It's cold in Sarajevo!
Regards from the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian convertible marks (KM) (note that 1 euro = 1.95583 German marks, hence the frame). The change was fixed within German (1 frame Bosnian convertible = 1 German mark), and now is fixed to the euro.
Indeed, I left to sleep in Podgorica. They say the decision really precedes reflection, the latter being a farce to be mental to believe self decide this or that after weighing the pros and cons.
Pille a bus to Sarajevo at 23:40 on August 29, fifty-fourth day abroad. Of course, I could see almost nothing por the way, except that the road is all curves during the tour, Mountains, with canhones to be a day pass, tunnels, total foliage. Road unfortunate situation, especially the Bosnian side.
pass the border at about 3. Montenegrin side, the cop asked me how long had in Montenegro, where he had been. The people on the bus was quite serious for the paperwork, the war - or war - the Balkans ended less than 10 anhos, and that is palpable. In the Bosnian side, nothing to stress: a stamp in most, another blank page. A waste. As do so, ran out the passport in less than two anhos. Interesting
: nothing but enter, it says "Welcome to Bosnia and Herzegovina." And 10 metersto a nearby hill for a panoramic city. And I could not have more luck: I found the Muslim cemetery that serves as a memorial of the war in Bosnia and in particular the siege of Sarajevo. There was no doubt: all the tombs (Muslim - the Islamic religion forbids the grave covered with slabs) had no dates of death before 1992 or after 1995, anhos the start and end the siege of Sarajevo, respectively. All I remember: the Serb snipers hidden in the Mountains that surround the city, shooting in cold blood the innocent civilians who had to mount barriers to move around without fear of being killed, the bloodiest attack in the market .. . how cruel ... pairar all these pictures of mine. I'll even get in trouble for copyright violation ...)
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
Meralgia Paresthetica The Balkans (part 1)
Mountains or arid, but then trees. Rios. Valles. The first 50 km I saw that people have the name in Albanian and Greek. Not a single mosque, but churches in their place. Is clear: it is Ipiros Northern region belonging to Albania but inhabited by Greek minority. In fact, in this area live Boula cousins, who were cut off from rest of family for the incredibly cruel Stalinist regime of Enver Hoxha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha). There are also some "show" of pollution that they put sharp teeth. Rather malinhas roads, but they are fixing and expanding.
+ Although Albania has a lot to go, nothing to do with those images of vessels to the brim with hungry Albanians,desperate fled to Italy. Nor anything to do with insecurity. Here, in Tirana, is Monday and this petado of cafes, restaurants, Albanian and Albanian petados enjoying life as Athens or Rome. I'm in Europe, it is clear once again. Albania grows apace. Built everywhere, houses, buildings ...
+ The most nerd: to 750000 bunkers and air defense positions which invade the landscape. Hoxha, the insane, the build command to defend against possible internal revolutions and external attacks. To those who tried to flee the country were killed. So simple, so crude.
Seguire north: Monte Black (the newest country in the world), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and then splitting to Galicia, to the wedding
+ Although Albania has a lot to go, nothing to do with those images of vessels to the brim with hungry Albanians,desperate fled to Italy. Nor anything to do with insecurity. Here, in Tirana, is Monday and this petado of cafes, restaurants, Albanian and Albanian petados enjoying life as Athens or Rome. I'm in Europe, it is clear once again. Albania grows apace. Built everywhere, houses, buildings ...
+ The most nerd: to 750000 bunkers and air defense positions which invade the landscape. Hoxha, the insane, the build command to defend against possible internal revolutions and external attacks. To those who tried to flee the country were killed. So simple, so crude.
Seguire north: Monte Black (the newest country in the world), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and then splitting to Galicia, to the wedding
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Small Estate Affidavit Florida
ria to see in Sochi two days later. Examples:
* A Cadillac / limousine huge, white, on the bonnet of which I could lie in postureo plan's dirt cheap, and take a picture for 50 rubles.
* Types of snakes, iguanas, parrots, to wash off the ridiculous picture.
