"On the way to Yalta I made a stop over in - Bakhchysaray, a tatar palace and near by was a cave town Chufut-Kale - Manhup-Kale, a cave town as well - Balaklava, that is a town on t ..."
"Here in the Crimea the landscape can change completely in ten miles. Outside of Sevastopol and beyond the Valley of Death, the Crimean Mountains rise from the sea with vertical cli ..."
"During Soviet times, Yalta, on the Black Sea, was the vacation location of the masses. Today, it continues in that role, though perhaps with slightly less panache. the city's setti ..."
"So remember how I was told I wasn't going to be able to go into Ukraine? Well today the immigration officials who come onto the ship decided that it would be ok. So I got to go int ..."
"Famous site of the WW2 conference of Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, on the strategy to end the war and ultimately the division of Europe into east and west that would mean abando ..."
"We were staying at at a retreat center in the Crimea - an area with a fascinating although difficult history. We could see evidence of the different population of Tartar background ..."
"Yalta, a pretty port. We just put our walking shoes and went for it. Nothing much happened here. There was a beach near the port and quite a few were getting their pale skinned win ..."
Yalta, Ukraine
