The Black Sea

The pictures that I am sending are from a small town called Balaklava (pronounced: balaklAva). It is only about 40 mins from my house but in the opposite direction from Sevastopol. It is located right on the Black Sea and it is VERY beautiful. The cliffs to the water are a few hundred feet. This is where we went for our P-Day today and we hiked around these mountains for about 2.5 hours. We were going to go down to the beach but there was a lot of people and probably not very modestly dressed women so we decided to turn back. In a few months when it gets colder there won't be any tourists and people out on the beaches so I will have to wait until then to take some pictures and see that. Balaklava is famous for housing submarines inside the mountain during WW2. Balaklava was taken off all maps so that it would be secret and so nobody would know that it exists. Now, you are able to take tours inside the underground tunnels where the subs would go. We are planning on doing this next P-Day so I will definitely be able to take some pictures and show you. Balaklava is found at the coordinates (44.49941332478005, 33.59936714172363). Around the mountains near Balaklava are old fortresses and walls that were used in WW2 as defenses. This is definitely something worth seeing when you come with me here to Ukraine!