* The worst of the worst (seen several times, to make matters worse): 2 black with fans (one short and paunchy), a throne "African style" in the middle, and the Russian or Russian, shamelessly climbs to be photographed. Ridiculous and, worse, ridicule. Then follow
less crowded streets, with detached houses, one after another (but would not be attached ... ha ha ... what nonsense! (Copyright Martes y Trece)), and repair on the doorappeared many of them repeated the word "Komatsu." Intuition (they're like 16 anhos and travel) that it was related to room / board (maybe helped that "Komatsu" is somewhat like "rooms" in Greek ("domatia")) and check out my phrase book Russian / English ... bingo.
senhoras The surprise of seeing a foreigner with a pocket book extranho who spoke no Russian, was enormous. All were kind to strangers, but all told there was not room. I thought they were afraid to stay in your home to a stranger, with Pequenho backpack, which also just wanted to spend a night, not one or two weeks as the other vacationers, but the reality is that it was full, and the few sites free were only interested in people who alqpension lvidable Constance - Romania), and a balcony overlooking a minimum courtyard surrounded by barracks.
Communication (or, better isolation)
Vitale was not even a tenth of how difficult it was aware of communication between us. As far as me, if I knew 5 words in Russian and was a lot. To most, he could not read without glasses, who had no other hand. Actually, not having, I had no ashtray. So could not use the dictionary at the end of my phrase book to find words and show me.
- Russia, a country without law - I would repeat many times.
This communication, even excruciating, the possible leaving you I did paper and pen to write the keyword (in Cyrillic, evidentity) that I would look for, crossing their fingers in the mini-dictionary. Almost all the Russian I learned to be.
But it was a very difficult situation, I would say embarrassing. Thankfully, this would end in a few hours, then the next day, early in the manhana would follow my path to the east / southeast.
was about 8 manhana the 2nd of August when we play the turn in the ticket office of Anapa bus station to buy a ticket to Gelendzhik. Vitale talking a bit with the box office, I see a negation (nyet) of the senhora, but eventually get a ticket for 7:30 in the manhana.
- But if you are already the 8!
"But today all the buses in the direction of Tuapse / Sochi are full. The ticket is forneed to come with me. Difficult issue, but finally understands. I look back at 4 pm, when it is 12 noon. 4 hours of freedom!
toured the entire coastline around Anapa, filled to the Russian flag. In a store, given that no foreigner saw none, ask:
- There are not many foreigners around here, no?
- You're the first.
It was not true. Really, could not be first, but the fact that in a photo shop the promenade of Anapa concurridisimo tell me what was the first they saw, says that foreigners are in Anapa, genuine pearls. Anapa, Russia for Russians summer season.
also take the opportunity to stop bythe bus station, to change the ticket and not stop until Tuapse, halfway between Sochi and Gelendzhik. Had time to recover. For this case (that of changing the destination of the ticket) had the inestimable help of some children, visitors, the faraway St. Petersburg (everything is very far in the vast Russian). Back
buy an ashtray to give to Vitale, who gratefully accepted. Vitale returned to talk about something that I would repeat each bit and I could not understand, that if "no passport", "police", "eleven anhos", "34 anhos" ... And finally dawned on me. Vitale was in jail.
is the only thing for sure: the reason is related to a trip or something he did not have the right papers, and it is possible (comCOMMUNICATION extremely poor) to come into prison at 34 and remained there anhos 11. If so would enter into 1989 ... wait ... The wall fell in 1991 ... anhos and maybe spent 11 to 34 came in 1989 when the regime began to relax ... Well, you never know.
After several dialogues impossible came a friend of his, Boba, Russian, Armenian origin, and English potatoes, and ended the day back to the house that between the night before, with the same types of backgammon, then Vitale go for a walk, a senhora (English or potato) and me.
I stay penalty could not find anyone to translate how grateful he was for everything. I had to do, painfully, with my phrase book. I do not want to imagine what it would have ifdo of my stay in Anapa (and throughout the Russian segment) if it had that little book.
