February in Odesa, Ukraine...Train Rides, the Sea, and Food!

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March 1st 2011

Published: March 1st 2011

Imagine the antique trains you can tour and snap pictures of at old historic train station museums...that's the train that we took last weekend from Chisinau, Moldova to Odesa, Ukraine. On the way there we had padded seats, a table for our snacks and coffee, and NO heat. We rode for five hours in our coats, sipping from our thermos of hot coffee and walking the length of our train car to keep fe... Read Full Entry

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Nick & Kelsey

Caver95

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain (The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It) Taking Twain's words to heart, we're doing it! Traveling is a shared passion of ours and we have always talked about how neat it would be to work overseas. Then one day it hit me, the key is to stop talking about it and just go...so we're doing it. We are moving to Moldova, a small ... full info

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Opera House

A furry friend hoping for a hand-out. He looked pretty well fed to me.

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Odesa City Hall, and Pushkin, the famous poet.

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Under this Louvre-like structure were the remains of an ancient Greek civilization.

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View of the Piata from the top of Potemkin Steps

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Potemkin Steps, leading down to the Black Sea. A bit of trivia: the site of a famous massacre scene from an old Russian movie "Battleship Potemkin"

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The VERY cold, windy, and icy Black Sea.

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The front of this building shows a reflection of the Piata, see me in the right-hand corner?

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A shopping court near our hotel.

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This "carnival" of sorts was in town and open for operation. Imagine if you will the rides you find outside of Target and Country Western music.

Mother-in-Law Bridge

My favorite

Sights from our walk around town

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Some signs need no translation.

3rd March 2011

Keith
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great adventures!
Hi Kelsey and Nick. Wow, what another great adventure. Looks like you two are dressed for the warmth. What beautiful buildings. I imagine Odesa must be gorgious during the summer months too. Great photos as usual, and thanks for the wonderful narratives too - I continue to learn from your blogs! Cheers, Keith

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