Black Sea Yacht Rally-Page 4.  More travels in Ukraine and Romania, including Transylvania.  Click here for related narrative.  Click on photograph for a larger view.

 
pic_KAYRA059a.JPG (115250 bytes) In the photo at left we are passing the Soviet missile-tracking base in Ukraine.  We never would have been this close during those years!

 

Photo taken by Denis of "Teka III"
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Right next to the party in Chernomosrskoye, Ukraine
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Food and drink await... for the speeches to conclude
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The Odessa Opera House, unfortunately closed for renovations A public park with the "onion domes" of an Orthodox Church in the background
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The fleet in Odessa Harbor Another bountiful reception,
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enjoyed by all. Dancers in Izmail, Ukraine
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followed by another feast Cruising in the Danube Delta in Romania
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Some more lively folk dancing ...and singing
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Elaborate costumes The bride joins the fun under a full moon
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The band welcomes us to Mangalia, Romania A few views of the Hohenzollern Castle
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King Carol I of Romania was from the Hohenzollern family Interior furnishings and art work were really beautiful
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Finally, Dracula's Castle from a distance.  The interior was not impressive.