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Old 15-Nov-2006, 16:03
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Default Re: Active and Passive Vocabulary

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Originally Posted by Harry Smith View Post
So you've been to the Ukraine. How did you like it?
I loved it for the most part. The people were wonderful and the food was great. I went to both Odessa and Yalta and found them to be an interesting contrast. Odessa seemed to be much more Ukranian and Yalta seemed to be much more Russian. We were followed by a couple of guys in suits during our stay in Yalta. After a while, we started waving at them. I went to a Russian opera in Yalta. No offense, but I prefer the Italian form.
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