukommen, denn irgendwie fuehle ich mich hier nun schon recht heimisch. mag ungern pauschal urteilen, aber in der ukraine, besonders in odessa, kamen mir die menschen wesentlich unfreundlicher vor. und wenn wir von irgendwem hilfe bekamen, dann ...
Christian Death-core to Nudist camps!
... a mistake *sigh* hehe oh well we moved on!! Well I stayed two nights at this guys place before heading to the Ukraine. I hitched from his town to the border where i walked across to the Ukraine. Now if you have every crossed the ...
Ode to Odessa
... . However, I never really checked the scale of the map so I may still be made to eat my words! The local currency of Ukraine is called the Hryvnia. (pronounced Grivnia). Not the easiest of currencies to roll off the tongue. Even if they called it the ...
Odesa
... nos había conseguido un mapa en la ESTACION de tren y nos pusimos a planificar la caminata No tengo mucho que contar de Odessa, es una ciudad ring venida abajo, de la era soviética, con mucha arquitectura de los siglos anteriores, pero descuidada. ...
City on the Black Sea
... Sea. Since ships from all over the world call here, and it is the home port of most Soviet commercial ships, Odessa has quite a cosmopolitan air. Odessa has always been associated with Russian poets and writers. In fact, Pushkin lived ...
Legendary Seaport
Super historic city, site of the famous Potemkin Steps and maze of tunnels the army used, and a beach with real ...
City of Ghosts
... poet, Alexandyr Pushkin, who had fallen into disfavor with the Tsar for radicalism and generally bad behavior. While in Odessa, Pushkin wrote the first chapter of Eugene Onegin and had simultaneous affairs with two women, one being Governor Voronstov's ...
Parting Shots
... to seeing the Crimea for the first time tomorrow -- a day in its capital city -- before heading on again to Sevastopol. I'll leave Odessa with a twinge of regret. It may not take long to se all the sights, but it's the kind of place you could suddenly ...
A little about Romania and the Ukraine
... (if not after the first attempt, then surely after attempt #2 or #3)--at a bus station in Chernivsti, Ukraine (but I was certain that there indeed was a bus to Odessa...and...turns out...I was correct!) The use of the word "NO" (or "Nyet" or "Neu" or ...
Black Sea Beach Party
... . Parties, free booze, the beach, and hot models? How could I refuse! It was about a 5 hour drive from Kiev to Odessa but it was interesting checking out the countryside and life outside Kiev. It's kinda like the wild west once you leave the big ...
Pushkin Ate (a lot) Here
... catching a game in a nation whose team is playing that day. As luck would have it, our first such experience was in Odessa while Ukraine took on Tunisia in its last group match, needing a solid result to have a chance to advance. Still reeling with ...
Land Ahoy
... cheeses and washed it all down with a fresh bottle of pomegranate juice. With no plans for the evening Irina suggested the Odessa opera, Jie immediately smelt revenge for the football in Sofia and so it was decided. One of Odessa's grandest buildings ...
On Boots and Odesa
... sandals, I thought I had found one of the best shopping places in the world. Today, I had a similar feeling on exploring Odessa's market with stall after stall selling boots. Forget Minsk's mall, these boots were affordable, ranging from $20-$30 in all ...
Queuing Ukrainian style
... was just as unmoved overall by the length of time spent there than the Russian guy I was standing with. I guess China and Ukraine have the "head-splittingly frustrating train station" thing in common. The ticket window opened back up at about 3:00 and ...
The Ukraine Experience
... chicken cutlets are mouth watering. They serve Kompot, which is a sweet drink made from cherry, or strawberries. If a restaurant in Ukraine has an English menu, it will list things like 'chicken cutlets’ or ‘meat cutlets’. In reality, ...
Bus Rides in the Ukraine
... itself, but having just spent 12 hours on a bus, I'm inclined to be bitter. For being just slightly smaller than Texas, the Ukraine sure takes a long time to get around. Simferopol is a town pushing 400,000 and Odessa rings in at an even million. ...
Missed it by that Much
... day jaunt to the former Soviet Union maintained, it was a 5 hour train trip to go a mere 97 miles from Chisinau to Odessa, Ukraine. And those 97 miles made a world of difference. Although Odessa was governed by the Romanians during WWII, it ...