End stage.
Anapa, Internet ...
* A Cadillac / limousine huge, white, on the bonnet of which I could lie in postureo plan's dirt cheap, and take a picture for 50 rubles.
* Types of snakes, iguanas, parrots, to wash off the ridiculous picture.
* The worst of the worst (seen several times, to make matters worse): 2 black with fans (one short and paunchy), a throne "African style" in the middle, and the Russian or Russian, shamelessly climbs to be photographed. Ridiculous and, worse, ridicule. Then follow
less crowded streets, with detached houses, one after another (but would not be attached ... ha ha ... what nonsense! (Copyright Martes y Trece)), and repair on the doorappeared many of them repeated the word "Komatsu." Intuition (they're like 16 anhos and travel) that it was related to room / board (maybe helped that "Komatsu" is somewhat like "rooms" in Greek ("domatia")) and check out my phrase book Russian / English ... bingo.
senhoras The surprise of seeing a foreigner with a pocket book extranho who spoke no Russian, was enormous. All were kind to strangers, but all told there was not room. I thought they were afraid to stay in your home to a stranger, with Pequenho backpack, which also just wanted to spend a night, not one or two weeks as the other vacationers, but the reality is that it was full, and the few sites free were only interested in people who alqpension lvidable Constance - Romania), and a balcony overlooking a minimum courtyard surrounded by barracks.
Communication (or, better isolation)
Vitale was not even a tenth of how difficult it was aware of communication between us. As far as me, if I knew 5 words in Russian and was a lot. To most, he could not read without glasses, who had no other hand. Actually, not having, I had no ashtray. So could not use the dictionary at the end of my phrase book to find words and show me.
- Russia, a country without law - I would repeat many times.
This communication, even excruciating, the possible leaving you I did paper and pen to write the keyword (in Cyrillic, evidentity) that I would look for, crossing their fingers in the mini-dictionary. Almost all the Russian I learned to be.
But it was a very difficult situation, I would say embarrassing. Thankfully, this would end in a few hours, then the next day, early in the manhana would follow my path to the east / southeast.
was about 8 manhana the 2nd of August when we play the turn in the ticket office of Anapa bus station to buy a ticket to Gelendzhik. Vitale talking a bit with the box office, I see a negation (nyet) of the senhora, but eventually get a ticket for 7:30 in the manhana.
- But if you are already the 8!
"But today all the buses in the direction of Tuapse / Sochi are full. The ticket is forneed to come with me. Difficult issue, but finally understands. I look back at 4 pm, when it is 12 noon. 4 hours of freedom!
toured the entire coastline around Anapa, filled to the Russian flag. In a store, given that no foreigner saw none, ask:
- There are not many foreigners around here, no?
- You're the first.
It was not true. Really, could not be first, but the fact that in a photo shop the promenade of Anapa concurridisimo tell me what was the first they saw, says that foreigners are in Anapa, genuine pearls. Anapa, Russia for Russians summer season.
also take the opportunity to stop bythe bus station, to change the ticket and not stop until Tuapse, halfway between Sochi and Gelendzhik. Had time to recover. For this case (that of changing the destination of the ticket) had the inestimable help of some children, visitors, the faraway St. Petersburg (everything is very far in the vast Russian). Back
buy an ashtray to give to Vitale, who gratefully accepted. Vitale returned to talk about something that I would repeat each bit and I could not understand, that if "no passport", "police", "eleven anhos", "34 anhos" ... And finally dawned on me. Vitale was in jail.
is the only thing for sure: the reason is related to a trip or something he did not have the right papers, and it is possible (comCOMMUNICATION extremely poor) to come into prison at 34 and remained there anhos 11. If so would enter into 1989 ... wait ... The wall fell in 1991 ... anhos and maybe spent 11 to 34 came in 1989 when the regime began to relax ... Well, you never know.
After several dialogues impossible came a friend of his, Boba, Russian, Armenian origin, and English potatoes, and ended the day back to the house that between the night before, with the same types of backgammon, then Vitale go for a walk, a senhora (English or potato) and me.
