Christmas Eve at the beach

I spent the day at the beach. I went a different way this morning and found a tourist street full of shops and restaurants. All of them had signs in Russian, and shopkeepers were surprised to discover that I was from the UK. I only have local shops near where I'm staying, so it was a novelty to find small supermarkets selling everything from tinned tuna to Cadbury's chocolate! Nothing was too overpriced, either, so I did treat myself to some cheese (Cheddar and feta) on the way home 😊.

I also came across the rather fetching snowman! 😂

On the beach, I stopped to watch the fishermen hauling in their nets by hand. It takes about 2 hours to get them in. I didn't wait to see what they'd caught!Read more