Just got back from the Crimean coast - amazing!  Had a really good time.  When we arrived in Simferopol after 35 hrs in Platskart we hired a Russian beast of a Lada and went all over the place looking for adventure he-he!  Stayed in a small town called Gurzuf - stunning views, not too crowded, cheap - great place.  Got as far as Feodosija to the east along the coast road and stopped off in Alushta, Koktabel', Sudak, and some other little places.  Went wine tasting in the Vinzavod at Masandra, sat in weird orange-coloured trees in the botanical gardens, climbed into the hills on snaking roads and dirt tracks, saw roadside shops selling red onions and honey (and gigantic fake ornamental animals!), ate in shashlik places and drank local lemonade and beer down by the sea, even went fishing and caught the smallest fish in the entire Black Sea!  +30 almost every day – two dramatic thunder storms with grey clouds rolling down the hills to the coast.  Think I’ll definitely go again next year – check out these views: