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Travel Blogs from Odessa, Ukraine

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THE THRILL OF THE WILD UNKNOWN, Primorskaya, Ukraine travel blog

THE THRILL OF THE WILD UNKNOWN

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

2 Countries, 2 Bribes, 2 Gappers

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa: Part Deux

A travel blog entry by jmauxier

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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa, Ukraine Day 3

A travel blog entry by jmauxier

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Ukrainian Introduction

A travel blog entry by drpaultravel

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa

A travel blog entry by dresden

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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Borders of Former Soviet Countries

A travel blog entry by laurantim

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa

A travel blog entry by tilman

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... 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 itīs worth a trip every ...

Odessa, Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa, Ukraine

A travel blog entry by jmauxier

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Notes from the Underground

A travel blog entry by peyton

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa, Ukraine Day 4 and 5

A travel blog entry by jmauxier

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odd bits from Odessa

A travel blog entry by peyton

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

A Day at the Beach

A travel blog entry by peyton

... 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, Yalta und odessa, Ukraine travel blog

urlaub auf der krim und in odessa

A travel blog entry by tina

... 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!, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Christian Death-core to Nudist camps!

A travel blog entry by dylanboyle

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... 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 ...

Legendary Seaport, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Legendary Seaport

A travel blog entry by stevelegassick

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

City of Ghosts, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

City of Ghosts

A travel blog entry by peyton

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Parting Shots

A travel blog entry by peyton

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

A little about Romania and the Ukraine

A travel blog entry by drpaultravel

... (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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Black Sea Beach Party

A travel blog entry by john.babinec

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... . 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Pushkin Ate (a lot) Here

A travel blog entry by mishaley

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Land Ahoy

A travel blog entry by jiewu

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

On Boots and Odesa

A travel blog entry by kally563

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Queuing Ukrainian style

A travel blog entry by xerius

... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

The Ukraine Experience

A travel blog entry by rightwayaround

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... 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, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Bus Rides in the Ukraine

A travel blog entry by kally563

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... 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. ...

oh...Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

oh...Ukraine

A travel blog entry by sunnygurl

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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 ...

Nastrovje, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Nastrovje

A travel blog entry by salparadise

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Odessa, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa

A travel blog entry by kosti.kannas

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 ...

Odessa, Odessa, Ukraine travel blog

Odessa

A travel blog entry by sarsandmatt

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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 ...

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