We arrived by train to Odessa on Monday morning and went straight to the hotel in order to leave our luggage before taking our first city walk.
The train trip worked out well even though it was initially a bit like a sauna since there is no climate control and get really warm in the sun. Night train trips are good in order to connect with locals and got a good chat with some people from Odessa.
The weather in Odessa was (and still is), as in Kharkiw, perfect, around 25 degrees and sunny, so we walked for a few hours until we went back to the hotel for some relaxing.
The buildings, streets, and parks of central Odessa is in general nice looking and more appealing than Kharkiw. There are more “sightseeing material” and there are also more tourists coming to Odessa.
In the evening we met Lars who is doing a small euro tour and arrived from Moldova the same day. We watched France-England and of course Ukraine-Sweden. We watched it in an outdoor restaurant in the city park and since our broadcast was lagging behind 2-3 seconds after the neighbour restaurant’s broadcast, we got very revealing tells from other people screaming before the goals etcetera. Well well, it was not one of Sweden’s better games and hopefully we can perform better on Friday against England.
At the moment we are having breakfast at the hotel and will do some more city exploring before taking the night train back to Kiev.