Sevastopol, Ukraine

... oligarchs are still in power, they will not be able to control the votes again. After lunch we head on to Sevastopol through the Valley of Death, where the 250 soldiers of the British Light Brigade made their suicidal charge into the Russian cannons. ...

... tomorrow morning for the trip to Yalta with a day's worth of stops along the way. Oh, and I learned the name of the Ukranian national anthem. How's this for chest-thumping pride and rabid nationalistic fervor? It's called "Ukraine Has Not Yet Died."

... !  The food was tasty and we are certainly being well looked after gastronomically on this cruise. The trip back to Sevastopol was a somewhat drowsy on for most folk and the commentary was mercifully sparse. The Ukraine is still in its post-communist ...

... don't require acrobatic feats to get into. There are no ladders. We are sharing our compartment with Slava, a seaman returning to Sevastopol from a month and a half in Nigeria, and a man travelling on to Yalta. Slava speaks quite good English and tells us ...