Quick cigarette break while testing the waters in Crimea. Shot by Nika Kholodnaya.
The girl sitting on the rock is Irene. She is actually is a photographer, too, in Simferopol and Sevastopol. She takes really good photos, very atmospheric in our time. It was the first day we met, she took me to the cape, we drank locally made red wine. It’s the perfect place to spend the evening with a soul mate.
-Nika Kholodnaya
Go: Visit the stunning Cape Fiolent and its rocky shores.
Stay: Head to the Aquamarine Hotel in Sevastopol for a heated pool to get you in the aquatic spirit.
Eat: Try Kobete, a traditional pie with rice-and-chicken filling baked between two layers of dough.
Drink: Sip on local fortified wine at Kapral, a café on the Balaklava waterfront.