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Ukraine, Crimea, Yevpatoriya… The desire to go to the Crimea defeated the wife’s argument: “We have such a good dacha with a lake near Kyiv! ”. We must still give it to see what the peninsula has become since the last visit in 1986 (when Chernobyl exploded, I was rafted to Alushta out of harm's way). Vague memories of crabs boiled in a half-liter jar, queues at Rafiki minibuses and enhanced meals in the hotel dining room needed to be updated : -).
An acquaintance in a travel agency listened with undisguised interest to my wishes regarding the rest and began to look for a boarding house for us. Several places of rest suited all wishes, but the choice was decided somewhat unexpectedly - one married couple could not go on vacation to the Mayak sanatorium and we got their "burning" ticket for half the cost.
The Kyiv-Evpatoria train brought us to this sunny city without any problems. There were no problems with the stuffy car because it was a reserved seat with open windows. Not a very pleasant "bonus", in the form of an incessant grandmother from the top shelf, annoyed us a little, but, on the other hand, I received full information about the prices of poultry (chickens, geese), how to choose the right chicken, what not to do feed them, etc. on a bird theme (grandmother raised chickens, geese and turkeys all her life, and there was no one to share her life experience with). This invaluable information will certainly help me in my work as a service engineer for the repair of office equipment : -).
We get out of the car, then follow the instructions and go to look for a minibus. It was not difficult to find it, but on the way to it it took twenty times to say the word “NO” to sticky taxi drivers, five times to politely refuse to rent beautiful apartments at ridiculous prices, and three times not to be tempted to tour the city and its environs.
The minibus we needed turned out to be a white Mercedes minibus with a redesigned interior. The fact that the chairs were rearranged in order to maximize the compaction, I realized at the moment when I tried to cram my legs into the narrow gap between my chair and the back of the front seat. Unfortunately, with my height of 190 cm, my legs categorically refused to fit into the ten-centimeter gap between the seats. After several attempts to sit in a natural position, I realized that with no option, my legs would not fit. I approached a driver smoking nearby and politely asked if this minibus was created specifically for dwarfs or legless?! ? The unshaven driver looked me over lazily from head to toe and replied:
- Che, bringer?
- No, local, damn it! So after all, who is this torture chamber designed for?
If you don't like it, don't go. . .
Having received such an exhaustive answer and seeing the futility of further dialogue, I took Anyuta and walked around two minibuses standing nearby. The driver of one of them kindly offered to take the first two places for my wife and me for an additional fee of twenty hryvnias. Since it was necessary to go half an hour, he received his twenty, and we calmly reached our destination.
Sanatorium "Mayak" met us with a friendly polite administrator, who quickly settled us in the room. We settled in a suite, in the first building, which is called "Brigantine". Small neat room, kitchenette and bathroom with shower and toilet. Nothing to complain about, nothing to admire either. In general, what we wanted for a relaxing holiday. We unpack our things and go to look around.
The territory of the resort is quite green and cozy. It seems to be aimed at couples with children, since children's cries were heard from everywhere. A three- or four-year-old miracle, running past, fired at us with a water pistol and rushed on, successfully dodging an elderly woman who was trying to catch him. A little further on, three young mothers with prams strolled slowly along the alley. Here and there, wrappers from sweets and ice cream were lying around, clearly hinting at the presence of a large number of sweet teeth .
The beach pleased us with the absence of stones and large pebbles. There were no sun loungers on the beach, but for us the "wild" holiday was not new. Along the entire coast there were many holes left from the little builders of sand castles. Anyuta immediately climbed into the sea and began to study the bottom topography. To a more or less decent depth, one had to walk a hundred meters, but vacationers do not have to worry about the children near the shore.
We spent the whole evening sunbathing and relaxing, in the evening we went to the dining room. I saw a lot of different food options, but in Mayak I discovered another one. Portion meals with elements of the buffet . There is a pot with soup or borscht on the table, cutlery is laid out around it. Come, sit down and pour yourself your first. Bread and other related stuff is right there. When you finish with the first, they bring you the second (side dish with meat). If the first can be added freely, then the second is strictly portioned. Compotes, tea and drinks can be taken unlimitedly at the dispensing table. If a vacationer has stomach problems, the doctor prescribes special meals for him in the dining room.
