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... too, which were certainly impressive, with their massive monuments and statues, impressive buildings and parks, walking streets and cafes. We stopped for a beer soon after buying our tickets. The tickets cost a little more than expected, but to Simferopol it was the only ones available. To Moscow, from Simferapol, we paid a 530 grivnas, around 30 pounds, and from Odessa to Simferopol, we paid 411 grivnas each. <br>The beers were good, and we sat around for ...

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... out, even in nice places, right? In Eastern Europe, if you don't spend at least an hour or more at the eatery, then it is an insult. So you walk in, sit down (no one seats you), wait awhile and then get a menu. After consulting the menu for at least 20 minutes then the server comes to take your order. By the way, no free water, no refills on soda, and the bottles that you pay 6 dollars for are like two gulps. Also ...

... super nice after couches and camping for the past weeks. The next day I started out hitching (too see how it was in the Ukraine) and I made it allll the way 60km short of Lviv where this trucker ended his route. Then it started raining and I was stuck at this gas station trying to ask people for a ride to Lviv...but nobody spoke English (well one guy did a little bit a chatted me up for a little while) but the search was fruitless. So during a break in the ...

This morning, we started out at the Las Cruces Veterans Memorial Park for a Wreath Laying. This is a beautiful park. My cousin, Russell Platt's name is on the wall - he was killed in Vietnam, and was living in Las Cruces when he was deployed. During the ceremonies, the weather turned ugly again - looks like another rainy day. It rained off and on, but not too hard. During the day, 'New York' told me that my tail light was out - I had ...

... through the natural entrance where the bats fly in and out. What an incredible place to see. We then drove towards Dallas TX and make it to Odessa TX to find our 2nd Letterbox at Comanche Park in Odessa. We drove to Midland had dinner and stayed in our first Walmart parking lot.

... as well as English, we're getting on just fine. Menus are a big problem but other than that we're doing well on the communication front. Tomorrow we're going to visit the biggest flea market in eastern Europe! Yesterday was the big birthday. I had caviar (which is ridiculously cheap here) for lunch AND dinner, then we went out clubbing. We were taken in by a hilarious young Ukrainian guy who called ...

... one arrives at simplicity of expression." This unique master was a very humble artist. He would not claim "to be" involved in what "one frames" but only admits that "one has to feel". In the end he pretty much proved himself that with every photography taken the entire person behind the camera is very much involved in the process of presenting a part of our reality. There is another ...

We took it easy today and caught our breath around the pool. Tonight we went to a Baseball game (the Midland Rockhounds - assisted by Rocky their mascot - beat the Wichita Wranglers) - it was great to see a game live and to soak up the atmosphere. We followed up this with a trip (in Jane's convertible) to a drive in movie where we saw Underdog. great movie - pity about the mosquitos !!!

... which was well used until the rain came. We love the rain over here as it doesn't last too long and keeps the temperature down to a manageable 30 - 35 degrees C. Despite the fact that the 10 year drought has now officially ended I get the feeeling sometimes that (as in Ireland) the locals have had enough of the rain. Met some of Kevin's rugby teammates - Thurs is a training night but there seemed to be a number of MadDogs hanging out around THE bar during training !!