altiva Posted August 25, 2010 #1 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Style Renaissance and Beauty IX International exhibition August 26-28 2010 Odessa Seaport terminal August 26-28 - 10.00 a.m. - 18.00 p.m. August 28 - 10.00 a.m. - 16.00 p.m. Exhibits: Professional make-up Machine cosmetology Hair treatments and accessoiristes Body and face treatments Make up and elite make-up Medicinal cosmetology Nails cosmetology (tools, accessories, materials) Perfumes Tools, instruments and accessories for beauty parlours Tools and equipment for fitness-centres Spa and Wellness Fashion accessories, jewelry. Schools and personal apprenticeships. Special literature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 25, 2010 Author #2 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hot shopping of the day - Tuso. Tuso is an abbreviation which means "Your universal shop of family clothing". Attractive low prices, good quality. Men, women, children clothes and underwear. T-shirts starting from as low as 2 US dollars. Besides Ukrainian, Turkish, Polish, Chinese clothing carries such brands as Collins and Seven Hills, for extremely low, competitive prices (comparing to the brand stores themselves). Where to find: underground road crossing from Deribasovskaya (main street) to Sadovaya street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 26, 2010 Author #3 Share Posted August 26, 2010 What to see in Odessa - HOT! September 18 - a celebrated French comic actor Pierre Richard is coming to Odessa! Performing in the Theatre of Musical Comedy, on French boulevard (yes, French came to French). With his son, Olivier Defays. In the play Franchise postale, performing in French with subtitles. Tickets are priced from 200 до 1700 hryvnias (approximately from 25 US dollars to 210 US dollars). Pierre Richard is a world-known movie star, a must to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 28, 2010 Author #4 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Odessa City Day Celebrations - September 2 This year Odessa celebrates its 216th birthday - quite a baby for a Ukrainian city. Odessa City Day is a must to see, and many people come to Odessa specially this day, to participate in celebrations. Odessa City Council will be greeting foreign delegations and ministers, who came to with the city many happy returns. Celebration programme. Officials laying flowers to the monuments of Odessa Founders: J. Deribas, Duke de Richelieu, M.S. Vorontsov, G.G. Marazli Where: Deribasovskaya Street, Primorskiy Boulevard, Yekaterininskaya Square, Sobornaya Square, Marazliyevskaya Street When: 02.09.10 10.00-10.45 “Me and Granny Together” TV Project Where: City Garden (Gorsad) on Deribasovskaya Street When: 02.09.10 11.00-13.00 Odessa’s 216th anniversary celebration opening. Presenting awards ceremony Where: Dumskaya Square When: 02.09.10 12.00-12.15 “Gifts to the Sister Cities: Yokohama, Regensburg, Yerevan” Exhibition of Odessa’s artists Where: Dumskaya Square When: 02.09.10 12.00 “Fence Exhibition-2” Where: Dumskaya Square When: 02.09.10 12.00 “From the Past to the Future” Presentation of Odessa’s artists works Where: Primorskiy Boulevard (near the monument to Duke de Richelieu) When: 02.09.10 12.00 Performance by “Modern Play School” Moscow State Theater Gala concert by “Modern Play School” Moscow State Theater’s artists Odessa’s songs performed by the singer V. Kuba Where: Pushkinskaya Street / Lanzheronovskaya Street When: 02.09.10 12.15-13.45 and 14.00-16.00 „Karaoke at Deribasovskaya Street” Where: Deribasovskaya Street / Vice Admiral Zhukov Lane When: 02.09.10 12.00-16.00 “Big People’s Big Game” Chess Tournament Where: square near Vorontsovskiy Palace When: 02.09.10 10.00-17.00 Japanese Movie Festival opening Where: “Masks” movie house When: 02.09.10 16.00 Grand gala concert and fireworks Where: Potyomkin Stairs When: 02.09.10 18.00-22.00 and 22.00-22.10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 28, 2010 Author #5 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Free Salsa dancing in Odessa! Salsa Open Air! Souls Dance Salsa school has free Salsa evenings, anyone can participate! Every Tuesday, if the weather is good, in City Garden, on Deribasovskaya, near fountain, at 7 p.m. (but people reported that they never start earlier than 8 p.m., waiting for more people to gather or such). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 28, 2010 Author #6 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Excursions from Odessa to an ostrich farm Savannah! Ostrich farm Savannah breeds African ostriches and is the largest ostrich farm in the south of Ukraine! Easily reachable from Odessa. The farm is situated in a little Ukrainian village Stavki with two lakes (stavki means "lakes" in Ukrainian). They started in 2004, buying several birds from Germany, Ukrainian ostrich farms, and Belgium ostrich farms. Besides ostriches, there is a mini-golf (with tournaments) and a club Laser Tug Savannah, for laser battles in a deserted garden, 40.000 м2 (not for ostriches, for people). Mini golf is included into tours for free, if you want to participate in laser battle, you pay separately. Tours. Tour the ostrich farm plus mini-golf, 2-2,5 hours. Tasting tour. Tour the ostrich farm, mini gold tournament (the winner receives a prize from the farm), tasting (ostrich meat barbecue, omelette from ostrich egg, mineral water, ice-cream), participation in a laser battle (30 minutes). 