Today was our day in the Ukraine. We landed in Sevastopol and drove all through the Crimea region. Our first stop was the Swallows Nest Castle, which of course is now a restaurant go figure. Then we continued on and made it to the summer home of Alexander the 3rd. It was a neat castle with some great gothic style accents.
After that we made our way over to the Livda Palace (pretty sure I spelled that wrong). It was the location of the Yalta Conference that was held after WWII. This was the famous meeting between, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. We got to see the table they all sat around, and got a great historical perspective.
Then we had a great lunch. It was at a restaurant that used to be the stables for the palace. We had a great waitress… that’s an in person story. Nothing I’ll post on the web. After that we made our way back to the ship. It was about a 1.5 hr drive each way so we had some time to look around.
Some interesting things to note, I saw more police presence in this area then I have ever seen before. According to the guide something was going on, and he thought it might be some higher ups coming in to town etc. Lots of people were pulled over kinda waiting for something, so that is probably a good guess. Also, I can tell you where the top secret submarine bases in for Russia in the Ukraine. Our guide pointed it out. Did you know that you can get a blue metal roof that looks just like the terra cotta tiles on Mediterranean style houses?
All in all, once again another city and country with people, just normal people. Oh and we have a person who is on the cruise who is wearing her Obama 08 button every where she goes. I just shake my head and walk away. Tomorrow we will be in Bulgaria.
