So, we're here in Odessa on vacation. The city is beautiful and interesting with lots of old buildings and pleasant streets with trees everywhere. The weather is still a bit cold for the beach, but we braved it for a while yesterday. Today we are hanging out a little and then we are catching a night train to Lviv, a city in the far western part of Ukraine that is reportedly very beautiful and not crawling with tourists.
In news, Russia and Estonia continue their spat over a monument to Red Army soldiers. The Russians seem to feel that the monument is in memory of those who died fighting the Nazis, but Estonians see it as a reminder of their occupation by the Soviets both after the 1938 Nazi-Soviet Pact and again after the Germans were driven from Estonia by the Red Army.
BBC has the details
Moscow Times Commentary
We have visited his blog-web and find it interesting, congratulations
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Thank you very much for the visit
Hi, I visited Odessa in 1984, and also in May, when it was blossoming all around.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your blog, I find it interesting and will put a link to it in my "To Russia" Blog with Helpful tips and articles on Russian life for those who come to Russia.