5-6 hours. Tour - laser tag in the garden. Tour - laser tag on a specially arranged field. Souvenirs. Greeting cards "Ostrich farm Savannah". Painted ostrich eggs. Things from ostrich leather. Every participant receives a free lottery ticket, for ostrich lotto. Drawing of the prizes is every month, and the super game is on October 2010. Prizes: ostrich eggs, painted ostrich eggs, things from ostrich leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 29, 2010 Author #7 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Silver Spirit arrived to Odessa Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian ministry of transportation. In its brief, the boat was called an architectural masterpiece under the Bahamian flag, 195,8 meters long, a creation go a renown architect Giacomo Mortola. The boat was set afloat in December 12 2009, and it took eight years to build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 29, 2010 Author #8 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Running competition for toddlers "Mamma's little feet". Welcoming all sportsmen and sportswomen below the age of two. Running distance - 7 meters. Active support from papas, mamas and anybody involved (without actual physical pushing), by voice, toys and so on. The goal is to stimulate little dwellers of Odessa to be active and to crawl forward. Every participant is receiving a prize! Where: Primorsky boulevard. When: September 2, 12.00 Reconstruction of a military battle from the WW2, with aviation, artillery and armoured cars. Dedicated to the memory of heroic people, who died in 1941, fighting against ****es in Odessa: the garrison of the heroic 412 troop, 250 miners- volunteers, who lost their lives, saving the troop, seamen and infantry. The reconstruction included: re-buring the remnants of the defenders, which were found during the reconstruction of 412 troop site (now is a military museum under the open air). The reconstructed fight itself: an attack of **** Romanian-German army, breaking the defences, close fight, the enemy retreats, attack of the volunteers. The entrance is FREE!!! When: September 18 at 13.00 Where: Chabanka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted August 29, 2010 Author #9 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Knight battles and medieval tournaments tours! 12th century fortress of Belgorod Dnestrovsky, authentic, situated on the seaside. Spectacular view. Every two weeks - knight battles and a tournament under open air. Ukrainian nights and foreign. A must see. Check "my photos" for the photos of some of the fights. Pay to get a ticket to the tournament. The tours of the fortress and the fortress museum are free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 2, 2010 Author #10 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Crystal Serenity is in Odessa today, which is celbrating its birthday. Check my photos for photos of the celebration and of Serenity photo in the harbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 2, 2010 Author #11 Share Posted September 2, 2010 all the photos are posted here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 2, 2010 Author #12 Share Posted September 2, 2010 birthday cake: flower exibition: Primorski boulevard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 3, 2010 Author #13 Share Posted September 3, 2010 The fortress, the knights, the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 3, 2010 Author #14 Share Posted September 3, 2010 more photos, a whole gallery, are here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 3, 2010 Author #15 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Safari in Askania Nova - meet zebras in Ukraine National park Askania Nova National park Askania Nova is the only place in European steppe which have never been ploughed. It has birds and animals from the whole world which live in the wild or half wild: more than 100 species. They include: zebras, camels, antilopes, deers, ostriches, llamas, Scotland ponies, tarpans (wild horses), bisons, bulls, saigas (a species of antilope), gnus, and many many others. The park consists of: steppe (a place to visit to see the blossoms of wild irises, poppies and tulips, see little animals like jerboa, hare, weasel, birds like kestrel, eagles, marsh harrier and many more). A walking tour on a ecological trail. Ends near Polovets babas - stone statues, made by nomades-polovets about a thousand years ago. botanical garden with the lake and rare plants. zoo - mostly birds, plenty of peacocks, which are like pigeons there, uncaged and do what they want. Chapelskiy pod - a place which you can enter only with a guide and where safaris are held. You can hire a mini-cab or a horse carriage. This is where you can see all the unique animals like zebras and bisons and tarpans in the wild. Tip: hire a horse carriage, which is more expensive than mini-cab, but you will see more animals this way. From the mini-cab, you will see only distant waves of the tall grass, where the animals hiding, and maybe a piece of a hoof and a tip of an antler. but since they are not that afraid of the horse carriage, you will see them all. You will be charged for photographing and video taping. Some photos: more photos are here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 5, 2010 Author #16 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Swim in a hot geyser In year 1971, Ukrainian geological department send geologist to the Black sea steppe to look