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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > What a difference 10 years makes... Part A Author Post je12 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/15/2008 12:02:26 PM   My first trip to an eastern European country as in 1998. I traveled to Odessa to meet a girl I had corresponded with for several months. Wow! What a difference between then and now! In 1998, Odessa was in very poor shape and I remember landing at the airport...The fog was so thick you could barely see your hand in front of you. So as the plane was descending and the tarmac was coming into view...I looked out the window and could not believe my eyes! On the perimeter of the landing strip there were dozens of wrecked planes everywhere. I remember thinking to myself...surely we're not going to try to land in this milky soup. But then about that time, i heard the sound and felt to bump of the tires hitting the pavement. And then...there it was...the nastiest, most disgusting excuse for an airport i had ever seen. It was a train wreck! The passengers were disembarked from the plane and we all were taxied to the terminal by a rust bucket of a bus and led into what looked like a prison. I remember the lighting was so dim and the interior of this terminal looked so run down and dismal that I thought that I had entered into a third world country. Now getting through customs was a real nightmare! At that time, the military was running the show and everywhere were soldiers with machine guns standing guard and the passengers were asked to sit their luggage on a long line of tables while the guards searched through every square inch. So it was my turn and I had never been so nervous...they barely spoke any English and I didn't know a word of Russian and they were asking me why I brought this and why I brought that...it was just simply some inexpensive gifts for the girl i came to meet...a nice photo frame, a few articles of women's clothing, etc...They made me pay a fee for bringing these things into their country. So now I am past the customs thieves and make my way into the open terminal and looking for my ride/girl who was suppose to be there to take me to the apartment rental. I look across the room and i see a girl who might be here but I am not sure...she looks at me a little longer and we both walk towards each other and upon a closer inspection...we both smile and are glad to see each other. She has her friend with her and a car is waiting outside the airport to transport us to my apartment. As we are riding along in the car, I notice that she has that look in her eye as if I were something unique that she had never seen before...and most likely…an American man in Odessa in 1998 was indeed something not so common. As we were riding along in the car...it had just started to become dark outside and I saw so many buildings that were completely darkened without the use of lights and I thought ...How unusual!...so i asked...What is going on? Why are there no lights in these buildings. Why is there no light anywhere? Wow! At that time, Ukraine was in a very tight energy crisis and much of their electricity was being supplied by Russia and Russia was unhappy with Ukraine so they cut off much of their power supply. Most cities in Ukraine were forced into blackouts for sections of time throughout the day. When we arrived at the apartment, we had to use a flashlight to make our way up the stinking staircase into the room. Anyone who has been inside one of these apartment buildings in Ukraine knows exactly what I am talking about...the stench of these staircases and hallways inside these apartment buildings can make a skunk look for fresh air! !! So about this girl...She was beautiful! In her photos, she looked all glammed up with the fancy clothes and the makeup job but seeing her in her natural beauty was truly breathtaking. At that time, I was 32 and she was 21. It didn't seem our difference in age made any difference to her and she never mentioned it. I was in very good shape at that time with 6 pack abs and muscular build. She had long dark hair, very voluptuous breast and she reminded me of the actress, Eva Gardner…as a matter of fact she could have been Eva Gardner's twin sister(when Eva was in her 20's) . Her name was Elena and she was sweet as honey and she was the poster girl for sexy!. wow...I was smitten ! She introduces me to her mother , who is the round little stereotype that Americans were led to believe Eastern Women all looked like back in the days of the cold war. But this little rotund woman gave me a hug and welcomed me to her country and brought a very tasty cake that she had baked me as to show their hospitality. It was late October at that time and very cold in Odessa. Elena decided to show me her town so we traveled to some street, I couldn't hardly pronounce the name...Derobsovskaya street....which is the center of their business district. I remember she was excited to show me this street as if I were going to be impressed. At that time, western type businesses were just beginning to make the scene and McDonald's had just built a restaurant there in 96. There was some cafe/restaurant called Fidel's and a few western styled clothing stores and cosmetic boutiques. Not much else worth mentioning on Derobsovskaya street...no Irish pub( well known American hangout), no American steak house, ...just a lot of those little shops that carry the sausages, beer, candies, etc... and a lot of little cafe's. I was in Odessa for a week in 1998 and the entire time I was there, I saw just one other American man there...now when you go to Odessa...you are likely to meet many American men(suckers/victims) and it's now widely known that American men are easy prey and the general consensus among the locals is...How can we get their money? Gib Doe Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 9/15/2008 3:08:28 PM   Sad but very true. I had a wonderful experience in Odessa myself back in 2002 and got the same looks you are talking about. The girls were very curious and I met 6 of them, unfortunatly I picked the wrong one!!! 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