We also found a great little stand that sells homemade bread wrapped around sausage…one of the kid’s favorite Ukrainian dishes, so we enjoyed those for lunch. 
Like Lenin’s Promenade, the beach area is filled with merchants selling trinkets and food for beach goers. You also can pay to go to a private beach where you get you own chair and umbrella. Some of the beaches even have private cabanas and there are jet skis and motor boats to rent as well. 
We took some down time after the beach which was good because it pretty much pours here every afternoon around 3:30 p.m…much like Colorado! It is clear in the morning and the clouds build in the mountains that tower over the ocean, then sends them back towards the sea to dump some m
oisture on us. We watched from our balcony as the warm rain descended. For dinner tonight we headed to a café recommended by our translator Nina. They had great borsch soup that the kids love and the chicken Kiev and dumplings were outstanding traditional fare enjoyed by all of us!
For the late evening, we took a boat trip out of the Promenade along the coast all the way to “the Swallow’s Nest,” a castle that is famous in Yalta and one the kids wanted to see. 
It actually is very small and now is a restaurant however it is still a stunning site to see from the ocean. It was getting dark during our trip so our pictures are not great, but the views at dusk were stunning. We also had many dolphins join us alongside the boat. We headed back to the hotel after our boat ride and had some good family time of reflection and prayer before heading to bed. We all agreed it was good to have a day of just plain fun and relaxation!
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