#Ukraine #odessa #Transnistria #Mariupol #Soviet Union #USSR
Cycling from Moldova into Transnistria, a Russian area then on into Odessa.
Our team, Dima and Sabina, always hunting for food and lodging, drive his grandfather’s Lada, towing a rented travel trailer. Allah, on her , bicycle, is our lifeline to the people and places. Sergei roars up and down the highway, keeping a wary eye on us.
oh I hope this doesn’t confuse you this map is in Russian movans are required to know Russian as a second language and Romanian is moldova’s official language not confused yet the language in transnistria a small area on the entire border between mova and Ukraine is Russian fortunately thanks to Soviet travels AA a 19-year-old Russian girl is cycling with us she speaks only Russian but can’t and communicate fairly well dimma and his wife Sabina Drive ahead searching for lodging and food Serge occasionally Roars past on his Moto guns the engine and waves they are a motly but necessary crew yeah [Music] [Applause] look they spell it with ‘s here now Odessa [Applause] [Music] nice looking restaurant [Music] hello group of students well we got a Bonus at 5 km we not only get a restaurant we hope but we get a little lake and a Ukrainian [Music] [Music] Village buffyo [Applause] that’s the place [Music] f [Applause] [Applause] [Music] it’s a peaceful [Laughter] s but I have a feeling based on this fellow has in his hand it hasn’t always been that [Laughter] peaceful this Cathedral or Monastery built in 1858 is dedicated to the memory of St tyon it appears closed relegated to a sheep pasture due to Soviet atheism the noise you hear is frogs lunch time it’s about 2:00 we at almost 40 miles all says lunch is here stands the lonely viil [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Bedrock well something like [Applause] that comes Victoria on the Ukraine [Applause] hi defend adessa from the fascist house that was an 19 all our books are reasonably priced and offered in print or kindall ebook