I stay penalty could not find anyone to translate how grateful he was for everything. I had to do, painfully, with my phrase book. I do not want to imagine what it would have ifdo of my stay in Anapa (and throughout the Russian segment) if it had that little book.
End stage.
Anapa, Internet ...
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Cervical Position Period For the Aegean
In all these days I can not write. It remains for me to tell the end of the trip (as in Russia, Georgia and Turkey), but I leave it for later, when I find enough time.
Arrive at starting point, ticket office number 130 bus station in Istanbul (a city of some 10 million inhabitants), at 6:19:13 the 11th of August. As my departure was at 14:30:00 on 21 July, from this point and towards the town of Kirklareli (seems to make a anho it!), This means my crazy around the Black Sea took me 20 days , 15 hours, 49 minutes and 13 seconds. Pille
one lives in the neighborhood of Sultanahmet just a few hours sleep, shower and wash clothes (3 euros). At night, at 23:55 take a plane to Bodrum (Halicarnassus in Greek historian Herodotus's hometown), even in Turkey, but only half an hour by boat from the Greek island of Kos. For the manhana, at 11:41, I was in the Marina (Yacht Club) to Kos with Rania and companhia. From there (day 12) until now, sailing through the Aegean Kos, Pserimos, Telendos, Leros, Archangelos, Lipsi, Marathe, Arki, Avaptisti and today Patmos.
no words to describe it. The following are talk:
Sailing a sailboat (about 15m long, which drove us (well. .. they hear only noise ...)), sea, sun kissed skin, clear waters turquoise ideal temperature (or Amaya Braulio ask for more info), fresh fish, octopus, Greek salad, nevera full of everything you want, outside table, airecito, good companhia, at least 100 cd's of all types of music, goggles and fins for diving, dancing, singing, deserted islands, paradise ... In short, words ...
Someone asked that and see if anyone was good news. I hope not to be disappointed.
to the next.
picture get off the internet, Telendos island in the Dodecanese. My photos are much better. Do not I repeat because I do not put mine.
Arrive at starting point, ticket office number 130 bus station in Istanbul (a city of some 10 million inhabitants), at 6:19:13 the 11th of August. As my departure was at 14:30:00 on 21 July, from this point and towards the town of Kirklareli (seems to make a anho it!), This means my crazy around the Black Sea took me 20 days , 15 hours, 49 minutes and 13 seconds. Pille
one lives in the neighborhood of Sultanahmet just a few hours sleep, shower and wash clothes (3 euros). At night, at 23:55 take a plane to Bodrum (Halicarnassus in Greek historian Herodotus's hometown), even in Turkey, but only half an hour by boat from the Greek island of Kos. For the manhana, at 11:41, I was in the Marina (Yacht Club) to Kos with Rania and companhia. From there (day 12) until now, sailing through the Aegean Kos, Pserimos, Telendos, Leros, Archangelos, Lipsi, Marathe, Arki, Avaptisti and today Patmos.
no words to describe it. The following are talk:
Sailing a sailboat (about 15m long, which drove us (well. .. they hear only noise ...)), sea, sun kissed skin, clear waters turquoise ideal temperature (or Amaya Braulio ask for more info), fresh fish, octopus, Greek salad, nevera full of everything you want, outside table, airecito, good companhia, at least 100 cd's of all types of music, goggles and fins for diving, dancing, singing, deserted islands, paradise ... In short, words ...
Someone asked that and see if anyone was good news. I hope not to be disappointed.
to the next.
picture get off the internet, Telendos island in the Dodecanese. My photos are much better. Do not I repeat because I do not put mine.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
I-catcher Console - Web Monitor .fr 9th stage: Kerch (Ukraine) -> Anapa (Russia), 1 and 2 August
s under a plastic lobby than to greenhouse gases. Outside, a blazing sun. I naturally pass to suffer this torture. I went to one of the 2 kittens that had front and comply, bebiendome a beer, dripping with sweat as the other passengers.
