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On Sunday morning, first stop was Three Fishes Restaurant in Sevastopol. Just like Saturday’s restaurant, there wasn’t a breakfast menu or even a lunch menu. Everything was geared towards a three course dinner. What we both felt like for breakfast was some of that excellent Turkish coffee we’d had the morning before, plus eggs and toast. The cook refused to make toast \u2013 I think Eugene told them we wanted French toast \u2013 so we had fried eggs and bread instead, along with the coffee and some respectable orange juice. The restaurant had a great bathroom. It was not only clean, with a modern toilet, soap and paper towels, it was interesting, which stone walls and ceramic floors.<\/p>\n

After breakfast, Eugene wanted us to see the panorama of the Crimean War. This was the first panorama ever made \u2013 ie \u2013 invented here. Asolutely amazing detail, with clay models that looked life-like \u2013 posed as soldiers and officers during various famous parts of the battles. Also shown was the first sister of mercy, giving water to soldiers, and Pigorov, the first doctor to use nurses. It was fascinating to see that the battle mounds were dug shallowly into the groud, then built up with basket-like wooden structures. Over top of this was dirt and sandbags. In the side were doors. The soldiers slept inside and fought on top. The soldiers were wearing heavy winter clothing despite them fighting in sweltering summer weather.<\/p>\n

Here is one of Eugene’s jokes:<\/p>\n

Socialisism, Communism and Capitalism were going to have a meeting, but Socialism was late. The other two asked him why he was late. He said he’d been in a line-up waiting for kobassa. Capitalisim asked, \u201cWhat is lineup?\u201d Communist asked, \u201cWhat is kobassa?\u201d<\/p>\n

another joke:<\/p>\n

It is not up to the host to count the amount of food his guests eat. That’s the job of his wife.<\/p>\n

\"eugenemarshacoastrest\"<\/p>\n

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Another Eugenism, while crossing a busy street: \u201cWe’re in the right. \u201cWe may be killed, but we’re in the right.\u201d<\/p>\n

After that, we drove to a WWII memorial for dead Soviet soldiers. It was a long treed walk and there were also displays of naval artifacts.<\/p>\n

When we walked around the other side of the monument, we could see where the charge of the light brigade occurred.<\/p>\n

The we drove to Balaclava. This was a secret naval base during Soviet times and the city was closed to the public and never mentioned in newspapers etc. It has a huge S shaped harbour that fish love and it had been a fishing town before becoming the military experimental centre. Lots of utilitarian and sturdy but not very pretty buildings and walls.<\/p>\n

We then drove to the other side and walked up to see some of the Genovese Fortress.<\/p>\n