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Ukraine - A trip report (part 3 of Crimea, 3.1.Simferopol)

Ukraine
A trip report (part 3 of Crimea, 3.1.Simferopol) of Harry advised to follow suit.
The English text will appear under www.villamansland.net and http://www.manslandtraveller.villamansland.net/

Official language: Ukrainian
most spoken language: Russian
Scripture only Cyrillic
Capital: Kiev
state: semipräsidiale Republic
Population:
47 million Currency: 1 hryvnia = 100 kopecks
1 € = 12.33 UAH
1 UAH = 0.08 €
(as of 26 September 2009)
independence: 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
phone prefix: +380


On 09/19/2009 I sat with my travel companions from Heidelberg and Lothar Nazar from Lviv, who accompanied us to Odessa, on the night train trip to Odessa to Simferopol in the Crimea continued. This journey, which began in the evening against 19 Odessa main train station and clock in the morning so ended around 08:30, was extremely demanding. We did not get a place in the first or second grade and had to make do with third grade. That is 50 people in a wagon, a bed somewhere, people at different locations one got out and, fish and food vendors on the platforms, which loudly offering their goods, Ukrainian families who shared a chat the barren Zugbänke their own food and vodka and unpacked it all to the sample they offered for sale, to be penned up, etc. Nice simple man but a little exhausting over 12 hours in a stuffy train compartments. From 22:00 at least the lights went out and turned in by and by peace, which was constantly interrupted by the snoring of dear contemporaries. An experience in itself. But so that people are saving their hotel room, so the trains in Ukraine at night constantly packed with sleeping people go in all directions. Of course, there are linen dining car, but it can buy from the uniformed Schaffer inner tea, coffee or beer for little money.

So I was glad when we are good the next morning arrived in Simferopol. Alex, an intelligent, open-minded and very nice young man picked us up around 24 with a lovely friend on the train and greeted us warmly. He had traveled by night train from Kiev 16 hours, to show us the Crimea. A great boy! Alex speaks excellent English and studied and is generally quite active. His highly interesting blog should http://astron-photo.blogspot.com/ ye see!! should continue

But then the same as the bus to Sebastopol, I had a strike and I took a room in one of the best hotels for a day, I showered thoroughly, fresh and then I looked at the city. The others took the bus to Sebastopol, which is located on the Black Sea, further. So I enjoyed without accompaniment, the capital of Crimea. It was just popular festival with fireworks in the evening and there was a lot of new impressions.

Simferopol:

Simferopol (Ukrainian Сімферополь; Симферополь Russian, Crimean Tatars Aqmescit.) is the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. The city has 344 000 inhabitants.
Stadtgliederung
The city is divided into 3 Stadtrajone Rajon Salisnyzja, Rajon Kiev and Rajon Central, the 4 SsT Ahrarne / Аграрне, Aeroflotskyj / Аерофлотський, Hressiwskyj / Гресівський and Komsomolsk / Комсомольське and the settlement Bitumne / Бітумне


zip codes: 95000 -
code: +380 48
Website: http://www.simferopol.org/


Interesting to Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, the so-called Heidelberg house that serves as a cultural center. In addition, you must visit the pedestrian zone in which the hand is all going on at night, with its restaurants, bars and cafes. Furthermore, the stalls of animals are very interesting. There, the Simferopol Hryvnia some money by selling their pet talent. Some of the little creatures are considered quite cute.

For me, the starting point for excursions Simferopol in the Crimea. It is a capital city, but breathes the atmosphere of a small town on every corner. It is not easy to find your way around. Even at the 4 star hotel "Simferopol" could me no reasonable information to give the reception in no de usual languages (English, German, French, English, Italian, Czech), where lies the railway station / bus station. Only when I asked them to write in Cyrillic, the word "station" and the name of the 2 or 3 roads that lead there also, so I was able to show the note passers, I managed to find the station. Not an easy thing if you have no Ukrainian or Russian, and even better Cyrillic can. Then help even the best map, of course, everything only in Cyrillic, not one more.

very handsome young enough to run around in the city. Only here the same as for the actually very little trouble locating the station: the language barrier is not in itself without professional help, almost insurmountable. (If you spent a tour guide, then please contact me if interested - I can only recommend and are investing money). should

Lost Paradise, 24, Gramtnyi
central city baths
Gecruist is in the parks "Gagarin," "Gorky Drama Theater, Central Post Office and Crimean Parliament

More on Simferopol is at:

are at gay bars, it http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simferopol read.

Part 3 of the trip report follows: Adventures in the Crimea, 3 2. Sebastopol "

Harry
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