0.5℃ Not
so cold this morning.
We didn't realize that wombats lived here too!
John installed the new wipers then we headed south for the catacombs in Odessa, My drive started fast-ish then dropped down to a crawl. 37km in the first hour then John drove, after his first 5 minutes of his shift the road became good. It is wonderful having new wipers and with antifreeze in the windscreen washer we have clear vision.
We
got to the catacombs north of Odessa at about 1:30. Had a bite to eat
while we pondered where they were and how to find anybody. Finally
found a guide and off we went. There are over 2500km of catacombs
under the city of Odessa. They were formed with the cutting out of
Limestone for building materials. These that we entered were used by
partisans during the second world war. A group of 50 men 20 females
and 5 kids used these as their base while gathering info and I guess,
hindering the German enemy where possible. They had a water well and the
locals would deliver food and information down the well. The Germans
tried to gas them and flood them from the Black Sea waters but as the
catacombs are so huge neither worked.
Continuing
our trek south and back into snow, we found a camp on the edge of the
Black sea. It was bleak, windy and cold. Not at all inviting.
183km
183km