As I say, at 13:26 we went through control. I'm from the past, and not leave until 13:45. That is, to dispatch some 40 passengers, the police need 19 minutes.
The crossing of Krim / Port Kafkaz is the one in the strait between the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea. It takes only about 40 minutes to cross ... if the boat waiting ... and fuel ...
ship arrives at about 14:26. 41 minutes of waiting, so from that pasamos passport control.
Passengers disembark from the Russian side are fast. Once empty, you see a truck with a cistern behind indescribable. She gets into the boat and not leave until 14:40. It turns out that he had to fill the fuel tank for the ferry.
went up and at 14:45 we start Krim port to the Russian side, in Port Kafkaz. I mess with photos of the two seas, the only place where you can take pictures (while waiting for the ship Krim, I began to take pictures and a Ukrainian soldier approached me, slightly annoyed, to tell me that he could not do photos. I apologized, said he was spanish and delete the photos in his presence. This seemed sufficient.)
landed at the Port Kafkaz15:28. Russia has no more and no less than 11 different time zones. The Krasnodar province, which includes all the Russian Black Sea strip, is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich when, so you need to advance the clock 1 hour: it is 16:28. Until 17:12
fail the Russian control, more professional but quite slow, even so.
At 17:21 we finally, to Anapa.
recap: Not counting the time change, this border I get a whopping 3 hours and 53 minutes!
Of these, 1 hour and 18 minutes are the Ukrainian control, 1 hour and 43 minutes waiting to cross narrow boat +, 44 minutes from Russian control and 9-minute gift, courtesy ofdriver. Any higher?
During the journey, so short yet so long, I talk to Ukrainian Crimea student, who studies post-graduate degree in physics (that chance) at the University of Gelendzhik, in the province of Krasnodar, Anapa below, and also in the coast. Also he says that they hate the president Yushsenko Crimea.
The journey from Port Kafkaz to Anapa, about 150 km and an hour and a half or so, starting along the eastern margin of the Sea of Azov and then veer north bank / northeastern Black Sea. Passes through several lakes, so I said Anton (the student) are salt water. Between lake and lake plains, fields of sunflowers, cereals ... That Russia is huge! The greatest country in the world, 11 time zones, 150 million lives
As I say, at 13:26 we went through control. I'm from the past, and not leave until 13:45. That is, to dispatch some 40 passengers, the police need 19 minutes.
The crossing of Krim / Port Kafkaz is the one in the strait between the Sea of Azov from the Black Sea. It takes only about 40 minutes to cross ... if the boat waiting ... and fuel ...
ship arrives at about 14:26. 41 minutes of waiting, so from that pasamos passport control.
Passengers disembark from the Russian side are fast. Once empty, you see a truck with a cistern behind indescribable. She gets into the boat and not leave until 14:40. It turns out that he had to fill the fuel tank for the ferry.
went up and at 14:45 we start Krim port to the Russian side, in Port Kafkaz. I mess with photos of the two seas, the only place where you can take pictures (while waiting for the ship Krim, I began to take pictures and a Ukrainian soldier approached me, slightly annoyed, to tell me that he could not do photos. I apologized, said he was spanish and delete the photos in his presence. This seemed sufficient.)
landed at the Port Kafkaz15:28. Russia has no more and no less than 11 different time zones. The Krasnodar province, which includes all the Russian Black Sea strip, is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich when, so you need to advance the clock 1 hour: it is 16:28. Until 17:12
fail the Russian control, more professional but quite slow, even so.
At 17:21 we finally, to Anapa.
recap: Not counting the time change, this border I get a whopping 3 hours and 53 minutes!
Of these, 1 hour and 18 minutes are the Ukrainian control, 1 hour and 43 minutes waiting to cross narrow boat +, 44 minutes from Russian control and 9-minute gift, courtesy ofdriver. Any higher?
During the journey, so short yet so long, I talk to Ukrainian Crimea student, who studies post-graduate degree in physics (that chance) at the University of Gelendzhik, in the province of Krasnodar, Anapa below, and also in the coast. Also he says that they hate the president Yushsenko Crimea.
