We started out early Wed morning from Simferpole. Eugene had the hotel lady bring us up a light (bizarre) breakfast at 7am so we’d be awake and ready for 8. The breakfast was these little packaged croissants called 7 days, plus instant black cofffee.
We got on the road and drove 12 and a half hours through to Vinnitsya. Along the way, we stopped at gas stations and for lunch but it was an extremely long day.
It was neat to see the way the countryside and the houses kept on transforming. We saw lots of harvested sunflower and lots of burning fields. This is a way for them to get rid of weeds in a field after harvest. It was really hard on our eyes and sinuses.
The Hotel in Vinnitzya was lovely and by the time we pulled in it was late – something like 10pm. We were starving and had supper in the hotel restaurant – perch and potatoes fried in garlic. It was tasty but greasy and I guess it was just too much too late and perhaps I had a virus because I couldn’t sleep all night because of an upset stomach. After throwing up three times I felt much better but in the morning I was exhausted and weak.
