19Jan2008Odessa


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Inside the Opera House, walking from the entrance lobby into the halls prior to the theater.
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The harbor in the Black Sea. It's hard to tell from this picture, but there is Ice floating everywhere in the harbor. Ships have to move very slowly in the harbor.
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A foot bridge connecting the south end of the boulevard with the rest of the city. A common custom for newlyweds is they write their names and possibly a small message on a lock and lock it to the bridge railing, signifying that they are "locked into marriage" (signifying their committment to each other.) All locks here, for the entire length of the bridge and part of the other side, are from 2007 and 1/2 month of 2008. They all must get removed every year or so. There were literally hundreds of all kinds of locks.
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This structure was built and used for some wealthy person's house. It is now a bank.
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The Potemkin Stairway looking up. It appears that it's just 192 continuous stairs, but there are really long landings every 20 stairs.
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Part of the harbor not used in the winter. Covered in ice.
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This is looking south out into the Black Sea. The statue is of a woman and son waiving good-bye to her husband who is sailing off to sea.
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Andriy in front of the Black Sea
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Bob sitting with a famous singer named Leonid Utesov. He was a famous Odessa jazz singer and songwriter. Eternally he sits on a bench located directly next to City Garden on Deribasovskaya Street
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A Russian Orthodox church under renovation in town.