AGAIN (former) USSR, Christopher Waters, Manchester moonscape We arrived at the bus station, after an exhausting five-hour move to the old noisy bus. My girlfriend, Marina slept almost the whole way, but to me the dream did not come. If I ever fall out lottery winnings, then I will give 1 million euros to the Government of Moldova to ensure that they repaired the road from Kishinev to Odessa. The pavement is a lot more trenches and craters than on the entire surface of the moon. We had to pass a little more than four hours before the departure of our train. The purpose of our trip was to visit Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk, two cities located in eastern Ukraine, and rarely visited by tourists. From the bus station we started walking to the center, which went to the bank and without any problems changed our currency, the hryvnia. When we passed the hotel "Passage", I remembered how, three years ago we stayed here with Marina and my old buddy Jeff. All you need to - this is love «All You Need Is Love» - so called famous song of the Beatles, if anyone knows. Bear with me, dear reader, and it becomes clear reason for this catch phrase is the title of this section. We then traveled to three of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine. Odessa was our last paragraph and the next day we were supposed to fly home. At the beginning of travel, Marina was our tour guide, but after a few days we had good friends (yes, there was the very thing that you think, dear reader) and Jeff became what is called a fifth wheel. The scheme of urban transport in Odessa, Odessa - a beautiful city near the sea, tall trees shade the cobblestone boulevards and serve as ornaments for the museum, which, apparently, in the pre-revolutionary times were palaces. Odessa might be called the former Soviet Las Vegas. There are many available places of entertainment, which distinguishes it from other ex-Soviet seaside resorts: jewelry stores, a pony, the ubiquitous clowns, balloon vendors and street dancers. Under the warm rays of the sun blinding all this splendor and really created a festive atmosphere for the first time the entire trip. Jeff met a girl through the Internet, Marina phoned her on the evening and appointed a meeting with our companion at the hotel. Bleached blonde named Natasha, she was well over thirty, and she even knew how the words in English. And I sit here in this boat ... and swim away! She led us into the most expensive restaurant in town, not surprisingly, is played "live" orchestra. This fact pleased me, because I wanted to dance with Marina. After dinner I did not even bother to check a suspicious large amount of the bill (that's what it means to be in love), but simply shrugged and paid with a smile. After that we decided to walk in the moonlight along the seaport. Jeff and his new girlfriend crook (I think the waiter was her accomplice) went ahead. We had a great desire to "save" the evening by getting rid of an old woman "dragon" and our "fifth wheel" each other, so we left Geoff and Natasha alone and returned to the hotel. Jeff, unfortunately, has not received any romantic adventure, he woke me up at three o'clock, that there are forces hitting the front door, with "severe" head and an empty wallet. Read more:
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