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  The World Famous Stairway to the Sea

  By David Jenison | Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  The world famous Potemkin Stairs are the most recognizable image in all Odessa Read More

  More like this in: Odessa, Travel, Destinations, Leisure Travel
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  Adventures on the High (Black) Seas

  By David Jenison | Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  Travel between Odessa and Istanbul in style with UKR Ferry Read More

  More like this in: Travel, Transportation, Turkey, Kiev, Odessa, Black Sea, Istanbul
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  Eastern Garden Party

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 9, 2009 2:49 PM ET

  honest, there is something oddly sexy about hearing the click-clack of high heels on cobblestone streets.Trying to save money on your trek through Ukraine? You are allowed to drink in public, so it's common for people to head to the Garden with sandwiches and beers. For many, it's a low-price Read More

  More like this in: Shopping, Beer, Drinking, Garden, Odessa, Travel, Destinations, Business Travel, Eco-travel, Leisure Travel
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  Doing Deribasivs'ka

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 9, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  Taking a stroll down Odessa's most famous pedestrian walkway Read More

  More like this in: UNESCO, Odessa, Opera, Travel, Destinations, Business Travel, Leisure Travel
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  200 Years of Odessa Opera

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 8, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  Zagreb and Vienna. The new season has officially kicked off, and while ballet tickets are harder to come by (since operas dominate the schedule), Ukraine takes its opera houses quite seriously so any performance will b Read More

  More like this in: Europe, Vienna, Budapest, Odessa, Eastern Europe, Hannah Montana, Montana
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  Got Hydro?

  By David Jenison | Tue Oct 6, 2009 5:52 PM ET

  place for youth to spend hot summer days in Kiev. Originally formed in the 60s by floods, this little inner-city island is the closest thing central Ukraine has to a beach.In addition to the Ivan Drago-era weight set, the Park features sand volleyball, boating, swimming, tennis, disco parties Read More

  More like this in: Music, Beer, Swimming, Black Sea, Tennis, Skiing, Floods
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  Yalta's Postcard-Perfect Castle

  By David Jenison | Mon Oct 5, 2009 3:00 PM ET

  fact, it was probably on the cover. This gorgeous chateau overlooking the Aurora Cliff is the most photographed structure in all of Crimea and the Ukraine.Originally built as a wooden cottage in the late 19th century, a Baltic German Baron took over the property and built the Swallow's Nest i Read More

  More like this in: Crimea, Yalta, Travel, Destinations, Leisure Travel
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  The Beach Week Champ!

  By David Jenison | Sat Oct 3, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  surprised that more American travelers haven't learned about the Crimea and these intriguing little resort towns.Dangling like a pendant from the Ukraine's southern coast, the Crimea is a beautiful peninsula filled with waterfalls, caves, beautiful flora, majestic mountains and Read More

  More like this in: Europe, Russia, Beaches, Odessa, Black Sea, Crimea, Catherine the Great
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  Tonic Trek: Kiev

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 2, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  Living it up in the Ukraine's grand capital city Read More

  More like this in: Russia, Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Travel, Destinations, Business Travel, Leisure Travel
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  Beach Week: Koktebel

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 2, 2009 1:51 PM ET

  Tonic rates the Crimea's naturalist wonderland in its week-long series on Ukrainian Black Sea beaches Read More

  More like this in: Music, Beaches, Black Sea, Jazz, Crimea, Soviet Union, Hippies, Grateful Dead, Koktebel