FROM THE HOLIDAY SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA

Hi from the shores of Black sea this time. It’s already a good tradition for me to come back every summer to Odessa, the famous port and beautiful city upon which so many legendary personalities have had such a profound impact.

Here and there, I find historical references either on buildings themselves or in dedicated literature. For me it was interesting to know that even some relatives the imminent psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud came from Odessa. That is why he immediately found common ground with Odessans in exile after the revolution Sergei Pankeev and learned the differences of East and West mentality communicating with him. The Wolf man of Odessa Sigmund Freud’s famous patient. To Sigmund Freud, Pankeev was an example of the romanticized “Mysterious Russian Soul.”

So while Sir Richard Branson or Jeff Bezos are looking to start their adventure beyond Earth Beginning new space age, I am quite happy to continue my train trips and come back again and again to the same place. Shabby chic of an old imperial city that after centuries still reflects its glory despite time and somewhat neglect and I love it.