Monthly Archives: April 2011
Odessa beauty: illusion or reality?
Well, so much for the history. What I noticed was, as I discovered later, a well known fact… At the moment, I had doubts as to whether or not the stairs was designed to create such an illusion, but it … Continue reading
Boffo’s miracles in Odessa Ukraine
Vorontsov Palace in Odessa was built to Boffo’s design Designed by F. Boffo in 1825, it was built in 1837-1841 and used to have 200 steps and its bottom used to be be washed by the sea. However, bank reinforcement … Continue reading
Renting Odessa apartments near Potemkin Stairs
Potemkin’s Stairs Strangely enough, during my nearly hundredth visit to Odessa, I felt like it was my first visit. There is something about this stunning city that makes you want to roam the same places again. Yes, the déjà vu … Continue reading
Songs by Leonid Utyosov – remembering Odessa Ukraine
Odessa: Leonid Utyosov Ironically, my dad was crazy about songs by Leonid Utyosov, a world-famous Soviet musician and song-writer, born in Odessa. Most probably, he had been beaten by the Utyosov bug during one of his trips to Odessa, so, … Continue reading
First day in Odessa
Catherine the Great Now, sitting in one of the beautiful rooms of the Eleganza Hotel (that was why Odessa apartments were the last thing I wanted to think about again!) and wandering the streets of my favorite city, I can … Continue reading
Travel to Odessa: it all started with a ship
Believe it or not, but I used to beg my folks so many times and so hard to take me somewhere at least a few hundred miles away from where we lived. While apartments in Odessa were the last thing … Continue reading
Snorkeling with dolphins or staying in apartment in Odessa?
odessa dolphinarium The diversity of services and facilities made me join the action immediately. There were lots of stunning events and scenes up ahead, and the first one was a group of people, both children and grown-ups, getting pictured with … Continue reading
Dolphinotherapy in Odessa
odessa ukraine Opened in 2005, the Nemo dolphinarium meets all technical and ecological standards and conventions. This fact has been proven recently by the birth of a baby dolphin, and the Odessa dolphinarium was the first and only one in … Continue reading
A glimpse of the underwater world
dolphin_odessa_ukraine Upon my arrival at the beautiful Eleganza Hotel, which saved me the routine of searching for Odessa apartments (at least for a while) I decided to research this city. Although I still had a little job to do, I … Continue reading
About Dikiy Z. Part 3.
Traveler’s Notes. Part 3 dikiy_z And now I would like to focus on a small event that made me forget about apartments in Odessa and brought me back into my own being. I must confess, Odessan charming and fragrant air … Continue reading