The next morning I was awakened by a soft knock on the door. Anyuta was fast asleep, and I went to open it. A boy of eighteen years old was standing outside the door, when he saw me, he was embarrassed, and after hesitating a little he asked: “Does Anya live here? ”. Scratching my head in puzzlement, I went to wake up my wife, who, waking up, could not understand what and what, and then asked me to take the dumplings with cherries from him and pay. It was she who wanted to surprise me (I love them very much), but forgot to set the alarm and overslept the meeting. We have breakfast in bed, continue in the dining room and go for a walk. We were in the mood for a beach-lazy vacation and did not want to wander around the neighborhood. For this, the boarding house has everything. Most importantly, there was enough space for everyone on the beach, a little further there was a beach with sunbeds, but we never went there.
They cleaned the room in the morning. An elderly woman came, did wet cleaning and took out the trash. Since we were in the room for a short time, she did not have much work to do and we agreed that she would come every other day.
All our vacation we slept, ate and messed around. After active work, this is what we needed. The weather was pleasant, the warm wind was held back by the trees, and the heated sand pleasantly pleased us. Sticky merchants of all sorts of food bothered us for the first three days, but since we did not buy anything (boiled shrimps and suspicious chebureks did not attract us), they remembered us and did not bother us anymore. We bought ice cream in a store near the entrance, where we really bought fifty packs for the whole vacation ; -).
I summarize: this place was created for a relaxing family holiday in the middle price category, there are no discos and places where you can hang out (with the exception of a couple of cafes), the food in the dining room was a solid four. At the end of the holiday there was a minor incident - when I went to give the keys to the room, the administrator said that she should ACCEPT the number! That is, she went with me and inspected the room in detail for damage to the walls, furniture and plumbing. Neither in Europe, nor in Egypt, I have not seen this, although there were much more temptations to steal something. Thank God, she did not find anything to complain about and we were able to leave without hindrance. Resting in this boarding house, we got what we wanted and tanned and satisfied came to Kyiv...
An acquaintance in a travel agency listened with undisguised interest to my wishes regarding the rest and began to look for a boarding house for us. Several places of rest suited all wishes, but the choice was decided somewhat unexpectedly - one married couple could not go on vacation to the Mayak sanatorium and we got their "burning" ticket for half the cost.
The Kyiv-Evpatoria train brought us to this sunny city without any problems. There were no problems with the stuffy car because it was a reserved seat with open windows. Not a very pleasant "bonus", in the form of an incessant grandmother from the top shelf, annoyed us a little, but, on the other hand, I received full information about the prices of poultry (chickens, geese), how to choose the right chicken, what not to do feed them, etc. on a bird theme (grandmother raised chickens, geese and turkeys all her life, and there was no one to share her life experience with). This invaluable information will certainly help me in my work as a service engineer for the repair of office equipment : -).
We get out of the car, then follow the instructions and go to look for a minibus. It was not difficult to find it, but on the way to it it took twenty times to say the word “NO” to sticky taxi drivers, five times to politely refuse to rent beautiful apartments at ridiculous prices, and three times not to be tempted to tour the city and its environs.
The minibus we needed turned out to be a white Mercedes minibus with a redesigned interior. The fact that the chairs were rearranged in order to maximize the compaction, I realized at the moment when I tried to cram my legs into the narrow gap between my chair and the back of the front seat. Unfortunately, with my height of 190 cm, my legs categorically refused to fit into the ten-centimeter gap between the seats. After several attempts to sit in a natural position, I realized that with no option, my legs would not fit. I approached a driver smoking nearby and politely asked if this minibus was created specifically for dwarfs or legless?! ? The unshaven driver looked me over lazily from head to toe and replied:
- Che, bringer?
- No, local, damn it! So after all, who is this torture chamber designed for?
