Category: Journeys

For those who plan to travel to Odessa once, I have made a small guide. Flight: You can start from any bigger airport. Odessa itself has only a small airport with two terminals. Direct flights are therefore a rarity. You have to go over Kiev mostly and change there. Half

It is Saturday and our last day in Odessa. Tomorrow morning the plane will return us to Germany. The streets are lined with crowds, more than usual, today seems to be a special day. Stalls are set up in various streets, it looks like a mixture of flea market and

In the next few days we let ourselves drift. Odessa has got me under control, I have acclimated well, do not miss my home. Our experience has sharpened my perception and sensitized me, but I will not let take me the fun away. Already at the morning after, everyone in

Visibly exhausted, the taxi driver looks at me through the side window like an owl. After a short meditation break, he bends over and opens the passenger door. His face has high cheekbones and seems emaciated, his eyes seem big, he wears a baseball cap and his thin body is

My companion Rudi (name changed by Rabotnik) has arranged an appointment. Olga is her name; she looks young and beautiful on the pictures, barely half his age. By chance, she also has time, so they agree on a meeting place. The whole thing seems a bit strange to me, but

It is our first night in Odessa. The hotel elevator drives us down from the fourth floor of the building. In Ukraine, as in Russia, the ground floor is always declared as first floor. Once there, the path leads us through a massive camera-monitored backyard directly on the city’s boulevard.

To my ukrainian friends: Do not wonder about the content. It’s just the view of a German’s eye. I hope, you will enjoy reading. A real Rabotnik also must go on vacation. So it goes to Odessa, in joyful anticipation. A promised land in many ways. With a slight delay,