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Whenever I hear the name "Yalta", this picture immediately comes to...
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A Ukrainian boy admiring our ship in the Sebastopol harbor as...
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This satellite photograph shows Crimea jutting down into the Black Sea...
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Down at the southern end of Crimea, our ship was docked for several days at...
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Now we come to one of the several frustrations that can befall the traveling...
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Way out there is what our bus drove several miles off the highway to show us,...
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So here is the Swallow's Nest in the real world, when the weather...
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Lots of postcards for sale. Many of these feature the palaces we saw that day...
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With so many busloads of visitors here to view the Swallows Nest, even from a...
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Boarding the bus, our friend Dan is followed by a persistent postcard...
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A rainy approach to our first palace. This is the White Palace near...
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Dashing through the rain, our group headed for shelter in the White...
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Waiting for the doors to open. With so many busloads of tourists...
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The conference table where the British, Soviet and American leaders...
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Our guide explaining what we're looking at in this room, one of...
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A photograph of Russia's Generalissimo Stalin and American President...
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Russian Czar Nicholas II caught in a light moment off the tennis court.
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The palace was the summer residence for Nicholas II. He and his family spent...
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Of course, everything inside must be duly photographed, even this...
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A cathedral high up on the hill, while down below there seems to be a traffic...
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Many people, mostly the young , crowding Yalta's seaside promenade...
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We saw a number of back-packers walking the streets of Yalta . Many statues...
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A kiosk offering soft drinks to the strollers on the promenade.
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Another kiosk was doing a much brisker business.
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Bundled up against the wet and the cold, sitting on a very fancy bench...
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