up very early, and caught my taxi to the airport for the flight to Odessa. the flight left 2 hours late, but was no real problem. climbed in my taxi and started the long drive to Nikolaev along beautiful fields of sunflowers. was an issue with my reserved apartment, so was given another one off of Sovetskaya, in a very old and sketchy building. met for lunch at a sushi restaurant of all places… stopped at a pretty park after the meal, then swung by the parachuting center for information. got back to the apartment, walked down Sovetskaya to the river and sat for a time watching the world go by. picked up food and juice on the way back, and considered heading to a bar for the night, but it turned out being an early one instead.