The journey from Port Kafkaz to Anapa, about 150 km and an hour and a half or so, starting along the eastern margin of the Sea of Azov and then veer north bank / northeastern Black Sea. Passes through several lakes, so I said Anton (the student) are salt water. Between lake and lake plains, fields of sunflowers, cereals ... That Russia is huge! The greatest country in the world, 11 time zones, 150 million lives
Monday, August 7, 2006
Mcculloch -pitts Model
The 8th stage: Balaclava / Sevastopol (Ukraine) -> Kerch (Ukraine), 30 and July 31 to avoid tiring
:
wanted to make the most of the day (July 30) and got it.
By manhana Sebastopol. Not bad, but nothing compared to Odessa.
was Sunday and the Russian Navy Day. The streets, parks and promenades were full of Russians, with their flags and all (some nostalgic flying another flag with the hammer and sickle). So there was a concert of Russian music, traditional and modern, in a square next to the sea.
Apparently, Crimea was once part of Russia, and must have a very strong Russian minority. This is probably the reason why a majority of residents of this autonomous republic are in opposition to Ukrainian President Yushchenko, pro-European.
Afternoon boat from the port of Balaclava to beaches. Clear water and ideal temperature. People do free camping wherever and whenever you want, but are real piggy: leave all the garbage strewn beach and mountains, where they block shit. A pity, because the environment does not deserve. Monteferro reminded me when I was Pequenho.
July 31.
or so I get up early. Minibus + Trolley Bus Station Balaclava to Sevastopol. My destiny is to Kerch, the greatest city in eastern Crimea, where he will cross, the next day, the Russian border.
Well, the next bus to plaza does not leave until 12:10 pmna table outside, just in front of Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, staring at me as if to say: "Damn capitalism. livechat Someday volverremos to the rrevolusion. I'll take your car!"
Rest of Travel: Bus to Kerch, which came from the coast at the height of Alushta. Followed into the interior, Simferopol and then turned east, via Feodosia. During the journey to speak with a Russian little girl returning from his holidays with his family, and complained how hard it had been made to travel by the former Soviet Union countries. Among other things he told me that in Crimea there is great discontent among the Russian minority, you have to learn Ukrainian in a land that time was Russian, and cases of corruption at the border. They, for example, made them pay 50 dollarsbecause your cat did not have the right papers. Anyway. Reach
Kerch at about 10:30 pm. I approached a taxi driver and told him I wanted a cheap hotel. In 5 minutes I was, again, in receiving one of these monstrosities built by the communists consecutive passages, rooms without Xeito none. The receptionist, who only spoke with a taxi driver, would not register. For what seemed to understand me, I was afraid if the Ukrainian visa, whether he had to register it, etc. Is not yet found out that Ukraine does not need visas for most nationalities. In short, when finally agreed, and left me there to sleep. Manhana ... Russia!
:
wanted to make the most of the day (July 30) and got it.
By manhana Sebastopol. Not bad, but nothing compared to Odessa.
was Sunday and the Russian Navy Day. The streets, parks and promenades were full of Russians, with their flags and all (some nostalgic flying another flag with the hammer and sickle). So there was a concert of Russian music, traditional and modern, in a square next to the sea.
Apparently, Crimea was once part of Russia, and must have a very strong Russian minority. This is probably the reason why a majority of residents of this autonomous republic are in opposition to Ukrainian President Yushchenko, pro-European.
Afternoon boat from the port of Balaclava to beaches. Clear water and ideal temperature. People do free camping wherever and whenever you want, but are real piggy: leave all the garbage strewn beach and mountains, where they block shit. A pity, because the environment does not deserve. Monteferro reminded me when I was Pequenho.
July 31.
or so I get up early. Minibus + Trolley Bus Station Balaclava to Sevastopol. My destiny is to Kerch, the greatest city in eastern Crimea, where he will cross, the next day, the Russian border.
