Uliss Odessa

... then it wouldn't be a surprise when we did it, so let's just leave it at that. <br>After making notes and chatting for a while, Baram went to read a book, and we went to check out the empty disco, with four girls and the Moldovans in attendance... We sat down, got a couple of beers, and the continued to have so much fun during the night, drinking beers, checking out the two girls in white at the bar, as they were checking us out, writing haiku, and checking out the rest of the girls ...

But that is it! More than two weeks with people who i can say now i love and would like to see more often if only i could. Who knew that i would find SO good friends here! I've never been treated so well. Who knew that i would fall in love.This craziest thing we know. And it's not just a seaside story it's a fairytale, my own story with continuation. <br>

... go eat and after dinner, we see that it almost 4 and decide that we have to get an early start in the morning if we want to make it to the beach, so we just went back 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

... the girls dressed up with mime-like makeup and danced and laughed and acted and performed for the tourists as I followed them banging on a little drum. They made a decent amount of money that day and bought me a beer for my percussion accompaniment. It was good times! It made me really want to learn some sort of act or street performing talent to change up my travel routine. I really don't enjoy being the tourist walking around and taking pictures and visiting ...

First real day in Ukraine, and I've already been subjected to a good taste of the local lifestyle. Not the enjoyable kind, mind you, but rather the kind of tedious ********* that Ukrainian citizens have to put up with on a daily basis. Yes, I am talking about purchasing train tickets and dealing with that everlasting hangover from the Soviet era - poor, cranky service and eternal queues. I originally booked in for just one night here in Odessa, thinking I'd ...

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 then we noticed our other girls-collegues and decided to make something like light strip-tease in the form of bodily exercise:-)

... season there were no boats going to Sevastopol. So here we took a taxi back to the trainstation and luck was on our side cause the only daily train to Sevastopol was to leave 1 hour later. We bought the tickets, grabbed a sandwich and waited to get on the train.

... rest of the morning into the early afternoon cafe-hopping and finishing the Tolstoy. Not the kind of stuff page-turning blogs are made of, but a perfect day as far as I'm concerned. It's overcast and quite humid today. The kind of weather that excuses indolence. I'm going to grab a bite to eat at the restaurant up the street now. Looking forward to seeing the Crimea for the first time tomorrow -- a day in its capital city -- before heading on again to Sevastopol. I'll ...

... in the frosty Russian north, that he recinded his order (the first Orange Revolution?). And today there is a monument dedicated to the oranges in Odessa, paid for, according to 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. "We need to be careful between Russia and the West ...

... out into the quiet courtyard and an enormous clawfoot tub. The hotel is across the street from Odessa's main hillside promenade, a shady, chestnut-lined park overlooking the harbor that even at 2 in the afternoon was filled with strolling Odessians. I decided to take a day off from urban hiking, found a table at an outdoor terrace across from the Potemkin steps, ordered beer and just watched the procession for an hour or so. I'll get better acquainted beginning tomorrow.