Ukraine Seminar Tour - Part Two

Shabbat, after an 8AM breakfast (services started after 10 so we missed most of that), we walked through the center of Kyiv up the avenue, to the park, the University, the Opera, Golden Gate, St. Sophia, Independence Square and through a ten minute downpour (no umbrellas for us Shabbat observers) back to hotel. Supper at 8 and Havdala at just before 10PM

Next day, Sunday, after breakfast walking through nigh deserted streets

off to Odessa, 

via Umman the Israeli Shtetl:

and Rebbe Nachman's grave site

and the Sofia Park:

where they sell toy duplicates of the weapons the Cossacks beat Jews to death

and finally, the Bristol Hotel in Odessa.

and supper at Mendi's

Part One.

Part Three I.

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