Oh dear.... I finally made it to the MegaMaks shop.... Thanks to a nice old lady.

She thought I was the stupidest person ever to put her foot in Odessa, no doubt.
She had a right go at me for not wearing warm enough clothes, for trying to get around town without speaking adequate Russian, and finally not realising that 2 May is "an important holiday". She said it's a day for having picnics. I had no idea. I thought it was only 1 May - in fact, I thought even that might have been dropped.

MegaMaks was closed, and it started raining. The lady said "You are a very lucky girl, that you met a nice babushka like me!" (Sweet thing to say, and age wise extremely flattering for me that everyone assumes I am a university student).

I will try again in Kiev..... SIGH!!!!

There are some old catacombs in Odessa that I'd like to see; some kind of underground tunnels that were used during WW2. I am hoping to have time for a guided tour of those.



Right now I am online trying to research train times to Kiev. I can't understand the info at the train station.