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Posted by Amanda Kendle Dec 7, 2006 |
When I lived in Bratislava, Slovakia, I had a map stuck to the wall in front of my computer. It was a map of Europe covered in lines representing all the journeys I'd done. In my mind, I'd superimposed another set of lines: all the journeys I want to do.
One of these was a thick dark line around the edge of the Black Sea. Something about the name, for a start, drew me in: something so black must be deep and interesting. And the variety of countries that border it, from Bulgaria and Romania, to Ukraine, Russia and Georgia and down to Turkey along the bottom. I've never actually found a cruise company that runs a tour precisely following the edge of the Black Sea - I guess this means there are better journeys to be done - but something about the circumnavigation really makes me interested.
So, I haven't made the circumnavigation yet, but this week you can read about the various cruising options in and around the Black Sea in the article Black Sea Cruising.