Well, the next bus to plaza does not leave until 12:10 pmna table outside, just in front of Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, staring at me as if to say: "Damn capitalism. livechat Someday volverremos to the rrevolusion. I'll take your car!"
Rest of Travel: Bus to Kerch, which came from the coast at the height of Alushta. Followed into the interior, Simferopol and then turned east, via Feodosia. During the journey to speak with a Russian little girl returning from his holidays with his family, and complained how hard it had been made to travel by the former Soviet Union countries. Among other things he told me that in Crimea there is great discontent among the Russian minority, you have to learn Ukrainian in a land that time was Russian, and cases of corruption at the border. They, for example, made them pay 50 dollarsbecause your cat did not have the right papers. Anyway. Reach
Kerch at about 10:30 pm. I approached a taxi driver and told him I wanted a cheap hotel. In 5 minutes I was, again, in receiving one of these monstrosities built by the communists consecutive passages, rooms without Xeito none. The receptionist, who only spoke with a taxi driver, would not register. For what seemed to understand me, I was afraid if the Ukrainian visa, whether he had to register it, etc. Is not yet found out that Ukraine does not need visas for most nationalities. In short, when finally agreed, and left me there to sleep. Manhana ... Russia!
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Milena Velba Exercise
All these days were very intense, with long hours of bus, one after another, so I had no time or desire to write. So break the script and try to summarize, in batches, the last five stages: the 7th stage
: Odessa (Ukraine) -> Balaclava / Sevastopol (Ukraine), 27, 28, 29 and July 30, 2006
the 8th stage: Balaclava / Sevastopol (Ukraine) -> Kerch (Ukraine), 30 and July 31
the 9th stage: Kerch (Ukraine) -> Anapa (Russia), 1 and 2 August
10th stage: Anapa (Russia ) -> Sochi (Russia), August 3
11th stage: Sochi (Russia) -> Border Russia / Georgia -> Sochi (Russia)
the 7th stage: Odessa (Ukraine) -> Balaclava / Sebastopol ( Ukraine), 27, 28, 29 and July 30io 2006
The May 27, 1794, the Russian tsars Caterina ordered the fortification and construction of a port in the Bay of Khadsibey. Anho Only later, in 1795, and had a new city under construction. The city was named Odessa.
Odessa
development has much in common with that of St. Petersburg. If the latter was conceived as
While the window to Europe can be a bit exaggerated, it may well be considered a window to Europe, so I have seen so far, the most esplendor and majestic window on Europe from the Black Sea.
Arrive at 6 manhana Thursday July 27 at the inhospitable (at least at that time) Odessa bus station. Caught a taxi for about 3 times the actual price (just wanted to take me out of there already) to a youth hostel in the heart of the city. Sleep, although they were only 3 hours.
Hostel Odessa (Black Sea Backpackers - 12 Deribasovskaya) is the only city, and it was there where I saw the last foreigners ("alien" excludes Ukrainians, Russians and Caucasians) so far (so, therefore, 8 days already). It was Thursday, and around 10 I woke up, I had to see what the Russian visa. If I tell you the truth, there was not a 5% chancedes to get it before the weekend, but had to try. Ilsa was
Latvian (the first person I know of that Baltic country, Soviet Socialist Republic, and now part of European Union
- Hmmm ... Today is Thursday, and only open Monday through Wednesday and Friday. So we have to wait manhana ...
I said 5%? Now did not give even a 1% per visa.
Spend the day around the city. And which cityres luxurious, but with the most affordable prices: 4-5 EUR plate.
The next day, Friday, July 28th, I woke up early. The consulate opened at 9 manhana, and would not be late, because the Russian embassies have a terrible reputation, fame, and I saw that the consulate in Istanbul with, and confirm again in Odessa.
I go into the consulate and I find a yard full of penha, many sitting in the sun, others senhoras more, crowding in the doorway, one arm across the threshold of the same, so no one slinks. And all the while arguing, in Russian, God knows.
And I, gullible, only overseas, not knowing which system is used there. After half hour, I began to suspect that the system could
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)