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Architecture Museum near the center of Odessa
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Large Christmas tree in center of Odessa. Look carefully to the left in the background. You'll see a large cannon that was salvaged from the British frigate "Tiger" after it was set afire and sunk by Russian artillery in their altercation with Anglo-French fleet in 1854. It's pointing to the port of the Black Sea about 400m away.
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A bust of A.S. Pushkin who was exiled to the south of what was Russia in 1820 and arrived in Odessa. Note another Christmas tree ion the left in the background.
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Hotel Odessa on a pier in the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. Note the end of the Funicular on the left.
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The Funicular on it's way up via cable. Only a few hundred feet up a hill.
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Another view of the Funicular as it nears the top of its ride.
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Typical electrical job. Hot-wiring the Christmas lights on the trees along the boulevard in the background.
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The Potemkin Stairway was originally constructed in 1837. The stairs name was taken from the Battleship Potemkin uprising that occurred in 1905 when the crew of a Russian battleship rebelled against their oppressive officers of the Tsarist regime.
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Monument to Duc de Richelieu overlooking the port & Potemkin Stairway. Greg is standing on the left. In the background you can see some serious city butification in the refinishing of old buildings.
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The boulevard looking north. About 1/3 its length.
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Statue of Catherine II, credited for founding Odessa in 1795.
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A Roman Catholic church being re-built.
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The Christmas lights on the street at 11:30pm on the way home from work.
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More Christmas lights.
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The front of the Contental Hotel. Not much to look at, but a very famous (old) building.
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Christmas lights in front of the Contental hotel.
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Christmas tree in the "lobby" of the Contental hotel.