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Our next order of business was to find another \u201chole in the wall\u201d — aka bank machine. We visited one that didn’t work and another that wouldn’t accept our cards and finally a third that worked.<\/p>\n
We drove to Stary Crim and visited the oldest surviving mosque which would have been from about 1299.<\/p>\n
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Then we visited a Tatar museum and had a lovely couple of hours with a woman who taught at the Tatar school and ran the museum as well. Her enthusiasm for her nationality shone through her eyes. It was a joy to see. Natalia and I both bought prints from her and then we returned and gave her some Canadian souvenirs.<\/p>\n
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Drove to Simferpol, but stopped along the way at a restaurant on the way. I had a soup called salynia which had a savory\/spicy broth and small squares of meats. Yummy. Then had rabbit stew. Again, yummy. There was a dog and cat that went along with the restaurant and begged for food, but the dog was so picky he wouldn’t eat bread. Felt sorry for it because it had a ripped nose and seemed feverish. Fed it a bit.<\/p>\n
Just before Simferpol, Eugene took us to a memorial where Nazis had killed thousands of Jews in 1941. There had been a lot of vandalism during Soviet times but the memorial went up after that and the graves were protected underground with cement. It was a moving experience. So much sadness. So much suffering.<\/p>\n
He took us to an amazing hotel. Cheap \u2013 300 hryvny \u2013 and so clean with a superb bathroom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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