Where to go?

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We are thinking about going away for the weekend and are choosing between Odessa, which is on the Black Sea in Ukraine and Constanta, which is also on the Black Sea but in Romania.



Both cities are their respective countries' largest ports. Odessa is slightly over 110 miles away, Constanta is a bit further away at 285 miles.

Odessa is a Russian speaking city even though it is in Ukraine. We were told that in Soviet Union it was known as one of the most Jewish cities in the USSR and also as the "capital of humour" (yes, I also struggled to put "USSR" and "humour" together in a sentence). It was founded in 1794 by a decree of the Empress Catherine the Great and was known as "Southern Palmyra" and "pearl of the Black Sea".

Constanta is the oldest city in Romania, Ovid used to live in exile there. It is about three times smaller than Odessa (which has a population of about a million).

I think we are leaning towards Odessa.

Comments

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The comments I leave always appear when I post them. I have never heard anybody reporting a similar issue either. Would be interesting to hear your findings.

[gneu.livejournal.com]

What I know so far is that my comments are four hours behind the UTC time noted in each comment.

But honestly, as soon as this post of yours appeared yesterday morning I commented on it, and the time was right: close to 10am Sept. 8 my time (4 hours further listed in the comment). But all the comments that are now above mine are stamped Sept. 7.

So peculiar!