The weather was cooler than we hoped so we didn't go swimming, but we did see palm tress in Yalta on our trip. The boys had a grand time visting a fortress at Sudak where they enjoyed a sword fight wearing armour they rented. We took a boat tour and had some midway fun in Yalta, and toured the former secret Soviet submarine base at Balaclava. It was like James Bond, built in the late 1950's.
We also walked up a mountain to see an ancient cave city (you want to be in shape for that walk, I was sore for two days but the view was incredible.
Garry had an exciting visit to the police station in Stevastepol, but he got out after paying 500 hgr. for not having his passport (they thought that his photocopy was not good enough when they stopped him for turning left at the wrong time) and we got to the Crimea War Panarama just before it closed for the day. Many thanks to our hosts in Crimea, for the wonderful time.
We returned home to colder weather and the news that schools are closed in Ukraine due to H1N1 flu. Some people are even walking around wearing face masks in the stores and streets in Dnepropetroesk.
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