for oil, gas and minerals. They found everything, just not enough to start commercial drilling, and a hot geyser. People os the village Obloi who lived nearby, started using this geyser for swimming and the mud of this geyser - for body and face applications, and soon all of them became young again, and ran marathons at the age of 98! In 2005 this geyser was opened for visitors. The molecular structure of the waters is similar to those in Dead sea. The year-round temperature is +65 °C. The swimming pool, added to the geyser, has the year round temperature of only +45 °C. The waters are beneficial to people with musculoskeletal diseases (like rheumatism, arthritis), thyroid gland, nervous system and respiratory tract. It's forbidden for swimming to people who have heart problems, who have just consumed alcohol. It's forbidden to swim in the geyser for more than 40 minutes. What - hot geyser Where - near village Obloi, Golopristansli region, Khersonski district When - all the year round Tip - take your old swimming suit if you go swimming in this geyser. Due to the high amount of iodine in water, it has brown, muddy colour, your swimming suit will be coloured the same and you won't be able to remove the brown tint. More photos here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 7, 2010 Author #17 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Ostrich farm Savannah more photos here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 8, 2010 Author #18 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Odessa Saint Assumption patriarchal monastery Started in 1814, on the land, belonged to a Moldovan nobleman Alexander Teutel. He always wanted to build a church and a lighthouse on this land, but could not find enough time to do so. Once, in the dark evening, he lighted several big fires on the seaside. A Greek boat, heading to Odessa, mistook the fires for the Odessa light house and got shipwrecked. Alexander Teutel was devastated by this disaster, gave a lot of money to the surviving seamen and decided that it happened because he did not fulfil his pledge. He signed his land off to the church, to build a lighthouse and a church house, to prevent future possible disasters. Since 1824, the church and the lighthouse were transformed into Odessa monastery. The monastery has got a XVII century icon with healing powers, relics and artefacts. The water from the monastery spring is said to be healing and cleansing. A good choir with a good acoustics in the church. Monk Iona is considered to be a saint, so his blessings are very sought after. Tip: if you are a woman, do not wear pants, jeans, short skirts when going there. If you do, a doorman will force you to cover up in a cotton skirt, which he has hanging on the nail in his room, it's slimey and of dubious cleanliness. If you do not want to wear a long skirt or do not have one, take a big shawl with you and make an impromptu skirt, by tieing it around your waist. They won't let you in if you wear pants! In the church itself, women cover up their hair with head scarves or hats, men, on the contrary, are required to take their head gear off to show respect to the God's house. What: Odessa monastery Where: Odessa, Mayachny lane (16 Station of Big Fountain) About 20 minutes by car from the centre When: all the time! more photos are here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 9, 2010 Author #19 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Odessa eating out Breakfasts Bar Morgan Servers breakfasts every day from 9 to 12 They advertise any breakfast for 2,5 US dollars. And any croisant for 90 US cents. Scrambled eggs with bacon with tomatoes and paprika - 2.5 US Omelette - 2.5 US Cheese pancakes with raisins and sour cream - 2.5 US Pancakes with cherries with fruit syrup - 2.5 US dollars Pancakes with curds with raisins, fry apricots and sour cream - 2.5 US dollars Free WIFI Near Deribasovskaya (central street), five blocks away. What: Bar Morgan Where: Zhukovskogo 30 When: breakfast from 9 to 12 Cafe Compot Compot is a traditional Ukrainian drink, made from fruit (dried in winter, fresh in summer), boiled in water, with added sugar, and then let to cool down. Cafe Compot is situated on Deribasovskaya street (main street), across the playground/skating ring. They bake their own bread and pastry. Breakfasts are served from 8 to 11. Croissants start from 90 US cents. A cup of coffee starts from 1.90 US. They have breakfasts sets, for example, for 3.10 US you can get: one cap of chicken soup and one crouton plus patte or porridge and a cup of tea or coffee or Rice and cacao or tea or buckwheat and cacao or tea or Pancakes with jam and cacao and tea and so on. You can eat outside if the weather is good, if not - inside. Tip: just next after Compot there is a restaurant called Steakhouse, with a big cow in front of it, do not mix the two, many people do. What: Cafe Compot Where: Deribasovskaya 20 When: breakfasts from 8 to 11 Cafe Puzata Hata (Pot-Bellied House) Cheap Ukrainian meals! If you are on a budget, and want to try Ukrainian, go there, because it's cheap and tasty yummy. How cheap? Breakfasts start from 90 US cents! Eggs, Potato cakes, lasagna. Soups and borschs - from 90 US cents. Side dishes - from 40 US cents! Borsch, vareniki, golubtsi, buckwheat, cutlet Kiev, syrnuku and much much more. It's a self-serving place, so when you come, pick up a tray. Load while you go along the display, servers in traditional Ukrainian