I’ve been working on my talks today for the Cato.ru Summer School that opens tomorrow at the More Resort in Alushta, Crimea. The people at the resort are very, very nice to this generally mute attendee (none of the resort staff have more than a few words of non-Russian, and my spoken Russian is limited to trying to be polite, asking for coffee, etc.), the Black Sea swimming is pleasant, and the food is great. (The prices are generally low, except…..when I tried to buy some clothes to replace the lost luggage I’m hoping someday to get, I found that Crimean-resort-clothing-prices seem more suitable for oligarchs than for normal tourists, with a polo shirt going for over $200, so I settled for some shorts, t-shirts, and sandals I bought along the beach, as well as a light shirt that features an “A” in a circle and the English words, “Punk,” “Disorderli,” and “Anarchy” written vertically on the front; the suit case with my suits and formal shirts happily did arrive.)
I’m no photographer, but I snapped some shots of the view of the Black Sea Promenade from the little restaurant where I had lunch with some of our team yesterday. The coastline is more beautiful than that little shot suggests.
In addition to Russians, we will have good attendance from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, and some attendees from other areas of the post-Soviet space.
Lovely. Reminds me somewhat of the view of the Sea along the coast of Turkey at Trabzon, en route to the mountains. And such friendly local people 😉
> light shirt that features an â??Aâ? in a circle and the English words, â??Punk,â? â??Disorderli,â? and â??Anarchyâ? written vertically on the front
Ha! That actually might make a good recruitment tool while you’re there. (“Spontaneously orderli” and “Minarchy” wouldn’t be as hip, I guess.)
Surprisingly enough, it was the most appropriate shirt I could find, regardless of the slogans. (At least, other than the ones in the hotel shop, which had jaw-dropping “don’t touch” prices on them.)