Ken - Thanks for posting the photo of Sinop. I was stationed at the military base shown at the top of the photo (with the large flag and white radar dome) for a year while I was in the army (U.S. Army, not Turkish). Sinop seems a rather odd stop for a cruise ship, as there is not much there.

Have fun in Russia. Is anyone going to visit that secret submarine base in Sevastopol?

Cheers, Fred