costumes will fill your up. If you do not speak the language, point at a dish and show a finger (not middle!) or two, to indicate the portion: one portion, double portion and so on. It's on the last floor in the mall Europa (Europe), a high building next to McDonalds on Deribasovskaya street (main street). Be adventurous, and do not run into McDonalds, as all the tourists do, but walk into Europa and take a lift to the last floor, then try the most outrageous dishes. Free WIFI. What: Cafe Puzata Hata. Where: Deribasovskaya 21 When: from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tip: the check out may be crowded during lunch and dinner hours, but the seating area is huge. Take a seat near the window, you will have a spectacular view on Deribasovskaya street, Odessa and even the sea. Restaurant Ta Odessa At the centre, not far from Deribasovskaya, near Mother-in-Law Bridge and not far from Primorski boulevard and Potyomkin staircase. Spectacular sea view. Barbecue. Live music - saxophone. Affordable prices. Tip: people complained that the service standards were dropped during the summer season, with a lot of tourists, hopefully, they are back again, now when the tourists are gone. What: Restaurant Ta Odessa Where: Gogolya 4 When: from noon to midnight more photos here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 13, 2010 Author #20 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Puzata Hata, Ukrainian restaurant in Odessa: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 13, 2010 Author #21 Share Posted September 13, 2010 10th Odessa International Festival "Jazz-Carnival in Odessa" September 24-26 Different varieties of jazz, from dixieland to avant-garde. Countries represented: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Bulgaria, USA, France, Italy, Soain, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Germany, Brasil, Canada, Argentina, Goegrie, Czech republic, India, Serbia, Norway, Netherlands. First-time participants are musicians from Denmark and Tunisia. This year, musicians will perform in Ukrainian drama theatre, on 15 Pastera street. There will be Jazzohod - Jazz-walker - an open tram (tramcart) running along the ordinary tram routes on Odessa streets, with a dixieland on board, playing jazz! Programme. Sepetmber 24. Opening of the festival at 7 p.m. Jerusalem big-band "KleimanBand" (Israel) Big band nu Nikolai Goloshchapov (Ukraine) Project of Yuri Kuznetsov Sepetmber 25 7 p.m. Cie Trio d'en bas (France) Plaistow (Switzerland) Al Foster Quartet (USA) September 26 7 p.m. Sienna Dahlen Trio (Denmark- Canada) Amine & Hamza Sextet (Poland-Tnusia) Harri Stojka Quartet (Austria) What: 10th Odessa International Festival "Jazz-Carnival in Odessa" When: September 24-26 Where: Ukrainian drama theatre 15 Pastera street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 16, 2010 Author #22 Share Posted September 16, 2010 The Viking's Mikhail Lomonosov is in Odessa today. Enjoy your day and nice weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 18, 2010 Author #23 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Reconstruction of a military battle from the WW2, with aviation, artillery and armoured cars. Was presented in Odessa September 18, as per my previous post. Here are some photos: More photos are here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 19, 2010 Author #24 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Ukrainian national costumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altiva Posted September 19, 2010 Author #25 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Hand-made Autumn 2010 Second Open Festival Hand-Made in Odessa October 15-17 Theatre of Musical Comedy Entrance - free Association of Creative Odessa People "Harbour of Masters", Charity "Sails of Hope", Studio of craft presents "Étagère" and others are happy to present to you the Second Hand-Made Festival "Hand-made autumn 2010". Activities: Master-classes - all the Masters will give you an opportunity to try a new hobby. There are Masters of socionics, psychology, dancing, health and beauty. Exhibition - where you can see and buy all the crafts, presented. Things for hobbies and crafts - embroidery sets, paper, threads, fabrics. Show - children and adults, modelling the clothing, jewellery, bags, accessoires and such, made by participants. Part of the collected funds will go to children in Odessa District Oncology Clinic, so, when you are buying craft, you are helping children with cancer. A little bit of history: the first Hand-Made festival took part in Odessa in August and was an immediate success. People came all over Ukraine to sell their crafts. So, the organisers decided to repeat it. This time, unfortunately, in a smaller building, so fewer craftsman and craftswomen were accepted. You can buy anything here, from exquisite clothes, bags, accessories to hand-made pottery, jewellery, soaps, linens, all things for home and much much more. Craftpeople donate their time and materials to teach children in the oncology centre how to make things. Their works will be exhibited for sale, too. What: festival Hand-made Autumn 2010 When: October 15-17 Where: Theatre of Musical Comedy, 3 Panteleimonovskaya street (about 20 minutes from the centre of the city by car) Some photos from the previous exhibition More photos are here: http://odessainterpreters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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