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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Jul 05, 2021 08:00 PM Strawberries and fresh vegies...
I have relaxing but also busy time in my flourishing Wojtkówka. Ripe stawberries are waiting for the pick-up. Big califlowers are ready to eat. Will I manage to eat alone the one from the picture for the today's obiad (late lunch in Poland)?? But it is so fresh and so tasty with the butter! :)
Good message from Norway arrived: my long-waited son Adam with two grandsons will be here on Sunday. I was talking this morning with my sweet cherry tree - it promised that the delicious fruits will be ready for the pick just on Sunday! :) I know that Adam likes them and his boys too!
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Jul 02, 2021 08:00 PM From Odessa to Gdansk...
In the morning we still had enough time to take a walk around central Odessa and visit the biggest sobor in the city - Spaso-Preobrazhensky sobor. Fortunately it was open and we had a chance to enjoy beutiful paintings on the walls.
Later on we passed throuh Gorodskoy Sad - little and cozy city park with many fountains and sculptures.
In the afternoon we travelled to the airport with our luggage. Unfortunately the information about minibus (marshrutka) no. 129 operating from railway station to the airport was false (that's Ukraine!) We were waiting more than an hour and finally took expensive taxi (270 hryvnia) to reach the terminal. Soon I was flying on the Ryanair direct flight to Gda?sk... In the evening I enjoyed my sweet strowberries in Wojtkówka. :)
One more interesting trip was completed, now it is the time to enjoy my flowers and fresh vegies!
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Jul 01, 2021 08:00 PM The fortress in Bilhorod.
It is probably second big and well- preserved fortress in Ukraine. It was built from 13th century on. It is located on the high bank in the mouth of the Dniestr River. Less then 100 kms south of Odessa but the junk "elektrichka" departing 4 times per day from Odessa station needs 2,5 hours to get there. The ticket is dirty cheap - 30 UAH = less than 1 euro each way. On the way amateur artists are performing in the carriages... Old ladies are selling the icecream.... You will have a fun! Once in Bilhororod Dnestrovsky cross the park and go all over the way Mikolayevska street - some 2,5 kms. You will see walls and towers from the distance... Entry fee they charge is 80 UAH no discounts. But it is worth the price! there are 3 chains of the walls. In the lower yard the craftsmen are working...
In the evening at sunset I attended the Dunayevski operetta in the open air theatre on the passenger pier of Odessa Port. Still interesting, but the temperature after spectacular sunset felt down , so do not forget to bring warm cloth with you :) Return to the quarter through the vibrant streets was nice. And the bottle of wine (2 USD) at the end of the another interesting day...
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Jun 30, 2021 08:00 PM Catacombs of Odessa and the unforgettable evening in opera
In the morning we visited big Privoz Bazaar - vibrant market near the Odessa Railway Station. Interesting place but watch your pockets! From this area marshrutka 90 (12 hr) took us to the Odessa Catacombs out of the city. The terminology is confusing because what you see are not a catacombs like in Rome, nobody was burried there, but therere were sandstone quarries. During the WW2 Russian partisans had their quarters there. You can visit some 500 m of the underground trail with the local guide (200 UAH per group plus ticket 50 pp).
But the highlite of the day was the evening in the Odessa Opera House. The performance of the "Swan Lake" was on the world's level and the atmosphere in the 19th century ornata theatre made this spectacle unforgettable! I think I will be back here someday!
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Jun 29, 2021 08:00 PM Odessa, ah Odessa...
Nobody speaks Ukrainian on the streets, nobody wears the mask. Odessa has still his charm with many expats living here and the life is vibrant in the shaddy streets of the old town.
We took the walk to the monument of Russian empress Catherine the Second who erected the city at the end of 18th century. then, passing elegant Hotel de Paris we reached the monumrnt of Richelieu - one of the westernes invited to develop Odessa (Russia at this time didn't have many engineers). Richulieu looks down to the famous from the early moovie Potiomkin stairs. And on the other end of the stairs there is marine terminal and you can buy for just 100 hrywnia (3 euro) ticket for the boat excursion along the port and the beaches. It lasts 45 minutes with Russian comment. Worth to make! It was hot day. We found the buffet per kilo restaurant on Katerinska - you pay here 27 hrywnia - 1 dollar per each 100 g of the chosen food on your plate. Bon apettite!
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Jun 28, 2021 08:00 PM Landing in Odessa
At the boarding time in Gdansk airport they checked our covid certificates. Then there was almost 2- hours flight to Odessa on the Black Sea. I was impressed by the brand new airport terminal. The immigration checked our covid insurance. Yes, they built the nice terminal, but there is no public transport to the city except taxis for 250 hrywnia. Uuu... There is info on internrt that marshrutka 117 goes to Katerinska St. but they do not operate now, You have to walk almost 1 km to the stop of 168 - it will take you to Sadovaya an then walk again about 1 km.
OK, I found our apartment in the quiet courtyard.
A lot of walking people in the central streets. We took a walk to the port area where they placed the monument of the soldiers from Battleship Patiomkin - see picture.. Evening is hot, Odessa is vibrant and easy going.
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Jun 27, 2021 08:00 PM Short escape - not only to the opera...
It's full summer so I can't leave my Wojtkówka for long. But a trip for a few days is quite real. When I visited Odessa in 2003, the famous opera house was being renovated. Today it is reopened and for me - a lover of opera and ballet - the opportunity to see not only its magnificent interiors, but also to see the ballet "Swan Lake" has opened. I fly directly from Gda?sk to Odessa on a cheap airline, I rent a cheap apartment near the opera house, which will be not only a base for visiting the theater, but also for trips - including the one to the Akerman fortress, built centuries ago at the mouth of the Dniester. There will also be an opportunity to visit the catacombs and other places that I did not see during my first visit... Friendly cat Elegant with my friends will take care of Wojtkówka -
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Jun 17, 2021 08:00 PM Swimming the crystal- clear lakes
It was very hot day - 31 deg Celsius. I started the day with a forest walk - real 2-hours pleasure. I didn't see any other people. The pine forests on such a hot day have a special scence
The it was a time for the long swim in the calm and clean Drzeczno Lake (on the picture). My hosts prepared for the lunch tasty soup and dumplings filled with cottage cheese. Delicious! Domage - after the lunch ot was a time to say goodbye! I war rushing to go back to my Wojtkówka yo spray all flowers and vegetables with the water. Tomorrow will be another extremely hot day! My peonies are ibn full blossom!
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Jun 16, 2021 08:00 PM Kashubian Switzerland - little break
It is not easy to work in the garden even if you lake such a work. Today my friend invited me to the little village in the region called Kashubian Swizerland (because many lakes spread around there). The village is located in a dense pine forest. It is 28 deg Celsius warm. We are taking long walks, swimming in the crystal-clear lakes. Yes, I have a good time!
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Jun 15, 2021 08:00 PM Nice summer in Wojtkówka
As every year I am spending my summer in my dacha near Gda?sk. There is a lot of work for the single gardener on the vegetable beds but the garden rewards me with fresh vegetables. Flowers are in blossom all around and from time to time to enjoy my dacha and good music too. All my friends and the travellers are welcome!
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