Odessa, Ukraine Travel Blogs

Odessa: Part Deux
Aug 29, 2008

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
Aug 29, 2008

... 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 Odessa

Ukrainian Introduction
Sep 3, 2004

... 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
Sep 15, 2006

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
Aug 25, 2007 (1 photos)

... closing three hours before the departure of the boat, it took us more than 6 hours before we actually left the port!  Odessa port must hold the world record for longest border crossing!! Anyway, Samer gave us a lift to the railway station and& ...

Odessa, Ukraine
Aug 20, 2008

... ???!! 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 my single ...

Odessa, Ukraine Day 4 and 5
Aug 29, 2008

... 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 ...

Notes from the Underground
May 19, 2006

... 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. " ...

Odd bits from Odessa
May 17, 2006

... 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
May 20, 2006

... 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
Sep 9, 2004

... , 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 meistens von ...

Land Ahoy
Jun 13, 2009 (20 photos)

... 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 is ...

Christian Death-core to Nudist camps!
Aug 17, 2008 (56 photos)

... scene.  There are hundreds of people waiting in line to cross the border on either side They are all crossing to the Ukraine, buying cigarettes and coming back....over and over and over again!  Fortunately one of  the border guards saw me ( ...

On Boots and Odesa
Oct 14, 2007 (5 photos)

... 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 the ...

A little about Romania and the Ukraine
Sep 6, 2004

... (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 ...

City of Ghosts
May 18, 2006

... 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
May 21, 2006

... 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 wake ...

Queuing Ukrainian style
Aug 13, 2007

... 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 then ...

Pushkin Ate (a lot) Here
Jun 23, 2006

... 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 disappointment ...

Bus Rides in the Ukraine
Oct 11, 2007 (2 photos)

... 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. You'd ...

oh...Ukraine
Jul 11, 2006 (7 photos)

Yesterday we were in Odessa, Ukraine. Good news is I was able to get off the ship! I just went for a walk around the main part of town. To get there from the terminal you have to walk up these stairs (I took a picture of them), it was definately by ...

Off to see the famous Potemkin Stairs
Sep 14, 2009

... ; they were just visiting Odessa.  But, she and here husband were both very smart in the workings of the people in Ukraine.  And then, there was Isbell, a younger lady from Canada who was just killing time waiting for her Russian business visa to ...

Legendary Seaport
Jul 30, 2006 (15 photos)

Super historic city, site of the famous Potemkin Steps and maze of tunnels the army used, and a beach with real sand!

Nastrovje
Aug 11, 2009 (1 photos)

Odessa
Sep 21, 2008

Took a 10 hour train ride from kiev to Odessa. Nice rest after the beer festival in Kiev. Phone wifis not working and internet accessibility otherwise seems to be pretty scarse.

Odessa
Oct 24, 2006 (1 photos)

Although we spent very little time here..we walked quite a bit of the city. We saw the train station!!!, the Opera House and the local outdoor market. I know that there is more to see, I guess we'll just have to go back...

odessa departure
Apr 1, 2007

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The legs of heaven, the dregs of hell
Aug 1, 2009 (66 photos)

The first thing that greeted us as we entered the Ukraine, Odessa, was a giant muscular baby smiling down on us with an evil grin. In the distance, we could see the Ptempkin steps leading up towards impressive buildings and wide boulevards. We decided to ...

Odessa
Aug 6, 2007

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Odessian beach
Feb 22, 2007 (5 photos)

One day in our office disappeared the light and I with my friends in our firm decided to see our sea:-). Thank God we work only 10 minutes from the sea and the weather this winter is excellent - warm and sunny. At first we made photos of the sea but ...