If you don't like it, don't go. . .
Having received such an exhaustive answer and seeing the futility of further dialogue, I took Anyuta and walked around two minibuses standing nearby. The driver of one of them kindly offered to take the first two places for my wife and me for an additional fee of twenty hryvnias. Since it was necessary to go half an hour, he received his twenty, and we calmly reached our destination.
Sanatorium "Mayak" met us with a friendly polite administrator, who quickly settled us in the room. We settled in a suite, in the first building, which is called "Brigantine". Small neat room, kitchenette and bathroom with shower and toilet. Nothing to complain about, nothing to admire either. In general, what we wanted for a relaxing holiday. We unpack our things and go to look around.
The territory of the resort is quite green and cozy. It seems to be aimed at couples with children, since children's cries were heard from everywhere. A three- or four-year-old miracle, running past, fired at us with a water pistol and rushed on, successfully dodging an elderly woman who was trying to catch him. A little further on, three young mothers with prams strolled slowly along the alley. Here and there, wrappers from sweets and ice cream were lying around, clearly hinting at the presence of a large number of sweet teeth .
The beach pleased us with the absence of stones and large pebbles. There were no sun loungers on the beach, but for us the "wild" holiday was not new. Along the entire coast there were many holes left from the little builders of sand castles. Anyuta immediately climbed into the sea and began to study the bottom topography. To a more or less decent depth, one had to walk a hundred meters, but vacationers do not have to worry about the children near the shore.
We spent the whole evening sunbathing and relaxing, in the evening we went to the dining room. I saw a lot of different food options, but in Mayak I discovered another one. Portion meals with elements of the buffet . There is a pot with soup or borscht on the table, cutlery is laid out around it. Come, sit down and pour yourself your first. Bread and other related stuff is right there. When you finish with the first, they bring you the second (side dish with meat). If the first can be added freely, then the second is strictly portioned. Compotes, tea and drinks can be taken unlimitedly at the dispensing table. If a vacationer has stomach problems, the doctor prescribes special meals for him in the dining room.
The next morning I was awakened by a soft knock on the door. Anyuta was fast asleep, and I went to open it. A boy of eighteen years old was standing outside the door, when he saw me, he was embarrassed, and after hesitating a little he asked: “Does Anya live here? ”. Scratching my head in puzzlement, I went to wake up my wife, who, waking up, could not understand what and what, and then asked me to take the dumplings with cherries from him and pay. It was she who wanted to surprise me (I love them very much), but forgot to set the alarm and overslept the meeting. We have breakfast in bed, continue in the dining room and go for a walk. We were in the mood for a beach-lazy vacation and did not want to wander around the neighborhood. For this, the boarding house has everything. Most importantly, there was enough space for everyone on the beach, a little further there was a beach with sunbeds, but we never went there.
They cleaned the room in the morning. An elderly woman came, did wet cleaning and took out the trash. Since we were in the room for a short time, she did not have much work to do and we agreed that she would come every other day.
All our vacation we slept, ate and messed around. After active work, this is what we needed. The weather was pleasant, the warm wind was held back by the trees, and the heated sand pleasantly pleased us. Sticky merchants of all sorts of food bothered us for the first three days, but since we did not buy anything (boiled shrimps and suspicious chebureks did not attract us), they remembered us and did not bother us anymore. We bought ice cream in a store near the entrance, where we really bought fifty packs for the whole vacation ; -).
I summarize: this place was created for a relaxing family holiday in the middle price category, there are no discos and places where you can hang out (with the exception of a couple of cafes), the food in the dining room was a solid four. At the end of the holiday there was a minor incident - when I went to give the keys to the room, the administrator said that she should ACCEPT the number! That is, she went with me and inspected the room in detail for damage to the walls, furniture and plumbing. Neither in Europe, nor in Egypt, I have not seen this, although there were much more temptations to steal something. Thank God, she did not find anything to complain about and we were able to leave without hindrance. Resting in this boarding house, we got what we wanted and tanned and satisfied came to Kyiv...
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