Grandcruisevirgin

Hello, I have just reserved this trip from Kiev to Odessa in the Fall of 2013, can't remember whether it's September or October, but it's definitely going south. I booked the flights from Viking, it seemed the easy thing to do.

My father was born in Ukraine, my grandparents left in 1914, I'm really looking forward to this. I have the passport they used when they left - in Russian, with a French translation. A few years ago, I had it translated and it said that the family had permission to leave 'Russia' (as Russia was in control back then) once and come back once. They never went back, and I'll be the first person in the family to go there in 100 years.

My grandparents' wedding picture has the address of a photography shop in Odessa, where it was taken, which includes directions to find the shop - around the corner from the _____ Church. I hope to find that church, I hope it's still standing.

Well, I'm going to look at your pictures, thanks for writing your review. I'm only doing the cruise - flying into Kiev and leaving from Odessa. If there had been an extension in Odessa, I may have signed up for that.

Thanks so much, I guess this picture was taken in a port, right? So there should be lots of ocean and light visible at sea, right? Sorry for being such a newbie, I really didn't understand what I was seeing.

Wish I hadn't seen this. My cabin E308 on the Grand is going to be horrible. I thought it was between two lifeboats, don't know what is blocking the view. I may cancel...:D