Friday in Feodosia

This morning we enjoyed a lovely breakfast buffet at the hotel, then asked directions to find the fortress and the art museum.






We drove out to the fortress in the morning, it turned out to be at the far end of the city, and we drove around a while before finding it. As a bonus when we did find it it was free to get in.








We wondered up and down the hills, following the old walls. There are a number of appartment buildings that were built at some time in the center of the walls; which could explain why its not a tourist attraction like the one in Sudak (see October 2009 blog.)
















We even snapped a photo of the two of us at the top of the wall on the sea side-thanks to Garry's long arms. The wind was blowing so hard that I had my hat tied down tight! It was interesting climbing steep slopes in flipflops.






There seemed to be some WWII type fortifications inside the wall up on that side of the fortess.





















Then we went past the old church, dates back to the 1400's like the fortress walls. The merchants of Genoa had a series of forts in Crimea. Walked past the modernish apartment buildings in the middle of the old walls (I'd guess maybe built in the 50s-60s) the Orthodox church, and then climbed up another steep slope to the towers, and up through a hole inside the top, and walked around the top of the walls.













I don't know who he was but he did something in 1847 and it had something to do with the sea!














When we returned to the hotel we tried out the lovely pool in front of the hotel and had lunch, where one of our cat friends came to visit under the table.











Aferwards we walked downtown and toured the art museum which featured the paintings of a famous artist of the late 19th century, I.A. Aivazovsky, who was born in this city. He was famous for seascapes, battles and storms, some of the canvases are huge. His night paintings has wonderful light reflections on the sea. Most of the paintings were done 1843-1897 and the museum is in what was his home.
















Here's a few picures I took from the balcony of our room- we are close to what looks to be an old mosque- it has been turned into a restaurant.





Later we tried out the pool again before walking back to the vendor strip for sharma (our favorite street food) for dinner. The pool looks cool at night from the balcony, good night!